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USA Today via Reuters

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Floyd Mayweather is a widely known boxing star who has fans across multiple boundaries. In his career, spread over two decades, Mayweather tested himself in the deepest of waters and came right on top every time. Also, out of all the opponents he faced, not even a single adversary could break into his defense. Even if they did, they couldn’t really hurt him.

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With an unusual defensive boxing style, Mayweather enjoyed a stellar career in the sport.

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From the outside, everyone perceives Mayweather and other boxers’ lives as extremely glittery. However, things aren’t the same when one steps into these bigwig boxers’ shoes. Recently, Mayweather interacted with media, wherein he addressed the mental pressure juncture and mental abuse in boxing.

He said “I’m always support the WBC, I’m always support the other organizations. But we just want the fighters to be treated fair. And it hurts me as a fighter sometimes we sit, watching boxing on television, saying you know what, this is not right for the sport. And this makes me want to stay away from the sport when fighters not being treated fair.”

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“Because you gotta realize this, a fighter has to live with that, that pain forever. It hurts a fighter, mentally, not just physical, but mentally and mental abuse is crazy for fighters.”

Boxers make a tremendous amount of money when they’re at an elite level. But as they progress in their careers, the mental, physical, and emotional pressure increases excessively. That said, it’s difficult for many boxing stalwarts to stay up with the pace of everything.

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Was Floyd Mayweather on point with his above comments?

Mayweather, 50-0, was one prime boxing star. That said, he’s witnessed the sport from the moment when he had nothing, to the time he had everything.

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Citing that, Mayweather gained the experience of the world and he rightly knows what a boxer goes through.

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With that, his above comments seem genuine in every way and Mayweather always takes a stand for current boxers out there.

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What do you draw off Mayweather’s above comments? What do you think a boxer has to go through mentally in his entire career?

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