Who do you think might change their mind for one last fight and come out of retirement in 2019?
Andre Ward, Tony Bellew, Keith Thurman, Wlad?
Haye :-X ;D
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Who do you think might change their mind for one last fight and come out of retirement in 2019?
Andre Ward, Tony Bellew, Keith Thurman, Wlad?
Haye :-X ;D
A N Other
Floyd to fight Manny.
Love for Bellew to rematch Usyk at heavyweight and get out classed again.
Wlad to take on Wilder
Sadly it’s probably Floyd, assuming manny beats broner, no idea if he’d come back in the other case. I guess Ward is possible, but there likely isn’t a big enough financial incentive for him now. Only other names I can think of didn’t officially retire, but would be a lot more interesting. I know Rigo has a tune up shortly, but as he’s been out over a year and moved up too much last time, it’d be very interesting to see him back at featherweight, say.
Floyd won’t come back, at least not in a real fight, but Dre might. He’s done contender, he’s done Creed, he’s probably free to come back.
I reckon he’s finally starting to see the money he missed out on, and wants a piece of it.
Did Jones retire? Isn't he fighting again?
Floyd will be back, they will build either Pac or Broner, whoever wins.
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Originally Posted by Beanz
Of the ones mentioned, Ward.
He retired relatively young and unscathed. Sure, he's got that "0" to protect.... but maybe the itch of not being in the ring will get to him and he'll come back against a carefully studied opponent.
Amir Khan.
Apparently he is asking for crazy money to return, I doubt if he does it'll be against Usyk.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
Of the ones mentioned, Ward.
He retired relatively young and unscathed. Sure, he's got that "0" to protect.... but maybe the itch of not being in the ring will get to him and he'll come back against a carefully studied opponent.
Mosley :-X
Hopkins, that would be cool
Joe Bugner?
That would be, what weight? Cruiser? Or does he go to heavy?Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
Only if he has to keep his wife happy and in the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuggetdotcom
Amir Khan, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Canelo Alvarez called out by former world champion Marcos Maidana in comeback announcement
The overweight Argentine has been enjoying life out of the ring after two big-money fights against Floyd Mayweather in 2014
Britain’s Amir Khan is among a list of fighters who have been called out by returning former world champion Marcos Maidana.
The 35-year-old ex-WBA welterweight king quit the sport following his two mega fights with Floyd Mayweather in 2014, but has now declared he is coming out of retirement in a bizarre video.
Maidana – currently vastly overweight – posed in boxing gloves in a public call-out to his old foe Mayweather for a trilogy match, before also naming Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan as fighters on his hit list.
It is as yet unclear just how serious his comebacking intentions are, but should the Argentine get back in the ring it will without doubt be a notable event.
https://talksport.com/wp-content/upl...60&quality=100
Khan defeated Maidana by close, but unanimous decision when they first met in a thrilling affair back in 2010.
Maidana then rebuilt his career by defeating Adrien Broner and leapfrogged Khan in the race to secure a fight with Mayweather.
He pushed the American close first time around, but was outclassed in their rematch which seemingly provided him with enough money never to fight again.
Now however, it appears this may not be the case.
https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/4...arcos-maidana/
I was expecting him to be heavier when it said “vastly”. He just looks average overweight, believe he was one of those guys who’d get that way out of camp when he was fighting. The trouble would be more his age and time out of the ring. His whole camp would likely be about getting down in weight and into shape, and if he needs money he’s probably not going to take a tune up and do the thing properly.
Ward comes back to clean out the Super Middle and LH division... AGAIN...
Alvarez... Ramirez... Gvozdyk... Smith... Beterbiev... Browne... Jack.... Eubank Jnr... IN ANY ORDER!
:cool:
There's talk of Maidana returning this year. Probably with PBC, saying he wants to get back to 147.
I would be amazed he can get back to 147lb after all this time and he was one fighter I was sure would never come back. He made a lot of money at the end against Floyd which I thought he would retire on and become a farmer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Maidana is back in training. Looks huge.
Yea welter is pretty ambitious. I always thought he walked away to soon. Especially after his 2nd performance against Floyd. But all that money can make it hard to stay motivated to train I guess. It really depends what weight he can get down to, he may still be affective at 154, 160 I see him struggling.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterI would be amazed he can get back to 147lb after all this time and he was one fighter I was sure would never come back. He made a lot of money at the end against Floyd which I thought he would retire on and become a farmer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Maidana really puffed up like an engorged tick. But after Fury practically shed a bantamweight it's possible. Much different style from El Chino. Boxing could use more guys like Maidana when he's at his best and owes him a debt of gratitude for making beating up Broner a popular trend ;D. Just hope he doesn't get rushed back as a scalp for a big promotion.
I don't know. Fury imploded and had to crawl back into boxing relevance..... but Maidana just out and said he had lost desire.... that he didn't want to do this anymore. Big difference. I don't know you can come back to the heights you were before, if you just out and quit because you didn't "want it anymore." Best of luck to him... and he'll always have my gratitude for embarrassing the Embarrassment to Boxing, Adrien Boner.
My guess would be adrien broner.
Maidana was never a great boxer or anything special and won the lottery by beating Broner to get 2 fights against Floyd. His comeback will not end well.
The funny thing is that I bet that nobody would have guessed Maidana as a fighter who would come out of retirement in 2019
So if Maidana can do it, my crazy guess will be Rafael Marquez.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncher
Maidana no comeback now
Yeah, I saw that. Well good for him. Instead of faking it, he's had a change of heart. He was only going to get hurt if he went into this comeback half-ass.
I wouldn't be surprised if they dug up Jerry Quarry to fight Joshua.
I for one would be surprised.