{"id":5562,"date":"2024-04-24T07:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:44:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:44:58","slug":"ali-jabs-back-at-mayweather-no-really-im-the-greatest-vu-thuy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/ali-jabs-back-at-mayweather-no-really-im-the-greatest-vu-thuy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali jabs back at Mayweather: No, really, I\u2019m the Greatest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Floyd Mayweather arrogantly went where no fighter ever should \u2014 questioning the legacy of Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1408\/814\/eaf0aff3-042215-BOXING-Muhammad-Ali-Floyd-Mayweather-Jr-MM-PI.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I'm better than Muhammad Ali | FOX Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mayweather, who squares off against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, said he had no doubt he was the greatest fighter of all-time \u2014 not Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me. No one could ever brainwash me and tell me that,\u201d Mayweather told ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it appears Ali got the message.<\/p>\n<p>He might be 73 and so ill from Parkinson\u2019s disease he can barely speak, but the champ \u2014 or whoever controls his Twitter account \u2014 showed he still has that trademark humor and swagger by posting this on Monday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"connatix-outstream-video\">\n<div class=\"single__content entry-content m-bottom \">\n<p>There was no direct reference to Mayweather, but it\u2019s a safe bet it was aimed in his direction after Floyd\u2019s flimsy explanation of why he is better than Ali.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Don&#39;t you forget, I am the greatest!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuhammadAli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuhammadAli<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HXaTz39RPM\">pic.twitter.com\/HXaTz39RPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuhammadAli\/status\/592765244952293377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe only ever fought in one weight class,\u201d said Mayweather, who has won titles in five divisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeon Spinks beat him when he had seven fights. They\u2019d never put a fighter in there with Floyd Mayweather with seven fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather also appeared to take issue with Ali\u2019s rope-a-dope strategy being remembered as a brilliant ploy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you gonna tell me that it\u2019s cool to lay on the ropes and take punishment and let a man tire himself out from beating you and then he basically fatigued? You hit him with a few punches and he go down and quit, and you want to be glorified for that? Absolutely not, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather has always been ultra-confident and honest when discussing his legacy, but going after legends like Ali isn\u2019t exactly going to endear him to fans ahead of the Pacquiao fight.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s never bothered him either.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wpcom-liveblog-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"floatingShare\">\n<div class=\"floating-share-wrap single__floating-share opaque attached\">\n<div class=\"floating-share sharedaddy\" data-component=\"socialShare\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Floyd Mayweather arrogantly went where no fighter ever should \u2014 questioning the legacy of Muhammad Ali. 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