Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua kī a Floyd Mayweather he toa pai ake ia i a Muhammad Ali. Ko Mayweather, e whawhai ana ki a Manny Pacquiao i roto i to ratou $ 300 miriona mega-whakataetae i te Mei 2, e kiia ana ko te nama-mo-pauna-no.1 o naianei. Engari e whakapono ana ia kāore anō kia puta he kaiwhawhai pai ake i roto i te hītori o te hākinakina. Kei te whakangungu a Floyd Mayweather i mua i tana whawhai ki a Manny Pacquiao hei te wiki e haere ake nei. I roto i te uiuinga ki a ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, i kii a Mayweather: 'Kaore he tangata e taea te horoi i taku roro kia whakapono ahau he pai ake a Sugar Ray Robinson me Muhammad Ali i ahau. Kāore he tangata e taea te horoi i tōku roro me te kōrero mai ki a au. 'Engari kotahi te mea ka mahia e au, ka tangohia e au taku potae ki a ratou, ka whakaute hoki ki aua taangata na te mea ko era nga taangata i whakatakoto i te huarahi kia eke au ki te wahi kei reira ahau i tenei ra.' I te pātai mehemea i tino whakapono ia he pai ake ia i a Ali, ka mahara a Mayweather ki te ngaro o nga taitara o te ao ki a Leon Spinks i te 1978. I whiua a Muhammad Ali e Leon Spinks, e whitu noa iho ngā whawhai i mua. Kei te whakanui a Spinks i tana wikitoria ohorere i a Ali i runga i te whakataunga wehewehe 15 rauna. 'E whitu noa iho ngā whawhai a Leon Spinks,' i mea ia. 'Kāore rawa he kaiwhawhai i eke ki reira me Floyd Mayweather e whitu ngā whawhai.' I whakahe ano a Mayweather i nga tikanga 'rope-a-dope' i whakamahia e Ali ki a George Foreman i roto i ta raatau Rumble i te Jungle. 'Kei te haere koe ki te korero ki ahau i te reira hauhautanga ki te takoto i runga i nga taura, me te tango i te whiu, me te tukua te tangata ia ia ki te mauiui i te patu ia koutou,' ka mea ia. 'Kei te tino ngenge ia - ka patua ia e koe ki te tokomaha o nga patu, ka hinga ia, ka mutu. E hiahia ana koe ki te whakakororia mo taua? E kore rawa, ehara i ahau.' I whakamahia e Ali tana rautaki'rope-a-dope'rongonui i mua i tana whakamutu i a George Foreman i te Rumble i te Jungle.
Ko Floyd Mayweather e kiia ana ko ia te kaimekemeke pai rawa atu o te ao. Engari e whakapono ana ia he pai ake ia i te pakiwaitara taumaha taumaha a Muhammad Ali. I whakaae a Mayweather e whakaute ana ia ki a Ali rāua ko Sugar Ray Robinson. Ka whawhai ia ki a Manny Pacquiao i te 2 o Mei i roto i te whawhai nui $ 300 miriona. Ko te taumaha o Mayweather-Pacquiao te mea tuatahi ka utua nga tīkitipati.