- He's an American boxer widely regarded as the best fighter
of his generation and listed as one
of the greatest boxers of all time.
He's undefeated as a professional boxer
and has won 12 world titles.
Forbes magazine listed him as
the highest paid athlete in the world.
He's Floyd Mayweather
and here are his top 10 rules for success.
- The only thing we could is take one day at a time.
You know, it's all we can do.
No one is perfect.
Every day we strive to be perfectionist,
but no one is perfect.
I make mistakes.
You know, I've said things that I shouldn't have said.
When I was younger, I done things that I shouldn't
have done when I was younger.
I'm not perfect.
But we live and we learn and that's a part of growing.
- [MC] Mayweather, with a right
over the top, stones Manfredy.
Manfredy in trouble.
As Mayweather pounds away, Manfredy almost went down.
He won't take a knee, but he isn't throwing back.
Mayweather pounding, pounding
and this one's going to be stopped.
And Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has another big stunning victory
to cap off his rise to stardom.
- Jealousy.
People jealous of you 'cause we're success.
So, any time you're successful,
people going to be jealous of you.
People not always going to like you.
Sometime when you in class,
some people don't like you when you in school, right?
But that don't stop you from going, right?
And you still go there and be your best, right?
So, same thing like my job.
I still go there and be at my best.
- [MC] Right hand is solid.
Combinations by Mayweather.
Too much speed.
Maybe too much power too.
There's a vicious right hand over the top.
He promised he would humiliate Arturo Gatti
before his fans.
It's getting brutal in there
as Mayweather fires at will.
- [Announcer] Mayweather captured the title
with a technical knockout in the sixth round.
- I mean I think it was a
I just had a game plan.
I had a brilliant game plan.
The game plan was to be very outspoken, you know.
I was born with personality.
I was born with charisma.
Speak my mind.
Speak from the heart.
You know, I don't hate or dislike anyone,
but I wanted to go out there, you know, and just
do what I have to do inside that square circle,
choose a tremendous team on the outside
that's going to help me take things to the next level
and that's what I did.
- [MC] Good quick left hook inside by Mayweather
and a big right hand upstairs by Floyd.
Biggest shot of the night for Mayweather
and Mayweather is trying to knock Oscar out
with a right hand.
Mayweather beginning to operate like a surgeon.
Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality.
And where does Mayweather go from this pinnacle
after claiming that he's going to retire?
They fight to the finish and please the crowd.
To the dismay of the almost unanimously
pro-De La Hoyan crowd,
Mayweather was awarded the split-decision victory.
- You got fighters
that may be faster than me.
You got fighters that may hit harder than me.
You got fighters that's very athletic.
But you don't have no fighter
than can make adjustments like me.
You don't have fighters that can be on my level mentally.
It's never personal for me.
It's always business.
Every other fighter fight for certain things.
Everybody fight for what they fight for.
My thing is this.
I keep my eyes on the prize.
I never focus on things outside the ring.
My focus is the guy that's in front of me.
You get to where you're trying to get to
by staying focused, staying on a parallel path.
I always had a dream,
and my dream was to be the best.
No matter what happens Saturday.
When it comes down to boxing,
I'm the best at this.
- [MC] Good quick left hook by Mayweather as Hatton came in.
Sometimes it's the right hand,
sometimes it's the left hook.
Huge round for Mayweather here in the eighth.
Mayweather believes he's got Hatton in big trouble.
Hatton continued to come forward
and allowed Mayweather to close in emphatic fashion.
- [MC] What a left hook.
What a perfect shot.
(crowd cheering)
This fight is over.
Floyd Mayweather has a knockout victory.
- I feel if I work hard, I can play hard.
This is me.
Didn't nobody get in there
and put the gloves on for me.
Didn't nobody go out there on that road
and run miles and miles for me.
Nobody took the broken ribs.
Nobody took the bloody nose.
I did it all.
I dedicated myself to my craft and I bust my ass.
I'm going to continue to keep believing in my skills,
keep listening to my father,
keep listening to my uncle,
and sit on this throne for 30 months.
- [MC] Round by round, it became clear
that smaller Marquez could not deal
with the speed and power of Mayweather's punches.
And he is quantity Juan Manuel Marquez in this round.
Brilliant combination by Mayweather.
If that didn't hurt Marquez, I'm not sure what would.
This is the kind of performance that will convince many
that Floyd is still the best fighter in the world.
What a return to the sport.
Twenty-one months old and he's better than ever.
In dominant fashion, Mayweather rolled
to the unanimous decision victory.
- To become great, you have to follow greatness.
But to become a great leader,
you have to be a great follower.
