floyd mayweather is brash , he can be crass , and when it comes to being a braggart , he is the undisputed world champion .
previously known as money mayweather , he took to referring to himself as tbe , or the best ever in the build-up to his fight with manny pacquiao .
he said this week he is better than muhammad ali and sugar ray robinson ever were .
he is scorned as a great vulgarian and yet more than any other modern fighter he embodies the mastery of some of its finest skills .
you might want him to lose to manny pacquiao but you better accept that he probably wo n't . he is as close to genius as it gets in modern boxing .