Ka taƙaita labarin:  Floyd Mayweather ya yi ikirarin cewa shi ya fi Muhammad Ali kyau. Mayweather, wanda ya dauki Manny Pacquiao a cikin dala miliyan 300 a ranar 2 ga Mayu, ana daukarsa a matsayin mai lamba 1 na yanzu. Amma ya yi imanin cewa ba a taɓa samun ɗan dambe mafi kyau ba a tarihin wasan. Floyd Mayweather yana horar da shi gabanin gwagwarmayarsa da Manny Pacquiao a karshen mako mai zuwa. A wata hira da Stephen A. Smith na ESPN, Mayweather ya ce: 'Babu wanda zai taɓa wanke min kwakwalwa don ya sa na yarda cewa Sugar Ray Robinson da Muhammad Ali sun fi ni kyau. Ba wanda zai taɓa wanke min kwakwalwa ya gaya mini haka. 'Amma abu daya da zan yi, zan cire musu hatina kuma in girmama waɗannan mutanen saboda su ne mutanen da suka share hanya a gare ni in kasance a inda nake a yau.' Lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko da gaske ya yi imanin cewa ya fi Ali kyau, Mayweather ya tuna da asarar da ya yi a gasar cin kofin duniya da Leon Spinks a shekarar 1978. Muhammad Ali ya sha kashi mai ban mamaki ga Leon Spinks wanda ya yi yaƙi sau bakwai kawai a baya. Spinks mara gogewa ya yi murnar nasarar da ya samu a kan Ali. 'Leon Spinks ya yi gwagwarmaya bakwai ne kawai,' in ji shi. 'Kada a taba saka mai kokawa a can tare da Floyd Mayweather tare da fadace-fadace bakwai.' Mayweather ya kuma soki dabarun 'rope-a-dope' da Ali ya yi amfani da shi a kan George Foreman a Rumble in the Jungle. 'Shin za ku gaya mani yana da sanyi don kwance a kan igiyoyi da kuma daukar hukunci da kuma bari wani mutum gaji da kansa daga doke ku,' in ji shi. 'A zahiri ya gaji - kun buge shi da 'yan ciwo kuma ya faɗi ya daina. Kana son a ɗaukaka ka saboda wannan? Babu shakka ba ni ba ne.' Ali ya yi amfani da sanannen dabarun'igiya-dope'kafin ya dakatar da George Foreman a Rumble a cikin Jungle.
Ana ganin Floyd Mayweather a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan dambe a duniya. Amma ya yi imanin cewa shi ne mafi alhẽri daga heavyweight labari Muhammad Ali. Mayweather ya yarda cewa yana girmama duka Ali da Sugar Ray Robinson. Yana fafatawa da Manny Pacquiao a ranar 2 ga watan Mayu a wasan da ya kai dala miliyan 300. Mayweather-Pacquiao za a fara auna shi da tikitin da aka biya.