Kellerman tells it like it is

[Chino]

Any fighter who dominates and retires will have people taunting them to come back. People can't seem to accept when a boxer dominates and just want to see any possible chance of seeing them loose. So if Mayweather came back and beat Cotto and Margarito (big possibility, can't see him loosing to them) and retires, later on a new star will come out and taunt him once again and you'll see people go "Oh! This guy would really beat Mayweather" and so on.

[C-Lo]

For me it's a matter of fighting a welterweight..

[RozzySean]

For me it's a matter of fighting a welterweight..

Exactly. He did all he could do in the lower weight classes, but he never cleaned out WW. The Hatton fight was at 147, but Hatton is not a real WW. Even Judah is a natural LWW, same with Sharmba Mitchell. He fought two legit WW's - Baldomir and Oscar. Fine, he needed to fight Baldomir for the lineal WW title, and Oscar, he fought for the money. Oscar was a legit risk, but it was also very high reward.

He probably beats any WW out there - Tony, Cotto, Williams - but his legacy will suffer for not making these fights. Ten years from now, he will considered an ATG, but nobody will consider him a great WW. Hell get credit for having good wins at that weight, it will become clear with time to everybody that only dabbled at WW.

[JSwift]

The fact is that no matter what major fighter stepped into the ring, the media propped them up like they had a chance. Not to say that they didnt, but let's take Baldomir for example. In retrospect, we all knew there was no way in hell he was gonna beat floyd. we all knew zab gets frustrated and gives up, and thats exactly what he did. oscar ran out of gas, but not b4 he managed to throw a desperate barrage of 8 or 9 straight body punches while his forearm was on floyds neck. And everyone cheered and the commentators even applauded his "determination." When a boxer is undefeated, everyone tries to find reasons why they shouldnt be, or give everyone a chance at beating them. His style works, and as I've posted b4, the trump card that makes him different than all the other fighters is that he NEVER gets tired. Cotto did what mayweather would do against marg, but cotto is obviously easier to hit with a suspect chin and he got tired. i dont think paul williams is even the caliber fighter to fight mayweather yet. There's 400 belts. having one doesnt make you worthy. I think Marg would murder him in a rematch. No one called Hatton an untrue WW before the fight, but they were sittin on that excuse afterwards. Mayweather needs a Tarver. By that i mean, that he is cursed by his own greatness. BTW im far from a floyd fan, but i respect his game, one boxer to another. RJJ had the same problem. He dominated so thoroughly that people got tired of it, when we should be tired of no one else being able to keep up.