To be successful, you got to want to follow success.
And I want every fighter to just stay focused,
stay on the parallel path.
- [MC] But from round three onward,
Mayweather got into his rhythm controlling the pace,
attacking with precision.
- [MC] That was a stunning shot from Mayweather
right on the button.
Another stunning right hand by Mayweather
and a big left hook.
He's landing shots cleanly inside.
Floyd is very much more compact and more powerful.
With each passing round, Mayweather's advantages
and quickness in timing became more pronounced.
Shane can't handle the speed
and the coordination of Mayweather.
It's that simple.
Floyd Mayweather's skill level,
Floyd Mayweather's conditioning,
Floyd Mayweather's application to the sport
is, at this moment, unique
and he stands alone.
- Nineteen years, and I reflect back over my career.
I can't just say I'm going out 49 and 0.
You can never overlook anyone.
In this camp did I push myself?
Absolutely.
Every fight played a major key.
All 48 fights played a major key.
It's not just the intelligence.
It's the sharp mind.
It's the good chin.
It's the tremendous heart.
I never overlooked no opponent.
I trained for every fighter the same way.
I pushed myself.
I believe in my skills and I believe in my talent.
(crowd cheering)
- [MC] Protect yourself at all times.
It was legal.
It was legal and it's officially a KO.
Ortiz is apologizing and Mayweather was punching.
We can all say he was exciting in the ring
as he has been outside the ring.
- There's no blueprint on how to beat me.
I can crack any Da Vinci code when I'm in that ring.
I'm the best.
- [Stephen A. Smith] Right now, do you believe
you're the best in the world?
- I feel I'm the best ever.
I broke everybody record.
Tell me who record I haven't broke?
It's not bragging or boasting.
The proof is in the pudding.
Men lie, women lie.
Numbers don't lie.
- Doesn't matter who it is.
Doesn't matter if it's Sugar Ray Leonard,
Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, it doesn't matter.
- I respect them.
I take my hat off to them,
but you think I gave this sport my whole life
to say there's another fighter that's better than me?
Absolutely not.
- [MC] The good part is in due with the punches.
So he can get back in the fight with one punch.
That's it.
- [MC] I don't think Floyd's worried
about his punches any more.
That's it.
Looks like three of four straight right hands.
Rick Duran is going to throw in the towel.
Rick Duran is showing Endo the towel
and Endo saying, "No, don't throw it in."
Endo is shaking his head at Duran saying,
"No, no, don't throw the towel in."
And now the referee does it for him.
- I want to thank my team because without my team,
all this wouldn't be possible.
It's been a long road.
It's been a long journey,
but, you know, hard work and dedication paid off.
It's always been one of my dreams
to come back to the motherland.
And I'm here now.
It took 36 years, but I'm here
and I want to thank all you guys for the support.
I mean, every time I go our there and fight,
I just don't represent the red, white and blue.
Floyd Mayweather represents the world.
And I had a lot of support and, once again,
I didn't do it by myself.
I had a tremendous team
and a lot of people supporting me.
And for all those that flew over to Las Vegas to see me
or wherever I was fighting at, I'm very, very thankful
for everybody that bought Pay-Per-View
and for my team, working with guys to get me over here.
It's truly a dream come true.
- [MC] Bobby Giepert as Mayweather looks
for another opportunity to land a right hand.
Bangs a left to the body.
Giepert now fiddling with the nose
as he tries to get the blood flow to stop.
And Mayweather comes back with rights, and Giepert goes down
and Joe Cortez says, "That'll do."
One minute, 28 seconds of the first round,
or about a minute and a half of the first round,
something like that, and Floyd Mayweather
has yet another quick KO victory.
- Some guy's game plan, we going to rush him.
We're going to rush him. Okay.
What's your second game plan?
That's plan A. What's plan B?
Pack, yo, he can set the trap for other fighters,
but you can't set the trap for Floyd Mayweather.
Because you've got to have plan A, you have to plan B,
and if you don't have a plan B, you go to plan C.
I've never beat a fighter with my A game.
- [MC] He's got shaky legs.
He's got to buy time here.
He's not the type of fighter who knows how to do that.
Every situation for Hatton
This fight is over.
Floyd Mayweather has a knockout victory over Ricky Hatton.
- [MC] Mayweather dealt with a situation he's never,
or a fighter who he's never been confronted with before.
- Thank you guys so much for watching.
I made this video because Anton Turner asked me to.
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had the biggest impact on you.
Leave it in the comments.
I'm going to join in the discussion.
Thank you so much for watching.
Continue to believe and I'll see you soon.