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There is no disputing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best boxer of his generation and one of the greatest of all-time to lace up the gloves. Uncanny timing and Houdini-like defense inside the squared circle have carried him to a 49-0 record and allowed him to make a number of hall of famers look like bumbling fools.
However, that is where one of the sports great myths was birthed.