Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. During his career, he held multiple world titles in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated record. He is often referred to as the best defensive boxer in history, as well as being the most accurate puncher since the existence of CompuBox, having the highest plus–minus ratio in recorded boxing history.
Mayweather has a record of 26 consecutive wins in world title fights (10 by KO), 23 wins (9 KOs) in lineal title fights, 24 wins (7 KOs) against former or current world titlists, 12 wins (3 KOs) against former or current lineal champions, and 2 wins (1 KO) against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. Mayweather is one of the most lucrative pay-per-view attractions of all time, in any sport. He has generated approximately 23.8 million PPV buys and $1.67 billion in revenue throughout his career.
Some of the best quotes from Floyd Mayweather are listed below.
- “A belt don’t make me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “A true champ can adapt to anything.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “A true champion will fight through anything.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “All work is easy work.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Bob arum is Manny Pacquiao’s boss, Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Don’t ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don’t mean they’re not an important person. You just don’t ever know who you’re gonna meet in life. So that’s why I look at everybody as equal. Can’t just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what that talent is, you have to maximize it and push it to the limit.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Everything people say I couldn’t do, I’ve done.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Hard work, dedication!” – Floyd Mayweather
- “He can heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there’s no fighter smarter than me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I am the best. There is nobody better than me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I believe in my skills, I believe in my talent. If no one believes in Floyd Mayweather, I believe in me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I come from a very rough background, and I’m saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t fight for bragging rights. I’ve proved myself.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t fight for legacy. I don’t fight for none of that, I fight for the cheque. I’m in the cheque cashing business.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t have to run from none of these fighters. If I want to keep my defense tight and break em’ down I can.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I don’t have to wait for nobody, I move when I wanna move.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I just got the will to win at life.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I push myself to the limit. I dedicate myself to this craft.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I want to be the best.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’ll back up anything my dad says.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m a man of my word.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m running my mouth a lot and I’m looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don’t shut me up I’m going to keep running my mouth.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m the best at talking trash I’m also the best at going out there and backing it up.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “I’m very, very thankful.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “If anyone has followed my career, they know that there’s been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can’t make mistakes.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “If you work good, you’re gonna get paid very well for it. Simple as that, that’s how life goes. If you work hard, you’re gonna get good results. If you bullshit, you’re gonna be at the bottom with a bunch of people that’s at the bottom” – Floyd Mayweather
- “If you’re the best then take the test!” – Floyd Mayweather
- “It’s about having personality, it’s not about being the bad guy, it’s about entertaining people.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “It’s the hurt business, it’s boxing. We’re there to get it in.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Never cry. Never complain. Just work.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Nobody can beat me. There is no way to beat me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Once I beat a guy, mentally and physically, he’s never the same.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “S*** happens in the sport of boxing. You wanted to see a KO, that’s what I gave you.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Self-preservation is an important thing to me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Showing is better than telling.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Some people are just right for you.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “The sport needs the cash cow back.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “The ultimate goal is to always break records.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “There’s no blueprint on how to beat me.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “To be the best you have to work overtime.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Tough times do not last, tough people do.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “When it’s all said & done only God can judge me. I’m going to go out there on 5/5 to give my fans what they want to see.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn’t have anything growing up.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “You’ve got to have a villain and they’ll always make me a villain. I’m used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.” – Floyd Mayweather
- “Your body is your temple. You do your body good it does you good.” – Floyd Mayweather
