Sad and happy about floyds retirement

[Spicoli]

Happy because its as if a cork screw is removed from a bottled up division. Feels like the zoo keeper has left and the cage doors have opened. Well , we can hope at least. The welters are stacked! It has a feel of every man for himself now that the golden ticket has left. But in the back of our minds and as history has shown..the majority come back and with the command, fame and capital I think its a certainty Mayweather will do it again. Sad..not so much. The man is a craft master and defensive wiz regardless of if you like him or not. He's obviously had great influence to many young guys under his wing and a few with some serious promise. With Mayweather behind the scenes and off the stage its time for a new era. Be fun to watch.

[Freedom]

Floyd Mayweather's legacy:

The worst cherry-picker in boxing history.

Fought people when they were past their prime (Hernandez, De La Hoya, Mosley, Pacquiao), coming off a loss (Judah), had been stopped within the past few years (Cotto, Pacquiao, Mitchell) coming up from smaller weight divisions (Hatton, Marquez, Pacquiao, Guerrero).

Avoided Tszyu, Williams, Margarito, Forrest, prime Pacquiao, prime Cotto, prime Mosley, and many others.

A man notorious for beating up women, finally went to jail for it.

Had shady referees (Cortez with Hatton & Ortiz, Bayless in several fights) and judges (Castillo I, Maidana I) to help when needed.

Used an ILLEGAL IV injection, a type that hides PED use. Rumored to have something shady going on with USADA, hiding past positive test results.

Disparaged former great boxers, claiming superiority over them.

Made racist comments against Asian people.

Demanded an opponent wear gloves with extra padding.

Always fought with home advantage.

Failed to stop opponents who had been stopped before (Cotto, Pacquiao, Berto, etc).

Put boxing fans to sleep for years with his monotonous, overly defensive, hold-and-run style.

[chris6878]

Floyd Mayweather's legacy:

The worst cherry-picker in boxing history.

Fought people when they were past their prime (Hernandez, De La Hoya, Mosley, Pacquiao), coming off a loss (Judah), had been stopped within the past few years (Cotto, Pacquiao, Mitchell) coming up from smaller weight divisions (Hatton, Marquez, Pacquiao, Guerrero).

Avoided Tszyu, Williams, Margarito, Forrest, prime Pacquiao, prime Cotto, prime Mosley, and many others.

A man notorious for beating up women, finally went to jail for it.

Had shady referees (Cortez with Hatton & Ortiz, Bayless in several fights) and judges (Castillo I, Maidana I) to help when needed.

Used an ILLEGAL IV injection, a type that hides PED use. Rumored to have something shady going on with USADA, hiding past positive test results.

Disparaged former great boxers, claiming superiority over them.

Made racist comments against Asian people.

Demanded an opponent wear gloves with extra padding.

Always fought with home advantage.

Failed to stop opponents who had been stopped before (Cotto, Pacquiao, Berto, etc).

Put boxing fans to sleep for years with his monotonous, overly defensive, hold-and-run style.

lmao...TBE aka TBH the best holder.

I Hope he stays retired, cause money may fucking sucks, unless he become pretty boy floyd again, dont comeback.
PBF went for the kill.....money may hugs runs and collects big ass checks.

Now It appears he cant even connect his pillow punches anymore..........I fell asleep on the berto fight in round 7.

[erik_corrales]

Floyd Mayweather's legacy:

The worst cherry-picker in boxing history.

Fought people when they were past their prime (Hernandez, De La Hoya, Mosley, Pacquiao), coming off a loss (Judah), had been stopped within the past few years (Cotto, Pacquiao, Mitchell) coming up from smaller weight divisions (Hatton, Marquez, Pacquiao, Guerrero).

Avoided Tszyu, Williams, Margarito, Forrest, prime Pacquiao, prime Cotto, prime Mosley, and many others.

A man notorious for beating up women, finally went to jail for it.

Had shady referees (Cortez with Hatton & Ortiz, Bayless in several fights) and judges (Castillo I, Maidana I) to help when needed.

Used an ILLEGAL IV injection, a type that hides PED use. Rumored to have something shady going on with USADA, hiding past positive test results.

Disparaged former great boxers, claiming superiority over them.

Made racist comments against Asian people.

Demanded an opponent wear gloves with extra padding.

Always fought with home advantage.

Failed to stop opponents who had been stopped before (Cotto, Pacquiao, Berto, etc).

Put boxing fans to sleep for years with his monotonous, overly defensive, hold-and-run style.

I agree with some points. You gotta understand though, it was all an act. A persona. He knew what he was doing and it worked. I noticed in the Berto fight during the post fight interview, he sort of wanted to drop the act. That "Are you the best ever?" question, he got stalled and hesitated to turn his persona on. Personally, I'd put him up there. I just hate how it feels like he ducked some people.

[powerpuncher]

I wouldn't say there is anybody that he didn't fight during his career that he could have that he wouldn't have been favored over.

[ruthless rocco]

Pretty Boy Floyd Money Mayweather TBE ATG P4P & PPV KING


Haters keep on hating cause Mayweather is laughing all the way to the bank with a brief detour to be inducted in the HOF.

