October 3, 2023
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Floyd Mayweather Presser

By Jeff Zimmerman

Floyd Mayweather Jr spars with reporter at Canelo-Charlo post fight presser as his young phenom Curmel Moton looks on. Moton, a former amateur star, now signed under Mayweather Promotions, made his pro debut after Canelo-Charlo and won by knockout.

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  • This kid is already amazing. You can see he has the heart of a lion, and he’s humble. 17 years old and he’s only going to get better. The current crop of fighters had better handle their business and get out of the game soon because this kid will destroy
    most of them.

    • Dude, he is seventeen, don’t anoint him the next….. yet. He may fall off or bite off more than he can chew. He has a lot of time to go before he is the next anything.

      • Do some research on him. He’s not going to miss. He is light years ahead of the all the other so-called prospects. I predict he wins a world title in less than 12 fights. Floyd has him on the fast track.
        Know talent when you see it. This kid is
        on the trajectory for huge things. He has
        champion written all over him. All I have to say is, WATCH.

        • I have looked at him and I saw his first fight for how long it lasted. He may have the goods, but he is a kid literally. Things happen in this sport and you are only as good as your last fight. What will be will be.

        • Dud is a little killer. Because he is aligned with Mayweather he will have a lot of haters also. We seen the same with Tank. Mayweather ruined pissed people off beating Maidana, Marquez, Canelo, etc.
          These same fans are still bitter about Tank beating Cruz and will hold that against Curmel also.
          Obviously not true Boxing fans.

          • Okay, boxing conspiracy theorist. If he protects him like he protected his 0 than he will just fine just another fighter boxing people past their prime all the time. Then pick a mma guy for his fiftieth fight.

    • Benitez was just 17 when he became Champion, Cesar “El Patico” Polanco was 18 when he became Champion, Ratanapol “Little Khaosai” Sor Vorapin also became Champion at 18, Pipino Cuevas at age 18 also became Champion, and Hiroki Ioka also became Champion at age 18.
      Amazing!

  • Jose Luis Ramirez turned pro at 14. Incredible. Time will tell. Let’s talk about this kid in a year or 2. Just needs to be moved right.

  • Many are already impressed by this kid; why not? He seems to be very talented and in good hands, but what is making me not be so excited about him is his age, size, weight, and punching power. At 17, he is fighting as a featherweight with the size of a junior flyweight (5’2″), and in his pro debut, it was very obvious that he didn’t really hurt his opponent with a devastating blow; he just crowded him with a barrage of punches, and his opponent just walked to his corner when the fight was waived off. Most likely after 20 he could be a lightweight, facing opponents much bigger than him and with serious punching power, so, IMO, he is going to have troubles when facing stiff competition.

    • Tank is a short little dude as well. Does not seem to hinder him. Ryan had height and reach over Tank and it didn’t help him much.
      The kid is fundamentally sound. If you stay on offense and stay within striking range you
      negate some other things. From what I’ve seen of him he’s never off balance and always in position to throw punches. I’m sure his defense is up to par. Remember what Vince Lombardi used to say. “The best defense is a good offense”. If you ain’t pitching, you’re catching.

  • We don’t know anything until his chin is tested, which it will be eventually. A few “can’t miss” prospects come to mind, Mark Breland, Jeremy Williams, Francisco Bojado. All three of these guys were as highly touted as could be and didn’t live up to the hype. Breland had a good career but he never dominated as he was expected to.

    • Willis, bojado that dude could sling’em at least till he got found out about. I loved watching his fights.

    • Agreed. When I saw Mike Tyson’s 1st televised fight I knew instantly only a matter of time before world champion. Same thing with this kid. Same vibe. This kid has been
      doing this since age 5. It’s his life. Floyd
      knows a future champ when he see’s one.
      All the naysayers will find out soon enough.
      Gonna be fun watching him knock off some
      pretenders along the way.

  • Moton had 50 amateur fights, interestingly lost his first fight and lost his last fight. Has fast hands, but does not seem heavy handed. He just swarmed his opponent with loads of light punches and the ref stopped the fight. Let’s see how he moves forward.

    • Watch the highlights, my friend. When the ref stopped the fight the loser’s face was as
      red as the famous soup can. The kid can hit.
      The guy Moton beat was 4-0. This was scheduled for 6 rounds, not 4. We’ll see…….

  • According to another article online, he had 160 amateur fights and won like 17 National titles. Boxrec, doesn’t have complete amateur records sometimes. Heard Mayweather praising him a few times before he turned pro. Have to wait and see what the hoopla is about. He is short, even for a 126 lb featherweight, but has time to grow until age 20 or 21. For comparison sake, Tank is 5’5 and fights at 135 lbs and Canelo is 5’8 and fights at 168 lbs.

  • Yes, the kid is good but Floyd is upstaging him! He has Ellerbee introduce him claiming he “don’t want to take his shine” but then everytime they ask the kid a question Floyd takes the mic to answer then turns the question to his own record about how great he still is! Tank has been getting the shine for himself, so this kid is the replacement?

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