Floyd Mayweather's savage retort to interviewer live on TV will never get old

Floyd Mayweather famously lost his cool after a fiery clash with a TV host on SportsCenter in May 2009.

The boxing legend, 45, got increasingly wound up during an interview with American sportscaster Brian Kenny after he was addressed as the ‘former’ No1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Mayweather appeared on ESPN to preview his then upcoming championship fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.

He struggled to control his temper as Kenny made the Freudian slip before all hell broke loose.

Kenny started off by saying: “We welcome into Sports Center the former number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather. Floyd, welcome back. We’ve missed you Floyd.”

“Hey, how you doing? I’m not the former number one pound-for-pound fighter, I’m the best fighter in the sport of boxing,” Mayweather claimed.

“No-one has dethroned me. How am I not the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world? You tell me.”

Kenny to his credit stood his ground.

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May 20, 2009: That classic Brian Kenny/Floyd Mayweather Jr SportsCenter interview after Floyd said he was coming out of “retirement” to fight Marquez later in the year.“We’re talking to Brian Kenny. A man of many traits, a master of nothin’” pic.twitter.com/TAY9IDNIFK

“Because you retired,” he told Mayweather.

To which he replied: “But have I ever been beat?”

Kenny added: “But what happened is you informed Ring Magazine you were retiring as welterweight champion…”

Mayweather interjected: “Oh I forgot who I’m talking to, I’m talking to Brian Kenny, a guy who’s never laced up gloves a day in his life, who don’t know nothing about boxing.”

Kenny however wasn’t affected by the criticism in the slightest.

He chuckled: “It’s good to have you back in top form