[imp]

Arum and freddie admitted they walked away from the first fight as they didnt want pac to be tested 14 days before the fight.

Theres footage of this..it was never floyd running.

[Master]

Arum and freddie admitted they walked away from the first fight as they didnt want pac to be tested 14 days before the fight.

Theres footage of this..it was never floyd running.

Whether he did or did not the fight never happened and that will count against him.

[Beanflicker]

So many idiots in this thread.

Floyd May drew more money and recognition to the sport than anyone since the days of Ali.

Now that he's gone others will have to pick up his slack.

Happy Retirement Floyd, T.B.E.

[Master]

So many idiots in this thread.

Floyd May drew more money and recognition to the sport than anyone since the days of Ali.

Now that he's gone others will have to pick up his slack.

Happy Retirement Floyd, T.B.E.

Retirement my ass, you are so gullible.

[Beanflicker]

So many idiots in this thread.

Floyd May drew more money and recognition to the sport than anyone since the days of Ali.

Now that he's gone others will have to pick up his slack.

Happy Retirement Floyd, T.B.E.

Retirement my ass, you are so gullible.

Floyd can retire or he can come back in a month, it's his choice, he's the face of boxing, he's the T.B.E, 19 years undefeated which has never been done, he writes his own ticket.

[Syntax Error]

Mayweather Jr will be back.

There's too much money to be generated from his fights & he will want to go for number 50, I'm certain of it.

[IamInuit]

Happy because its as if a cork screw is removed from a bottled up division. Feels like the zoo keeper has left and the cage doors have opened. Well , we can hope at least. The welters are stacked! It has a feel of every man for himself now that the golden ticket has left. But in the back of our minds and as history has shown..the majority come back and with the command, fame and capital I think its a certainty Mayweather will do it again. Sad..not so much. The man is a craft master and defensive wiz regardless of if you like him or not. He's obviously had great influence to many young guys under his wing and a few with some serious promise. With Mayweather behind the scenes and off the stage its time for a new era. Be fun to watch.

I feel the same way but.......

Maybe a year from now they will set up the lark for him to come out of retirement to face the winner of Cotto/Alvarez for the middleweight title. Like I've said for years, just like Leonard. Difference being that Ray actually fought the real middleweight champion. Oh I know there is a contract for the upcoming winner to face that other guy but we both know what that means, diddly squat.
The WBC is famous for their situational ethics. Besides can you imagine the numbers That other guy would probably get 5 mil to sit that one out unlike the 6 figures he settled for for Cotto/Alvarez.

There is simply no way that he goes out in a ceremony like that. He's got way to big a head. No way is that tie with Marciano good enough for that ego even if its downplayed. The whole thing reeked of disingenuous. The praise of Al Haymon and the entire gig suggests it was not the last. It was Reality tv. Look for something big in association with Haymon by about this time next year for May 5th of the following one.

[Spicoli]

Happy because its as if a cork screw is removed from a bottled up division. Feels like the zoo keeper has left and the cage doors have opened. Well , we can hope at least. The welters are stacked! It has a feel of every man for himself now that the golden ticket has left. But in the back of our minds and as history has shown..the majority come back and with the command, fame and capital I think its a certainty Mayweather will do it again. Sad..not so much. The man is a craft master and defensive wiz regardless of if you like him or not. He's obviously had great influence to many young guys under his wing and a few with some serious promise. With Mayweather behind the scenes and off the stage its time for a new era. Be fun to watch.

I feel the same way but.......

Maybe a year from now they will set up the lark for him to come out of retirement to face the winner of Cotto/Alvarez for the middleweight title. Like I've said for years, just like Leonard. Difference being that Ray actually fought the real middleweight champion. Oh I know there is a contract for the upcoming winner to face that other guy but we both know what that means, diddly squat.
The WBC is famous for their situational ethics. Besides can you imagine the numbers That other guy would probably get 5 mil to sit that one out unlike the 6 figures he settled for for Cotto/Alvarez.

There is simply no way that he goes out in a ceremony like that. He's got way to big a head. No way is that tie with Marciano good enough for that ego even if its downplayed. The whole thing reeked of disingenuous. The praise of Al Haymon and the entire gig suggests it was not the last. It was Reality tv. Look for something big in association with Haymon by about this time next year for May 5th of the following one.

The production of the "announcement" dwarfed the build up and actual last fight. He leaves entirely on his terms, contract fulfilled and a division that is in need of sorting out. I can see him trying to duplicate the post Hatton scenario. He didn't pick a Marquez on division standing, it was all about the P4P talk and market tag. Have always said it was a backdoor back to headlines. Oh and another where he refused to step on scale after weigh in. Within a year Alvarez can be right back off Cotto win (?) but do we really think he'll stay at middle? Mayweather will let the Thurman, Porter, Garcia, Ali, Brook, Khan, Spence, Bradley.. can easily see Crawford easing into welter also, sort out and he'll pick his spot for record breaker return 50th.

[erics44]

im happy

his fights are poo and hes a nob