R. Mayweather: Floyd Jr. Will Return To Fight This Year

The rumors have been swirling from the left and right of a possible ring return later this year by undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. By this point it always seems to be nothing more than hearsay in regards to the ring return of Mayweather, who hasn't fought since his drubbing of Shane Mosley last May, but it makes for interesting banter, if anything else.

"He will. Yeah, he will come back this year," "I don't know when, probably by end of summer it will be his next fight. He's got a deal with, what's his name, Jim Jones, Jerry Jones? I mean, he's planning on resuming his career."

Jerry Jones of course is the owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys franchise and last year put his gigantic Cowboys Stadium into the boxing headlines by staging Manny Pacquiao's ring conquests against Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito in the stadium. Roger confirmed that Floyd has his eye on the same venue for a potential bout of his own.

"That's where he's going to fight," said Roger.

For the past few years Mayweather has been linked to Pacquiao in a fight that would be one of the biggest in the sport's history. But Roger says that Floyd would be eyeing a tune up first and said it would have to be someone with a name, even mentioning the likes of newly-crowned WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz and Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto in recent weeks.

It's no secret that many insiders feel Mayweather is full of jealousy after seeing Pacquiao snatch the pound-for-pound mantle that he held for many years. Hearing rumors of Floyd fighting in Cowboys Stadium instantly make you wonder if he would be trying to upstage Pacquiao, who drew pay-per-view draws of 700,000 and 1.15 million for his bouts with Clottey and Margarito, respectively, while drawing over 40,000 partisans each time out.

 

Floyd is smart.

Wasn't Cotto fairly successful with the attendance when he had the Yankees stadium host his fight?

Ortiz seems like the type of kid Texans will embrace.

 

mayweather an dthe peoples temple?

Floyd vs ortiz in texas is a good fight

 

He will outsell Pacman in Dallas.

 

What is it with maywheathers and hearsay?

all of them are bunch of gays.

 

i hope his legal issues is done by that time

 

when you only fight once a year or 1.5 year you will always sell more then when you are active, that isnt a excuse just a factor that also adds to his big ppv sales.

 

Definitely can see PBF-Ortiz. That would do well in Texas, with Ortiz being Mexican-American. ODLH is Ortiz' promoter, so that fight could probably get done.

PBF-Cotto won't happen, IMO. Don't think Arum would go for that. He has other plans for Cotto.

 

another tune up fight.. (yawn)

 

good news, if it´s true

 

If you're Floyd, you have to take what you can get. The other fight isn't likely to happen, at least not anytime soon. So, Floyd has to try to keep his name out there. This match-up (with Ortiz) would make sense, IMO.

Floyd probably consistently counters Ortiz to a solid UD. May even be able to get a TKO or so.

Ortiz is dangerous, with his energy and power. But he is there to be hit.

 

If it's not against Pacquiao, then Floyd is a confirmed *****.

 

^ This , if it's not against Pacquiao who cares.

 

To outsell Pac in Dallas, he needs to sell nearly 80K seats, and 1.85M PPV

not happening.

 

ortiz is katsidis of 147.