Mayweather is a “cocky asshole”

Miguel Torres, the WEC bantamweight champion and good luck charm for the Chicago White Sox, is one of the most exciting fighters in all of MMA. And he speaks his mind.

Torres spoke with the folks over at Yahoo! Sports about his title bout with Brian Bowles on August 9, but it was the stuff he had to say about MMA salaries, Anderson Silva, Brock Lesnar, boxer Floyd Mayweather and the soon-to-be-in-toy-stores Miguel Torres doll (“It has a mullet!”) that makes it worth reading. I just wished they’d asked Torres his thoughts on Bowles’ Ken doll ‘do. Wowzer! Does the guy not own a mirror? Does it offer some sort of protective helmet head?

Anyway, here are a few excerpts:

On not getting paid as much as much as heavyweight fighters: I put in the same training time, if not more. I believe I possess more skill, because I don’t have the size to overcompensate. I can’t Brock Lesnar somebody and lay on them, and punch them with my right hand the whole time and knock them out that way.

On not being as big a draw as heavyweights like Lesnar: I’m more interesting than he is. I’ve heard Brock Lesnar. I’ve interviewed him. It’s like talking to the Hulk. “So Brock, what did you think about the fight?” “Brock smash Mir, Brock eat baby, I’m gonna drink a Coors, and maybe get on my wife.” That’s Brock’s interview! He’s getting paid millions of dollars for that.

On Floyd Mayweather: Mayweather’s got all the exposure in the world, and everyone thinks he’s a god because of all the exposure he’s gotten. If it was not for that 24/7 show, no one would give a fuck about Mayweather, he’d be some other punk, wannabe rapper… Everyone hates Mayweather, because of how they portrayed him on 24/7. He’s the cockiest, ghettoest dude you can look at. And he’s so cocky, so arrogant, everyone wants to see him lose. The other guy looks like a hero. The other guy could be nothing, but Mayweather looks so cocky, so arrogant, you want to see him lose, and you will watch for that very reason… I would love to fight Mayweather, just because of the simple fact that I think he’s a cocky asshole. He thinks that MMA was invented by white people because they couldn’t win in boxing any more. Well, I’m not a white person, and I will smash his ass. I don’t care. His style of boxing is all built on getting people in the clinch. He’ll hit them, and then he’ll get in the clinch with them. Then the referee breaks them, and he’ll hit them and grab them again. I think it’s a great strategy. It’s not clean boxing, but it’s smart boxing. He’s going to hit somebody and grab them in MMA, and he’ll be done for. They’ll take him down. That’ll be all. I’ll be on top of the list to fight him.

On the mulleted Miguel Torres doll: It’s going to be weird to see all the kids playing with the little dolls of me. My daughter will have five of them. They’re going to beat up all of her other toys.