Floyd to take 2 years off to rest...again?

[paddy448]

i hope this isnt true

[KananKrus]

This smokescreen is not gonna sell like the previous ones...

[Master]

He is too old to take time off again and will back worse off from the lay off. Do not beleive it in any case.

[boxingbantz]

Floyd isn't stupid. He only made that comment so people about it/him. Yet more publicity to sell the biggest fight of all time.

[HattonTheHammer]

He is too old to take time off again and will back worse off from the lay off. Do not beleive it in any case.

agreed

would be like 34 when he came back and for someone who relys on speed he`d be attempting career suicide by getting back into the mix

Should just have 2-3 more fights over the next 18months and at the end of 2011 he can call it a day and if he does manage to put pacquiao away could quite feasibly claim the title of greatest of all time

[Gandalf]

He is too old to take time off again and will back worse off from the lay off. Do not beleive it in any case.

Right, I'm not so sure I buy it either. You can't just walk away from a huge fight and pretend nothing happened. "Oh, I just feel like taking a couple of years off. You know how it is. La di da". It's absurd and the backlash from the fans would be huge. Surely he knows that this is the fight that will define his career. No way he can walk away from it so easily.

[killersheep]

It looks like he's had a come to Jesus moment. I think this will last until he blows all his money again which should be in the next 3-4 months.

[C-Lo]

It looks like he's had a come to Jesus moment. I think this will last until he blows all his money again which should be in the next 3-4 months.

Nice!

I really think they're going to drag all this hype along. I'm starting to care less and less about the fight the longer they delay this BS.

(I say that now but when it's announced I'll be excited as hell!)

[Majesty]

Doesn't everyone see this is a ploy? It makes the Pacquiao fight bigger if Manny takes the tests.


Because he can put the "this is my last fight" storyline added on to it.

[Gandalf]

No, I don't see it that way, Majesty. I don't see how this makes the fight bigger. I see it as a man saying he doesn't want to fight again for a couple of years and that's it. Misleading people doesn't make me want to see the fight any more, it just makes me think that Floyd is a bit of a dick.

People were saying the last negotiations were all hype and what happened? We got no fight. Saying you want to take time out is never a good sign. Hatton saying to Pac "let's just sign the contracts" is how you make a fight.

[Mar]

Cry if he's here, cry if he's gone. Stop letting this guy play with boxing's mind. If they fight great ! If not screw em . Make these promoters have to work for a change instead of riding the nuts of a few guys in the sport to cash in on. There are tons of great fights out there to be made. Give us those

[Andre]

Doesn't everyone see this is a ploy? It makes the Pacquiao fight bigger if Manny takes the tests.


Because he can put the "this is my last fight" storyline added on to it.

Yeah it will be the last fight for probably both of them; they may as well go for broke (the public purse being broke that is).

[Spicoli]

Oh here we go again.Determined to give the deserved fans a case of blue balls when it comes to a much wanted match up.

You know,wont really matter to me if he walks and then lets the significant events pass him by.If thats what he wanst so be it.He needs to ride Mosley winning momentum and stop screwing around.Would like to spend more time on guys who actually want to fight...when is the next Cotto or Yuri Foreman fight btw

[Lefty]

I cant see this being true. I think Floyd is playing mind games with Pacquiao and his team.