mayweather's anouncement-july 11th hbo wcb

Me too.

 

Nice avatar. He will be back, but your right about all these threads about a retired fighter. Can you imagine how many more threads will be generated once he comes back.

 

pam grier is a goddess. ive watched the movie jackie brown several times just to oggle her. she has classy sex appeal, something skanks like britney spears dont.

 

No one knows, and as more time goes by less people care.

 

I don't hate May i never criticize his boxing, i think he is the best boxer of the 21st Century. but the guy is a douche probably the boxer with least class out there.

 

The telephone rang late one night a couple weeks ago, before Mayweather’s sparring session in Las Vegas was reported and before the specter of his unspecified impending announcement this week was leaked. A source close to Mayweather’s situation was on the other end of the line. The source virtually is without peer in accuracy, short of hearing the words come from Mayweather’s own mouth, although the source’s name never has appeared in any story about the erstwhile pound-for-pound king. That’s how the source likes it. That’s how it will remain.

“Floyd’s definitely coming back. He’ll fight this year,” the source said.

Wow. Some news flash.

You’ve got do better than that.

“Floyd doesn’t like it that Shane’s calling him out,” the source continued. “It’s one thing when (Ricky) Hatton does it, or when (Manny) Pacquiao does it. But another African-American fighter calling him out is different.”

Now that’s something we’ve rarely considered.

Mayweather could make his comeback announcement this week. The insiders in his camp are tight-lipped about it. Calls seeking comment were not returned, which is not uncommon in Team Mayweather whenever something big is imminent. Few athletes so verbose can stay quiet so long about events so big.

Mayweather backed out of a reported speaking engagement at a charitable gig last week in Ohio, which his adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, used as a springboard for a declaration that an announcement this week would clarify the reasoning behind the pullout. (Actually, Ellerbe said more than a month ago that he had no idea how the initial reports of the speaking engagement were generated in the first place, and that Mayweather had no intention of appearing, which seems completely unrelated to the upcoming announcement, unless the comeback plans were well-hatched by then.)

My source also said HBO officials are aware of whatever Mayweather hopes to do, because they have been involved in preliminary talks with the fighter’s representatives about his plans.

 

which makes Marquez a natural comeback opponent, although that proposal didn’t materialize until the Mexican’s scintillating victory over Juan Diaz last month. Marquez has fought only twice at lightweight, stopping Diaz and Joel Casamayor, and would have to move up more than a full weight division to secure a Mayweather fight. And that assumes Mayweather agrees to a catch weight, somewhere between junior welterweight and welterweight.

Marquez offers a presentable name for Mayweather’s resume -- a mandate for fans who would not embrace a wishy-washy comeback opponent -- although he is naturally smaller and a counter-punching specialist by nature. He is not slow, yet not exceptionally fast, so Mosley-like speed would not be an immediate comeback obstacle. Marquez also is not likely to pursue the attack with unfettered urgency, so Pacquiao-like aggession wouldn’t be an issue. It isn’t a fight we have seen before, which is the principal hurdle to selling Mayweather-Hatton II. What Marquez does possess is the ability to make mid-fight adjustments, as demonstrated against Diaz. But a mid-fight tactical disadvantage is something Mayweather encountered only once, in his first fight against Jose Luis Castillo, a career transitional moment after which he became a better and more complete fighter.

Considering all those factors -- and the high probability that any comeback by the 32-year-old Mayweather will not be for just one fight -- Marquez’s availability, willingness, size disadvantage and clear underdog status might give him an inside track as the comeback opponent.

 

His announcement is probably just a lame publicity stunt to promote Filthy Rich Records or something like that.

 

boxing scene has an article saying mayweather-marquez is in serious talks, reportedly from a few insiders, could be announced soon

 

Figures Marquez would be his first choice.... Floyd always wanted to be DLH. Taking another page from his book...

 

He is supposed to make an announcement according to a Ring article. There's a thread here somewhere with a link to it. The author has covered Floyd for his whole career and says the source is out of Vegas, and it's a rock solid source so probably in Floyd's camp. So far the most credible source to have made such a claim.

 

What's wrong with him fighting Marquez? Floyd is not a WW. He only came into the ring at 150 when he fought ODLH.

 

Jeff M is correct, I am posting piece of that Ring article

Mayweather’s recent $20 million demand to fight Mosley wasn’t so much a lack of market understanding during tough financial times as a backhanded response to the Mosleys’ laughable $10 million demand a decade earlier.

 

I think Floyd is just playing games to keep his name alive. I am not moved until I here him say it or a fight is mentioned. If he fights Shane...that would be risky but that would get fans into it b/c of the blind hate.

 

Floyd's been @ 147 and above for about 4 years now. Time to get off that "Floyd's not a WW" ****.

But Marquez IS a 36YO LW. There are better fights to be made if Floyd is returning. Fighting a guy three divisions below where he's fought? Please... that's a DLH move.