Why did Mayweather retire instead of rematching Hoya?

I think they both wanted to, but Floyd didn't think he'd need the money.

 

It was going to be made but Floyd wanted the bigger share in the rematch when DLH heard this they withdrew from negotiations without wasting time.

 

drug problems.

 

:huh

 

DLH wanted a 70-30 split like the first fight.

 

Cause he nearly lost the first time

 

His main goal was to duck Cotto or Margarito. If they had fought the second time guess who would be next in line if he had beaten Hoya again. it would have been the winner of Cotto/Margarito. The duck would have looked to obvious if he had retire right after fighting Hoya for the second time. So he retired before the second hoya fight to let the dust settle then un retired . What a ****ing coward.

 

Mayweather withdrew becasue he was disgusted with the negotiations. He had already beaten Hoya, and yet DLH was still trying to control everything and give Mayweather the smaller purse.

 

hmm says . . .

fuel to the fire...
according to Mayweather Jr in an interview Brian Kenny "a split decision win isn't a victory."

 

Ask Bob Arum

 

1 He's a safety first guy in all aspects
2 It was a split decision, if DLH kept throwing jabs, he wouldve won

 

He knows he got lucky that delahoya just suddenly got lazy.. ?

 

What made the retirement fishy is that Floyd retired when the pressure to fight Marg or Cotto was building up. So I agree with that one poster several posts above this one. But you're right too, its a bit fishy that he retired right after the Forbes tune-up fight in which Oscar had worked out his problems from the first Mayweather fight. In other words, the way he fought Forbes was how he would have won had he fought Mayweather that way and DLH and Mayweather Sr. knew this.