Why I think Pretty Boy Floyd is serious about retirement; Because he is not taking the Cotto bait and well let DLH fight him first and take the sweet victory of smashing an undefeated fighter's perfect record. I am not saying that DLH will smash Cotto's record or even that Mayweather could do it but the victory of defeating Cotto after Hatton would be so sweet an active boxer (a la DLH -I guess, semi active in his case) would not be able to resist it. Cotto's perfect record, like Mayweather's, is perfect virgin snow for any active boxers that know how much prestige they earn by smashing one. This is why I think Floyd is really looking for a way out of the boxing business, at least from the fighter's side of it. DLH looks like he doesn't know how to live comfortably if he is not getting punched in the face at least twice a year, as does Mosley and Hopkins.
I am ultra smashed right now hahha. Not only drinking my ass off all night but also gettin' 3 knuckles busted and my lip hahaha. I think PBF has done enough to be remembered as one of the gtreats, but still he can't make the hurdle. Ya ok. h beats cotto, then what????? In his case I don't think it matters how many people he beats, people judge him diferently because he is an *******. Am I wrong???!!!!
lol @ anyone taking Mayweather's word seriously. He was more emphatic that he was retiring after the DLH fight than now. This, along with the rumour he will fight MMA, is just a ploy to get more leverage at the negotiating table for his next fight. What he wants is for the suits at HBO to throw a nice massive cheque at him in order to lure him out of retirement.
Floyd Mayweather came into the game fighting top tier contenders he's toward the end of his career and now he's opting to fight for money...as he should he's deserved it...its the Cotto's and Margarito's that don't bring enough to his table and that's no one's fault but theirs and their promoter's. Floyd is already an ATG Men lie Women lie Number's don't Probably heard it before but its true and when you open the history books and look under Floyd Mayweather's name (if he does decide to stay retired) 39-0-25KO champ at 130,135,140, held 3 titles at welterweight (IBO,IBF,WBC) 154. Has very solid names on his resume fighter's that were in his era and predicted to be better than they were and most importantly they were champions before he beat them so its not really his fault his gifts excel above other's....thats what make's him great because in boxing your only one punch away anyway ask Roy. He doesn't need to anything but stay black and die period!
He's letting De La Hoya and Cotto fight so he can fight the winner. A guaranteed mega payday and huge event.
i wouldnt hold it against him if he were to quit soon because he has been in the sport for a very long time but a great fighter like he is i would want him to fight for as he can at the top
He really has nothing else to prove:think and wants to retire on top, so if he quits or retires so what? see ya. Boxing will be fine without him there are new fighter's coming up the ladder, like Kelly Pavlik that will be superstars, and take Floyds place at the P4P level..
He has plenty to prove the real question is why should he, I still question wheter he fights for the glory or the money these days I think its a mixture of both but the dollar holds more weight at this moment in his career. My only issue with Floyd is the fact that he has not beaten a top WW at the moment there are three other fighters out there that tarnish his position at the top of the WW division. You can't argue his p4p position but he cannot claim he is the top WW without actually defeating the other champs. Assumptions don't count in boxing the results are fought and answered in the ring.
Mayweather ain't going anywhere. Guys who retire this young almost never stay retired (Tito Trinidad anyone?). I'm extremely confident that 4 or 5 years from now, PBF will still be around. I don't believe this retirement talk for a second.
I dunno The guys been fighting for a minute and its obvious he knows his body best and he feels its breaking down on him. Can't blame him if he does stay away for the game. I would surely be dissapointed if he did leave the sport but then again I'm not him so who am I to judge. The only judgement I can place on him is what I mentioned earlier...he can only claim so much at this point in his career and its better then about 90% of boxers to ever fight so he's made his imprint on the sport.
Hey, I wouldn't be against him retiring. I think the vast majority of fighters wait too long to retire and end up taking too much punishment. But, if history has taught us anything, a fighter retiring in his prime as champ is extremely rare. It's too tempting to keep fighting. And not just for the money. If PBF did retire, he'd be 30 years old. That's a very young age to suddenly not have a career that you based your life on for so long. That's why Trinidad couldn't stay retired.
