Floyd Mayweather Jr. Retires ... Again
Saturday June 7, 2008
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has already retired two (or three) times before. Make it three (or four) ... and counting. The undefeated pound-for-pound king says this time he’s really done fighting. And he's so serious about it, that he put it in writing. Whatever.
Mayweather will almost certainly fight again. However, if this retirement lasts for more than a week or two, it will force the postponement or cancellation of his Sept. 20 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya. Both fighters will miss out on a huge payday but, to be honest, fight fans were never really that excited seeing this match-up a second time. Better Mayweather take some time off and come back to fight the winner of the July 26 welterweight unification bout between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. That is the fight that fight fans want to see. And if Mayweather elects to continue avoiding Cotto, then De La Hoya - whose schedule is now wide open - will likely be more than willing to step up to the plate.
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Cya bye Floyd. He would have been beaten within his next two fights. DLH or Cotto. Cotto for sure.
Over time I’ve come to really admire PFB. Initially, I had a hard time warming up to someone who seemed so pretentious and arrogrant and never really ‘worked’ for his victories. However, now I’ve come full circle and think he’s probably the most gifted fighter the boxing world has evern seen. He’s in the same category as Tiger Woods, he’s bascially been bred to be a boxer. Not only that but he seems to be very aware of the business that he’s in and has made a fortune working in a sport that still cooks up rankings and is run by some of the shadiest men I’ve seen.
I hope FBF stays in the game and puts his mark on boxing that will last as long as Tiger’s legacy will. At times, it feels like your rooting for the Yankees or the Red Wings but we should simply enjoy the fact that everytime we watch him fight we’re watching a ‘once in a millenium’ caliber fighter.
I want Mayweather to come back beacuse he is my favorite boxer and I want to see him fight Pacquiao everyone is saying it is going to be the fight of history and I think so too!