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Mayweather's power is a trip

Floyd is calling all the shots -- except for how we'll remember him after he's gone

Updated: February 20, 2013, 1:32 PM ET

By Brian Campbell | ESPN.com

It was professional wrestler and, some would say, sage philosopher Ric Flair who famously said, "To be the man, you've got to beat the man." Throughout his 17-year career, Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- a pro wrestling aficionado who no doubt would appreciate the sentiment -- has had little trouble defeating every opponent placed in front of him in his 43 professional bouts.

Implied in that statement, however, is that to be the man, you also have to act like it. In Mayweather's case, that ...

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