Floyd Mayweather probably has the best defense in the entire history of boxing. This is why the Olympic silver medallist went undefeated 50-0 and retired after fighting Conor McGregor in their 2017 super-fight. But this retirement has caused one very serious problem for the boxer. Mayweather, after all, likes to live big. Fans, of course, are well aware of his proclivity for luxury and the high life, with his million-dollar watches, chartered private planes, and flashy jewelry.

With the 47-year-old’s professional career over, he still needs money, and a lot of it, to maintain this lifestyle. And Mayweather has found a perfect way to make sure he maintains his lifestyle, which Joe Rogan finds ‘genius’.

Joe Rogan finds Floyd Mayweather monetizing hate ‘genius’

Speaking about Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition boxing match against mixed martial artist John Gotti III, Rogan couldn’t help but marvel at ‘Money Mayweather’s ability to make millions by fighting no names in exhibitions of late. Since retiring, Mayweather has been boxing non-boxers in exhibitions, keeping the gravy train going.

“He’s [Floyd Matweather] still doing these bouts at 46 years old, still boxing these young kids again. This John Gotti III who is a very good up and coming MMA fighter … but he’s choosing to fight Floyd in a boxing fight just for money. Just like Conor McGregor did. It’s really a trick, he gets these people to box with him. They have no business boxing with them and he’s making millions and millions of dollars doing this,” Rogan said during the 2195 episode of ‘Joe Rogan Experience’.

Joe Rogan finds this a “genius” move, especially the reason Mayweather can put on big events and get paid the big bucks despite everyone knowing his exhibitions aren’t going to be competitive. Rogan pointed out that the former champion flashes his luxurious lifestyle deliberately in the most arrogant manner to make people hate him. This then leads to them buying pay-per-views to his fights in hopes of seeing him beaten and humbled if nothing else.

“He’s a genius in figuring out a way to keep making money. And one of the reasons why people watch him fight is… because they hate him because he talks so much sh– and he’s like ‘look at my million-dollar watch, look at my f—ing jet’… So that you hate him, people hate him. He creates envy… and you want him to lose, but he’s not gonna. He’s so good,” he added. But Rogan thinks while this may have earned him a lot of money, it has also prevented him from being properly recognized as an all-time great fighter.

Rogan thinks Mayweather is underappreciated by fans

Despite his wizardry in the ring, undefeated record, and the fact that he was the highest-paid and highest PPV seller in the entire sport of boxing, Mayweather is not a very popular fighter among fans. Boxing fans are the strongest and loudest critics of the former champ, and not only because of the villainous persona he puts on.

Much of this has to do with Mayweather’s defense-first, Philly Shell fighting style. The American’s boxing philosophy can be summed up exclusively as hit and don’t get hit. And while that has led to him having a perfect record, it also doesn’t make for very exciting fight. And Rogan feels this fighting style has warped and corrupted the perception fans have of him, which the JRE host personally finds very unfair.

The UFC commentator felt that not only was Mayweather an all-time great, but also called him the ‘best ever’ boxer, which not many boxing fans will agree with. “I mean, people, just because of the fact that he won decisions by playing it safe, people don’t get excited about him and don’t recognize him with the all-time greats. He’s the best ever,” Rogan told Andrew Huberman on his podcast.

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