I haven't checked the new threads to see if anyone has been talking about this yet. I just came back from vacation and I happened to check ESPN and somehow I never knew Floyd retired until yesterday!

I have been the person that kept going back and forth on whether or not Mayweather is ducking Cotto or if he's just a great hype machine. With this retirement announcement, I AM COMPLETELY CONVINCED THAT FLOYD IS DOING THIS FOR DRAMA. Can anyone remember Leonard vs Hagler?!?! It's the same thing, except Floyd is planning it.

Imagine this, Cotto beats Margarito, then De La Hoya chooses Cotto as his "Farewell Fight." Cotto proceeds to send De La Hoya into retirement, in a stretcher. No one else left to challenge Cotto, Mayweather throws out a public announcement, "Since Cotto has no one left to fight, I'm coming out of retirement to fight him." Now the fight has so many elements to it: The two best in the division, long time coming, the current best vs the best prior to his retirement, boxer vs puncher, the conquerors of De La Hoya, to name a few. If Cotto loses to Margarito, then it will be a bit of a curveball.

Floyd is a genius...