Gervonta Davis and Mexican contender Isaac Cruz are now hours away from competing for the WBA title at 135 pounds. Ahead of fight night, both fighters traded words at the recent press conference and even exchanged death stares at the final weigh-in. Floyd Mayweather was in attendance as well at the recent press conference.
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In a post presser interview, boxing’s ‘Pretty Boy’ shared his thoughts on his protege’s next fight.
Floyd Mayweather talked about the Davis vs Cruz fight at length; however, he somehow managed to sneak in multiple shots at Canelo Alvarez as well. He accused him of PED abuse and ducking big fights; ‘Money’ also made it very clear that he also has a problem with Gervonta Davis wearing his old opponent’s boxing gloves.
Not only does ‘Tank’ use the ‘No Boxing No Life’ gloves for training, but he also wore them for the Mario Barrios fight. However, Floyd definitely does not want Davis to use those gloves as he believes Canelo is “rooting against” him.
“What I don’t like is this and I want ya’ll to think about this. You can’t be wearing Canelo gloves and he is rooting against you. I don’t get it, I mean, I wouldn’t do it, I mean, we can wear a thousand different gloves, the result is always going to be the same, I can’t wear your gloves and you root against me,” said Floyd Mayweather.
Twitter thinks Floyd Mayweather is obsessed with Canelo Alvarez
Among talks of Davis vs Cruz, Floyd Mayweather has also been on about his 2013 opponent almost this entire week. Fans have now picked up on this and ‘Money’ Mayweather is now facing quite a lot of heat on social media.
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At the same event, Mayweather recently even took shots at Canelo over PED usage and even accused him of ducking a mega super-middleweight clash with David Benavidez. Following his recent comments at the Cruz vs Davis presser, many fans took to Twitter to point out his strange behavior and near-obsession with Canelo Alvarez.
Floyd is such a child. Canelo is living so effortlessly in his head it’s actually hilarious.
Floyd Mayweather: "What we don't talk about is, 'Oh, Canelo, Canelo Canelo,' - steroids, steroids, steroids. We don't talk about that. We don't know, all the fighters he beat, he could've been not clean in a lot of fights. That kid was a cakewalk, kid easy."
All of this Floyd Canelo talk on youtube the past few days is corny.
The only reason why Floyd Mayweather always talks about Canelo is because Canelo is Floyd’s last opponent who is still active and relevant.And we all know Floyd is trying to keep his name attached to Canelo’s to keep himself relevant.
Floyd talks more about Canelo than he talks about the guys he promotes.
Floyd says Canelo is ducking Benavidez. #Boxing #DavisCruz
Tank fight weekend & Floyd rather talk about Canelo & Ped’s & announce that he’s gonna play a basketball match v Pacquiao. At this stage I’d rather see Floyd forget about his ego & just promote his fighters & let the world know who they are instead of still tryna promote himself.
Floyd need to stop 🛑 all that hate for #canelo He sound bitter and envious.
Do you think Floyd Mayweather is onto something here or does he simply feel overshadowed by the Mexican pound-for-pound king’s dominance in the sport? Do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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