Mike Tyson Calls Floyd Mayweather an ‘Enterprise’ Fighter

Published 02/04/2021, 2:57 AM EST

Floyd Mayweather, who ranks among the greatest boxers of this century, cemented his legacy by creating an unusual defensive style of boxing. That said, he maintained an unbeaten streak in the sport and walked away with an unblemished record. Furthermore, Mayweather bagged staggering paychecks for stepping inside the squared circle every time.

Recently, the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson, opened up on Mayweather’s ecstatic boxing run and why he feels the latter was an ‘enterprise’ fighter.

On the Hotboxin podcast, he said, ”This is the time that you know I have to agree with you. This is the time where I see more fighters, even like Floyd, I have to give him this, they’re more enterprise-oriented than we were when we were fighting. There’s so much enterprise and they have a connection. We had connections, but we were playing the game we’re playing.”

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Tyson has cosmic respect for what ‘Money’ has achieved in over two decades. However, he asserted Mayweather was more of a business-oriented boxer.

‘Iron’ Mike was a completely different boxer than many of them present today. He never really explored the enterprise side of boxing and accepted fights against anyone who was ready to fight him.

However, both Mayweather and Tyson contributed to the sport in their own ways.

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Floyd Mayweather commercialized boxing

The 43-year-old wasn’t just a big-wig boxer, but also a business stalwart. Mayweather grabbed every opportunity to market himself extremely well to boxing fans. He employed his business skills coupled with his boxing prowess to make the most out of his fight appearances.

Before him, nobody could really tap the potential of boxing markets. Mayweather drew a map by aligning countless brands behind him, opening multiple sources of income for himself. As a result, he became a brand.

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This benefits almost every boxer today as consumer brands run behind them to sign colossal deals. Earlier boxers had just one or two sources of income, principally which came from stepping inside the ring. But, in today’s time, these boxers generate millions alone from brand endorsements.

Undeniably, Mayweather molded the sport and charted a course for its evolution in a huge way.

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA.

Mike Tyson Calls Floyd Mayweather an ‘Enterprise’ Fighter

Floyd Mayweather commercialized boxing

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