First Round: Almost A Knock Out

Floyd Mayweather (Jr.) is pound for pound the greatest boxer in the world, according to him. Ok, so he is 38-0, but humility is not one of his strong suits.

Well, he has taken his pride and ego and put it on the line on this season of Dancing with the Stars. During the vignette shown before his dance, Floyd is seen whining, saying he wants to quit, and that he wants to learn the easy stuff. After all this, his partner, Karina Smirnoff, says that training him was difficult, and that he didn't listen all the time. What was that? Floyd doesn't listen? She obviously never watched the reality show De La Hoya-Mayweather 24/7, which shadowed Floyd and Oscar De La Hoya as they prepared for their bout against one another. If she had, it should come as no surprise that working with him would be the bout of her life.

It should also come as no surprise to any of us who have seen him that he might be a tad difficult to train to be a dancer. If you have the pleasure of viewing his first performance - ABC.com has the full episode online - you are in for a treat. At the end of the vignette, Floyd says that he's going to approach this like he does a championship fight.

Now, you can call this man a rough dancer, but you cannot call him a liar! True to his word, the dance did bear a strong resemblance to his fight against De La Hoya. Doing the cha cha cha to a jazzed up version of Outkast's I Like the Way You Move, I was certain that at any moment he was going to knock Karina out. Seriously, she was on the ropes. There was a lot of, um, hip shaking (by Floyd), and tons of energy -- enough that he came dangerously close to snapping her neck in the final pose.

One of the judges chided Floyd to "treat Karina with a little more tenderness," saying he lacked finesse. "Remember, she's a woman, she's not fighting against you." It appears this may be a tall task for Floyd.

Somehow, Floyd didn't get kicked off the show nor did he even make it to the bottom two. Well, when Wayne Newton's performance is described as "horrendous" and "painful to watch," perhaps Floyd will be around for at least a few weeks. I think people just like seeing him beat up a woman. This country is sick.