Boxers love the adulation from the fans. That includes "retiring" so fans will then beg for him to "come back." Then they say "oh, what the hell" and come triumphantly back... when they never actually retired in the first place. It's a weird game, unique to boxing, I think. Fans lap it up... playing along and believing everything their idols say. Some of us are so desensitized to that... it's just so much white noise. Like "yeah yeah yeah... so when's his next fight?"

Maybe he's also trying to up his dollar value. He's already thrown some outlandish numbers out there... knowing in the end he'll have to settle for somewhat less. It's all part of the game.