Floyd Mayweather announces retirement from Boxing?

The first fight didn't bring boxing back and the rematch wouldn't either.

So DLH/G, PBF, HBO/Time Warner, the casinos, etc. don't line their pockets with that kind of payday again.

So what?

What good was that going to bring the sport?

 

Manny Pacquiao, new P4P #1 according to Ring Rankings. :hammert:

 

I'm not saying its good or bad for the sport. I'm saying I doubt this retirement is anything more than leverage in negotiations with gbp

 

Yeah, they have an undefeated fighter simultaneously the super middleweight and light heavyweight champion and he's second to Pacquiao.:doh:

 

pacquaio won't do much at lightweight. unless arum is extremely careful, pacqauio will lose in his next 2 or 3 fights

 

That's probably a big reason Arum isn't looking at Marquez again.

It does huge pay per view numbers and they don't even want to hear of a rematch. ::

 

Calzaghe beat a middle-aged man, barely. :atu:

Mitchell & Neil: :boohoo:

 

I doubt it. Mayweather is rich himself and has a win over Oscar already. I don't see him announcing his retirement for the tiny bit of extra leverage it would get him at the negotiating table. I'm not saying it's completely out of the question, but i don't think it's about that.

 

Barely?

It was wider than Pacquiao slipped by Marquez.

Maybe Arum can dust off El Terrible again so Pacquiao doesn't have to face anymore live fighters.

 

indeed. pacquaios highest earning ppv yet.

arum sees that pacquaio can't decisively beat the guy, yet that may be the best guy to fight at lightweight when it comes to risk vs reward.

 

Mitchell Kane:

 

Been to the showers at 24 hour fitness recently?

Perhaps that's why you need to boost your ego vicariously through Manny Pacquiao.

 

Cool it guys.

 

Agreed.

 

Even if Floyd wants to retire he won't be able to. Not with the way he throws his money around. Hes gonna be needing cash soon so he will be back.

BTW i can't wait to hear what Floyd Sr makes of all of this. "I done made him retire. Im the greastest of all times"!

 

He'll be back when he's broke in a few years with half the skill and get knocked around by bums.

 

So this means Cotto now is the linear welterweight champion?:hammert:

 

fat chance

 

Nice.

 

Yeah, Junior saw the way Oscar beat up on Forbes and didn't want any part of it.

 

I honestly don't put much stock in "linear" arguments these days.

Cotto had accomplished a lot more at 147 than Mayweather had. That matters more, IMO.

If he beats Margarito that gap widens even more.

Linear championships don't have any bearing on what a fighter does at the weight. It just means you beat the previous linear champion. Mayweather happened to do that against a pretty weak champion.

 

dsimon writes:

My thoughts exactly. I respect Floyd. He has to think whether he wants to get up for cotto or not. Cotto is getting better and Floyd no doubt realizes that.

He can always decide down the line to fight Cotto.

 

dsimon writes:

Yup.

 

No, but now he will have a chance to become the linear champ since Floyd has retired and we all know he was never going to fight Cotto anyway.

Cotto was the most accomplished fighter at 147 anyway, but now he'll be able to pick up ALL the belts.

 

It's happend to other greats and if Floyd doesn't really retire it will happen to him to.

 

Look at my sig.

 

No need to celebrate. Mayweather announcing retirement is like a fat person starting a diet. I will believe it when i see it.

 

If it's true (this time), it's pissweak.

 

Mayweather's "reign" at 147 :atu:

 

he'll come back when he feels he got enough attention by retiring.