Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
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.