“ God only made one thing perfect: my boxing record, ” Floyd Mayweather once said about his undefeated record. It has been eight years since the 50-0 former champion retired. Active in the exhibition circuit, he’s now set to face Mike Tyson in a spring friendly exhibition bout next year. Yet the buzz of the Olympian’s scintillating achievements, which defined the first two decades of this century, still reverberates. Many eulogize his achievements. Still, underscoring a renewed narrative, Mayweather’s quest to stay unbeaten may have done more harm to boxing.
During an interview, legendary ring commentator Jim Gray highlighted how Floyd Mayweather ‘s focus on staying undefeated potentially ‘ruined’ the sport. In the past, boxers like Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard, at the top of t