“Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather to Wrestle
February 27, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) Undefeated six-time World Boxing Council champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. changed gears Monday and announced his intentions in fighting 430 lbs., 7-feet tall wrestler “Big Show” on March 30th as the main event of WWE’s “WrestleMania XXIV” at Citrus Bowl in Orlando Fl. in a press conference it Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
With a current record of 39-0 peppered with 25 KO’s and the current holder of WBC’s welterweight belt, Floyd Mayweather Jr. sees little challenge ahead of him in the sport of boxing. It was rumored earlier in the year that a possible rematch with Mexico’s boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya sometime in September could take place. Another speculation has Mayweather fighting undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. who is the son of undefeated boxing icon Julio Chavez in a mega fight later this year.
Mayweather’s March 30th debut in pro-wrestling will net the fighter $20 Million in earnings and a chance to prove himself as the versatile athlete he privately perceives himself to be. “It’s entertainment. You have a chance to just be you and do what you want to do, wrestling takes care of business right on the spot, whatever they say they’re going to do, they do it right on the spot. There’s no waiting three, four, five months. Quick results, quick money. Quick big money, too.” said Mayweather.
In a press conference called by WWE Monday night to introduce both fighters ahead of their March 30th battle, Mayweather Jr. electrified the crowd at Staples Center by throwing thick wads of $100, $50 and $20 bills to the hundreds of supporters who gathered to view the spectacle.
Mayweather’s manager Leonard Ellerbee described the move as part of his camps ongoing efforts to make Mayweather a mainstream athlete among American sports fanatics. Last year, Mayweather Jr. was the fourth celebrity booted out in “Dancing with the Stars”. “It crossed him over and took him into the households of many middle-aged Americans and turned him into a mainstream superstar,” Ellerbee said. “Now when Floyd goes into the grocery store, the first thing 65-year-old ladies say is, “You’re Floyd from Dancing With the Stars.”
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Yeah come on man you will break the big show down
- Posted by: Dennis
Man man floyd money mayweather :35wins
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- Posted by: Rey_Mysterio11
You are the best boxer of the world man! And its good to be a Rey fan
- Posted by: Rey_Mysterio11
y the best
- Posted by: charles skinner jr
I have seen Floyd fight, he can beat Manny Pacquiao easily. Manny hates chasing a moving target and when a target is dangerous as Floyd is, I see no win for Manny. Floyd can hit great punches even on backfoot, Manny cannot stand that. Floyd is greatest boxer after Sweetpea Whitaker. I love Floyd’s style of play, it is defence and attack, he won’t suffer no Parkinson’s disease because he protects himself at all times.
- Posted by: sifundo mbambo
MANNY will KO Floyd EASILY! DId you see the devastation PACMAN brought to RICKY?, COTTO? and even MARGARITO? FLOYD DUCKED both Miguel and Margarito throughout his career! Now I understand why he wouldn’t even dream of FIGHTING THE PACMAN! If that fight EVER happens I’d see Manny Knocking the hell out of GAYWEATHER in before the 5th RD!
- Posted by: Chad