Will Mayweather retire undefeated?

Lost it in 01 to JLC, so no.

 

I feel Money, despite being one of the most gifted ever, is too drawn to the fame and limelight to stay away from boxing. I think he'll keep up these occasional fights until eventually someone upsets him. He'll continue fighting until he's past prime and loses

 

Its tough to say, really. I think he lacks the ambition to go up higher and take on the really tough challenges. He is also a very clever matchmaker, so there is a good chance he might retire unbeaten. The thing is, Mayweather is so hard to figure out. The Cotto fight might be his last for all we know.

The intelligent move would be to fight Pacquiao after Cotto. I now think he'd beat Pacquiao, so why not collect that $50 million check, and call it a career. That would the smart move, imo. But like BigReg said...boxers seldom know when to let go. There was a time when people thought RJJ would never lose.

 

He should stay away at 160 :good

 

So many here say if he goes to 160, no way guys no way he will fight Sergio at 160 it would be suicide he has 0% chance against Sergio at 160!!! Floyd is smart enough to know he can not fight at 160!

 

atsch This poll.

It appears a whopping minority on ESB either underrate or don't fully understand PBF.

Two simple facts:

• He won't risk moving up higher than 154. **** the paydays, it's just too damn big. He's gilding the lilly with light middleweight as it is. People go on and on about Pacquiao's impressive weight climbing, but forget that PBF was at his absolute peak at super featherweight/lightweight. So many newjack "boxing fans" only came into the fold during Floyd's tenure at welterweight (and most of them fairly deep into it) and just assume that's what he always was. You'd think the first ten years of his pro career didn't exist, when really if you lop them off he's only 8-0 and not 42-0 (with several very good HOF caliber opponents notched on his bedpost). Floyd isn't an insecure validation-seeking glory hound like Roy Jones Jr., who risked the legacy-boosting ascent to HW because he craves approval, attention, and adoration. Floyd - while he isn't the same person in reality as in the persona he adopts to sell PPV's - does have money as his primary goal in this game. That's clear. Money first, but health and comfort a close second. The respect/admiration of the fans, or perception of his legacy?? Pfft. ****ing distant third, or more like twentieth. He is trying to maximize his payouts at 147/154, because no matter how much cash is left on the table when middleweights and super middles come negotiating hat-in-hand - Floyd is no fool. He knows he is only human and has physical limits. Climbing any higher than he has runs the risk of offsetting even the mastery of defensive skills acquired over a lifetime and his remaining physical abilities (which include some rapidly deteriorating legs) and getting him KTFO. Mayweather doesn't want to go out like that, trust me. If it's a matter of an extra ten million to face a monster with the size and style to leave him flat on his back and humiliated, or skipping that to face a far less dangerous welterweight/light middleweight for a still multi-million dollar payday - guess what? He's picking the latter.

• There isn't anyone south of MW who is a threat. Maybe Pacquiao could get a gift decision against him with the judges playing dumb and claiming to have scored on "aggression" - and hell, maybe that's about to happen with Cotto if he can avoid a cuts or accumulation stoppage (if my wacky conspiracy theory pans out, of Golden Boy snatching up Cotto now that he's a free agent and trying to set up a lucrative Pacquiao-Cotto II to ensure they get a piece of the Pac cash-out pie in the fear that the principals' stubbornness will prevent Mayweather-Pacquiao from ever happening...) - but there isn't anybody who regularly weighs 154 or less on fight night who has a serious chance to knock Floyd out. That isn't true once you cross the threshold to 160/168.

 

Yes... Co'z Floyd would avoid and duck a fighters who thinks is a threat to his health and to his worthless 0.

 

If I was bored enough I'd dig up the once weekly threads about May beating Pavlik. Don't forget the thread about Floyd "pop shoting" his way to victory over Valuev.

 

Come on :rofl

 

Hope I didn't post in that thread. I was joking if I did (shameless disclaimer)

 

The thing is....as long as Floyd is undefeated...his marketability remains intact and he can demand huge pay days.... Most fighters retire after taking a bunch of loses and it deminishes their drawing power. Floyd could easily "go to the well" to many times considering how much money he demands, and it could eventually cost him. He could be a victim of his own success in a way.

 

Yes ,

Will say 154 is too high for him after he beats Cotto , because he knows Martinez is next.

Will never share a ring with Manny because of PPV rights , Bob Arum , Steroids , sky is blue , grass is green ....

 

You are 100% correct. Look how Pac's career is in the toilet after his losses. Oh, wait....:think

The average fan will support a guy that comes to fight. :deal