The Golden Boy isn’t holding any punches.
Floyd Mayweather’s days inside the boxing ring appear to be finally over and one of his contemporaries isn’t one bit sorry.
The multiple belt holder confirmed this year that he is finally done with life as a pugilist and has vacated several of his belts since the autumn.
The American motor-mouth however as not always been a popular champions for some of his outside the ring activities, and Oscar De La Hoya has written a scathing farewell letter to the man known as ‘Money’ as he quits the sport.
In the missive, published in Playboy (for once we can claim it really is the articles we were reading it for) the man known as ‘Golden Boy’ slams the undefeated fighter in a devastating barrage of knock-out blows to his ego
“Dear Floyd:
You did it. You made it to the 49–0 mark, a milestone that you like to say only the great Rocky -Marciano reached but that was actually achieved by others, including my idol Julio César Chávez—but who’s counting? And now you’re retiring. Again… Truth be told, I’m not unhappy to see you retire. Neither are a lot of boxing fans. Scratch that. MOST boxing fans. Why? Because the fight game will be a better one without you in it.”
Mayweather had stoked the fires of a beef with De La Hoya this week after comments about the promoter and former champion allowing Ronda Rousey to feature on the front of ‘The Ring’ magazine where he caled out the Mexican-American,
‘You know what? I’m proud for Oscar, a guy that dressed in drag and been on coke.’ I mean, the world knows this. How can you hold your head up high and say, ‘You know what? I’m proud for this person to be my promoter’.”
De La Hoya has hit back in the letter to be published next month in Hugh Hefner’s famous magazine title, and blasts Mayweather for the one thing that will probably hurt the boxer showman more than most insults hurled at him during his long career, that he was not entertaining
“Let’s face it: You were boring. Just take a look at your most recent performance, your last hurrah in the ring, a 12-round decision against Andre Berto. How to describe it? A bust? A disaster? A snooze fest? An affair so one-sided that on one judge’s card Berto didn’t win a single round?When my kids have trouble falling asleep, I don’t have to read to them anymore. I just play them your Berto fight. They don’t make it past round three.”
Maywether retired after his most recent fight against Andrew BErto back in Sepetmber. But De La Hoya feels that Maywether never fought anyone who truly tested him when he was at his prime
“You took the easy way out. When you weren’t dancing around fading stars (show idea for you: Dancing Around the Fading Stars), you were beating up on outclassed opponents. A lot of your opponents were above-average fighters, but they weren’t your caliber.”
Boxing will also be a better place without the Mouth. Your mouth, to be precise, the one that created “Money” Mayweather. I know you needed that Money Mayweather persona.
The final paragraph is probably the most cutting of all as the 1992 Olympic Gold medallist hits out at what his former rival will do now when his boxing career is over and people begin to lose interest in his incessant self-promotion
“You’re moving on to a new phase of life now, a second act. I’m sure it will be nice not to have to train year-round. To get out of the gym and spend time with your family. But I’m wondering what you’re going to do. You have a lot of time and, at the moment, a lot of money. Maybe you’ll put your true skills to work and open a used-car dealership or run a circus. Or maybe you’ll wind up back on Dancing With the Stars. It’s a job that’s safe, pays well and lets you run around on stage. Something you’ve been doing for most of your career.”
We can’t wait for the response.
