Exactly why did Mayweather unretire?

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  1. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    $$$ wasn't someone in his family even stating this? didn't senior say he gavem about a year because his boy needed $? it's obvious not legacy:lol:
     
  2. darryl1914

    darryl1914 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Personally...I believe it was an opportunity to make some "COLD HARD $$$".

    However...Mayweather probably saw the same thing I did.

    I give you and example and analogy that my 12 yr old nephew said.

    Imagine If you hooked up with TWO HOT CHICKS...One is a little older (But still hot) the other is just as hot. So you hook up...BLAH BLAH BLAH!!

    Two years later...some other guy (a chump), Hooks up with the same two chicks...All of a sudden HE'S CALLED THE BIGGEST "LADIES MAN" IN TOWN...THAT'S WHY FLOYD CAME BACK.

    He beats a TOP-SHELF 154LBS FIGHTER IN OSCAR, THEN AN UNDEFEATED HATTON...Then just under two years later, Pacquiao beats the same two fighters...Oscar, older and dehydrated, Hatton beaten and broken...ALL OF SUDDEN PACQUIAO IS AN ATG???? REALLY??? SERIOUSLY???:huh:-(
     
  3. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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  4. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    Stick to writing whack ass articles. gump.
     
  5. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

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    It is just some posters put a higher meaning to his unretiring, as if to prove that he is the greatest fighter ever or something.

    I always contended that May did not unretire because of any fighter, but because of his financial woes. The recession of the recent years has more to do with it than anyhting else I prrsume. There was a video of him saying that he invested heavily and is on the way to becoming a billionaire. When he mentioned "invested", I presumed it was those high risk, high returen investment in the stock exchange that collapse recently with the global economic crunch.

    There is a big implication of he unretired because of financial woes because he will try to "milk" the public by fighting less risk, therefore having more fights, and more money, like a Mayweather-Hoya rematch.

    However, if there is a really higher calling in his unretirement, then it would be good for boxing because finally, we will see him fight a legitimate Welterweight.
     
  6. lONGCOUNTED

    lONGCOUNTED I Killed MMA Full Member

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    Ellerbe likes the PDA.
     
  7. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    Money, money, money, money, moneeeeeeyyyeeeeee.

    Million dollar man ted debiase should give his entrance music to floyd.
     
  8. Quarteysjab

    Quarteysjab Guest

    well you got to understand why he really 'retired' in the first place - to duck the cotoo-margarito winner. when that worked itself out floyd decided it was the right time to come back, GB gave him the perfect handpick in Marquez. he never ever said he wanted pacquiao though it was widely assumed he did want that fight. floyd probably knew pac was his kryptonite even before cotto, then after seeing how pac killed cotto - he just freaked out. ever since cotto got whiped out, floyd has been acting strange.

    so basically he never really did retire or unretire he just used it as a way to duck cotoo and margarito. just like he's using steroids to duck pac now. that's the way i honestly see it, nuthugger tendencies aside.
     
  9. Rhino718

    Rhino718 M.O.B. Full Member

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    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Even if he owed or not.:good
     
  10. Rhino718

    Rhino718 M.O.B. Full Member

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    Makes sense to me:good
     
  11. Rhino718

    Rhino718 M.O.B. Full Member

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    Isnt South Park on:yep
     
  12. Fighting Pride

    Fighting Pride Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I heard him say on ESPN that he was coming back to "steal some more money"
     
  13. bucktrain

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    Legacy? Hell no.. Almost broke and owing millions to the IRS? Hell yeah.. Floyd "retired" because he thought he could make money outside of boxing, i.e. wrestling, endorsements, etc, and of course that the welterweight division was stacked full of threats. But being the dumbass he is, it appears instead of investing his millions to ensure that he didnt have to fight again, he lived his flashy ni#$&r rich lifestyle, if you have millions why would you have to finance a Maybach and pay all the interest and finance charges? I think I read somewhere that his house isnt paid for either like he bragged on 24/7.
     
  14. Capitan

    Capitan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To expose Manny ?

    What is this a trick question ? :lol:
     
  15. He was running out of money plain and simple...

    The guy spends money like water, and when his fighting days are over, will probaly end up broke...