To retire or not to retire???

[Kel]

Retiring when still at the top of your game, in a division thriving with talent is pure chicken-shitness.

[Rican]

Floyd will be back-trust me. He is one of those "bling bling," money loving big spenders who live an expensive lifestyle. The money will soon dwindle to an uncomfortable point where Mayweather will feel like he has to make some more money. It happens all the time in boxing. You'll see. My only problem is that the longer he stays away the more his skills will decrease and when he loses in a comeback against one of the top fighters, excuses will be made-but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let him unretire first.

[killersheep]

Floyd will be back-trust me. He is one of those "bling bling," money loving big spenders who live an expensive lifestyle. The money will soon dwindle to an uncomfortable point where Mayweather will feel like he has to make some more money. It happens all the time in boxing. You'll see. My only problem is that the longer he stays away the more his skills will decrease and when he loses in a comeback against one of the top fighters, excuses will be made-but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let him unretire first.

Once he fails at promoting music and promoting fights he will be back.

[Put Em' Up]

In my personal opinion for what ever it is worth, If Floyd does or does not retire really matters none to the sport.

He does not take the top fights of significance. I am sorry but his fight with Oscar really meant nothing to the landscape of the sport. It was more out of interest then anything. The title was vacated almost immediately and Oscar really did not defend it anyhow.

Floyd does not fight the top or should I say most dangerous guys in the game. Yes Hatton was ranked P4P top 10 at the time but fact is it did little to the landscape of the sport. Hatton was going back to 140 win or lose. Again the fight perked interest but did little for the sport as a whole.

I think the top man in the sport should be fighting the top contenders on his heels. That means in his division. It does not mean novelty bouts and that is how you can class the ODH and Hatton bouts.

Miguel Cotto is fighting the best he can, Antonio Margarito is fighting the best he can. Wlad Klitschko is doing his best to unify. Manny Pacquiao has fought the best for several years now and has even sought out a new division of bigger men to help improve his stature and the sports scenery.

Floyd Mayweather has talked a lot and played dress up with the WWE. He even likes to have us think the KO over the Big Show was legit instead if just entertainment value.

As far as I am concerned good riddance to him. He is like a little kid looking for attention. Retire don't retire. Make up your mind instead of just making statement s to see if you will be missed and then try to make a dramatic return to the sport.

Floyd is ranked the best but in truth when was the last time he fought the best?

[Taeth]

Hatton's speed presented an unprecedented scenario for Mayweather. Hatton was situation Mayweather hasn't delt with before, but Cotto isn't the first slow pressure guy Mayweather fought, and while Castillo who was similar to Cotto gave Mayweather a hard time, I feel that Cotto doesn't have the same level of chin to walk in like Castillo did.

[Dizaster]

darnit... I knew if I used Floyd as the example it would turn into a thread purely about Floyd..


I'm wondering when YOU guys prefer/like to see a fighter to retire... There are plenty of threads that discuss whether Floyd is will be back or not...

And I agree with everyones comments on that subject.

[p4pking]

Well of course as a fan of the sport I want to see great fighters keep going, but who the hell am I to tell anyone what to do with their life? Good on him(or any fighter) if he doesn't want to fight anymore, from anyone but the fans standpoint it's obviously much better for a fighter to retire while they still have it, because otherwise they risk losing it, and yet still fighting on sustaining unneccesary punishment. It's kind of a dumb question you pose, what do WE prefer. Of course people who like boxing want to see great fights get made.. But what Floyd meant by not wanting the sport to retire him, doesn't just mean once he loses... It means he doesn't want to retire because he finds out the hard way that he has to, win or lose. Not that I think he's anywhere near that point, but I don't know how he feels about the sport, and I have no reason to. I don't think he really does plan on retiring, personally I feel it's a ploy to get more money.. But if it isn't, sucks for the boxing fans. But why the hell would a fighter care what fans think, if he no longer has a passion to box anyways?

[boozeboxer]

darnit... I knew if I used Floyd as the example it would turn into a thread purely about Floyd..


I'm wondering when YOU guys prefer/like to see a fighter to retire... There are plenty of threads that discuss whether Floyd is will be back or not...

And I agree with everyones comments on that subject.

Like Lennox Lewis. He is a perfect example of perfect timing.