PBF is he BACK?

[Dizaster]

I hope he comes back, but until he does, i'm sick of him getting attention regarding IF he's coming back... THAT is the boring part to me... I enjoy the discussion of his previous fights and whether he'd beat this or that person if he fought them, but until his signature is on the bottom of a fight contract, he's retired for life as far as i'm concerned..
I don't think he has the love of the game of boxing like people such as Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, and even guys like Pernell who CLEARLY aged so much and with his drug abuse and injuries, was almost like an E grade fighter when he returned into the ring for his last fights, but he got back in because he loved the game..

I think that fact Floyd was thrown into the ring from such a young age and comes from a line of boxers and was always expected to be a champion etc etc, I think he really wants to just have a big part of his life seperate to boxing.. I don't even know what i'm saying actually.. I just think he see's boxing differentely to some of the other guys that could be mentioned, and perhaps if he needs more money he'll return to the ring, but how he see's boxing and what he set out to take from it and give back to it is clearly a little bit different to other fighters... Which isn't necessarily a bad thing at all,,, but maybe he is done with boxing for good?

I would love to see him back in the ring, but at the same time, if the fact he tried to make it very clear when he retired that it was for good,,,, and it actually IS for good, then i'd love for that to be clear to everyone and the speculation to cease.. I mean how many years and how many challengers are going to come through and we're going to wonder if Floyd will come back to fight them?? It would be great to just know whether he will return or not..

So to me, he's not, until his signature is on a piece of paper..

That it all....

[KananKrus]

What exactly was his reason to retire prematurely? Was it reason enough to stay retired permanently, I am confused even more from the new "pressess".

Father Bob Arum once said that when it comes to PBF, it is an exercise in irrational behavior to predict his next moves. I guess it gets silly and tiresome after a while, to try and figure out the guy!

Is he really back?

[Dizaster]

He retired because he set out with goals for boxing, and he achieved him... He believes that while he was fighting, he answered all the questions asked of him.. But as you learn with just about anyone's boxing career, as long as you are still in the game, there will always be someone new asking a new question... He himself felt like he'd done everything that he set out to do and needed to do, and anything more would be for other people and not himself... The final thing he wanted to do for himself was retire before he started to slide down the wrong side of prime, or retire before he fought someone good enough to beat him.... He got to a point where he convinced himself if he fought on and kept fighting the fighters others wanted him to fight, he wasn't do it for himself but for someone else..

I guess you can't be wrong in that respect if you do what you believe is right for you, and not what other people think is right for you..

And as long as Floyd believes he was right to retire for good when he did, then it looks like he'll stay retired...

[donnydarkoIRL]

If Floyd is back he's a genius.

Margarito has just committed to fighting Shane. Thats two hazardous styles out of the way.

Cotto is busy with Jennings and may have lost his razor edge.

Hatton has just redeemed himself and has prioved he can make lots and lots of money.

A huge name in Pacquaio has presented himself.

I expect Floyd to be back and I expect him to act ther bad guy more than ever.

The more disdain for Floyd the more money he makes.

[JT Rock]

He retired because he set out with goals for boxing, and he achieved him... He believes that while he was fighting, he answered all the questions asked of him.. But as you learn with just about anyone's boxing career, as long as you are still in the game, there will always be someone new asking a new question... He himself felt like he'd done everything that he set out to do and needed to do, and anything more would be for other people and not himself... The final thing he wanted to do for himself was retire before he started to slide down the wrong side of prime, or retire before he fought someone good enough to beat him.... He got to a point where he convinced himself if he fought on and kept fighting the fighters others wanted him to fight, he wasn't do it for himself but for someone else..

I guess you can't be wrong in that respect if you do what you believe is right for you, and not what other people think is right for you..

And as long as Floyd believes he was right to retire for good when he did, then it looks like he'll stay retired...

[OumaFan]

If he didn't come back it wouldn't really be bad for the forum, since we just obsess about him when he's fighting, whether its people who love him or hate him, there was a while when we didn't really talk about boxing, we talked about Floyd.

Then again we'll just find somebody else to obsess about, Pac, Joe, etc.

[OumaFan]

What if Saddoboxer was a Floyd fan It might just be too much for the world to take.