Would you care if Mayweather Jr. never fought again or retired?

[Mars_ax]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

[roberto duran legend]

Mayweather cares about mayweather, this guy does not give a shit about our sport, I for one dont really cares what he does anymore , because he certainly does,nt represent boxing the way a so called legend should. All he does is fight small fighters , and slag off true legends , like SRL ,he could learn a thing or two from great fighters like SRL ,1 fight great fighters 2 beat great fighters 3help spread the word of our sport by actually fighting once a year .

[MMASUX]

I would love to see him and Pac fight, but i really don't think that fight will evere happen. With that being said, i could care less what he does. Fight, don't fight, who cares. Boxing will be good with or without PBF.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Big fan of Floyd here but i wouldnt mind at all if he retired. Boxing doesn't revolve around Floyd nor pacman so i could care less...

There are far more exciting fighters than these guys.

[JazMerkin]

I really hope to see him again, just as I hope to see Pacquiao fight again. I always will want to see these guys one more time because they are great & I see no young guys on the horizon with anywhere near that level of skill. That said, I feel there is only one remaining fight for him & Manny that is genuinely interesting.

However, if he doesn't, it's not the end of the world. Boxing will go on & there will be new stars.

It's hard to pick out of the options, because I feel probably a combination of all four.

*I will say the one thing that bothers me is the 'Mayweather only cares about Mayweather' thing. Good for him. Too many boxers have tried to please the fans, who show little concern for them once they've served their purpose. How many people here have looked to donate money to Wilfred Benitez as he sits alone confused about who he is, unable to hold a conversation & no longer able to control his bodily functions. Who reacted to my Genaro Hernandez thread thinking 'I should find out if he can help donate money towards his family'? I'd say very few because the reality is we demand everything of these men & then spit them out, saying it's not our problem, he should have managed his finances better. I'm not saying I'm much better either, I'm just as guilty.

[Spicoli]

Ahhhhhhh batta batta batta swing

Mayweather does absolutly nothing for me as a boxer or personality now. Honestly I believe him to be bad for the fight game and more worthy of a day time reality show more so then being the main event in the ring. He's his own biggest fan, the man clapping with one hand and blocking a crowded hallway because he's too busy gazing at his smile in the mirror. Piss or get off the pot comes to mind. The silly cackling kid standing poolside dipping his toe in while other wide eyed eager ones fly by and fling themselves cannonball style into the water. He's a status clinger, the protector of the '0' and more and more a lifesize version of two girls & a cup because his own cup of bs runneth over. Some fight, some talk about fighting, and some simply talk to hear themselves talk. Floyd looks to be cut from the cloth of the third case and content to rest on trinkets and obviously solid talents though I think he'll go down as one never fully realized. A form of what's ifs and many top calibur match ups that never materalized and he has only himself to blame in the end. Injury, nor ring wear and not inability or lack of skill have sidelined this man, rather it has been a choice and apparent preference. He acts like his legacy has been written. I do not think him a great fighter, but a boxer with great skills. He can retire tomorrow and I wouldn't blink an eye.
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[THE THIRD MAN]

If Mayweather doesn't fight Pacquiao then he definitely hurts his own legacy, whatever problem PBF has with Pacman it didn't bother Marquez, DLH, Cotto, Hatton, Margo or Mosley?

The challenge is there for PBF, i'm not buying his excuses not to fight him, if Pacman is doing something untoward then why has he not been caught, stripped of titles and banned from boxing? Athletes, swimmers, cyclists get caught all the time, what is PBF's real problem? I'd say it's more like inactivity and a real fear of losing that 0 more than anything else!

I think PBF believes he can't beat him.

[marbleheadmaui]

I really hope to see him again, just as I hope to see Pacquiao fight again. I always will want to see these guys one more time because they are great & I see no young guys on the horizon with anywhere near that level of skill. That said, I feel there is only one remaining fight for him & Manny that is genuinely interesting.

However, if he doesn't, it's not the end of the world. Boxing will go on & there will be new stars.

It's hard to pick out of the options, because I feel probably a combination of all four.

*I will say the one thing that bothers me is the 'Mayweather only cares about Mayweather' thing. Good for him. Too many boxers have tried to please the fans, who show little concern for them once they've served their purpose. How many people here have looked to donate money to Wilfred Benitez as he sits alone confused about who he is, unable to hold a conversation & no longer able to control his bodily functions. Who reacted to my Genaro Hernandez thread thinking 'I should find out if he can help donate money towards his family'? I'd say very few because the reality is we demand everything of these men & then spit them out, saying it's not our problem, he should have managed his finances better. I'm not saying I'm much better either, I'm just as guilty.

VERY well said. I hammer Floyd and Calzaghe as much as anyone because they didn't do what I, as a fan, wanted them too. But if they can retire rich and safe? More power to them as men.

[Mars_ax]

Big fan of Floyd here but i wouldnt mind at all if he retired. Boxing doesn't revolve around Floyd nor pacman so i could care less...

There are far more exciting fighters than these guys.

I can't think of any fighter who's been "far more" exciting then Pacquiao the last few years, but I don't even bother to watch Mayweather's fights.

I would agree however, that there are lots of entertaining fighters around besides Pacquiao, and while boxing will miss him much more then they will Mayweather when he retires, new stars will emerge to take his place.

[X]

Mayweather cares about mayweather, this guy does not give a shit about our sport, I for one dont really cares what he does anymore , because he certainly does,nt represent boxing the way a so called legend should. All he does is fight small fighters , and slag off true legends , like SRL ,he could learn a thing or two from great fighters like SRL ,1 fight great fighters 2 beat great fighters 3help spread the word of our sport by actually fighting once a year .

Fair enough that you have a point of view ...... but all boxers are in the sport for themselves, it's not a team game and the sport has left enough penniless brain-damaged wrecks in it's wake over the years.

I rate Mayweather as a fighter (and he is no worse a human being than many footballers, NBA players, baseball people and other sportmen) ans think he would probably have been competitive with any welterweight that ever stepped into the ring.

I'm not sure about your comparison with Ray Leonard though - I recall leonard turning pro for mega-money, picking his opponents very carefully on the way up, retiring and unretiring exactly the same way that Mayweather has been doing, and then returning for 'one off spectaculars' that he didnlt deserve given his inactivity and ranking. Leonard was a great fighter, but I think Mayweather is too.

Fighting Hearns for the first time was arguably the only real fighters risk he took. He denied him a rematch until Tommy was shot, Duran was moving up a weight and you would usually expect a good big un to beat a good little un, Hagler was on the slide and the decision was controversial! Fighting Ortiz seems a bigger challenge than coming back and getting knocked down by Kevin Howard!! (I think that was the guy?

[Jody Lane]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

About the way I feel about it.

[Mars_ax]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

About the way I feel about it.

I don't know if it's true, but I just read that Mayweather is getting $40 mil to fight Ortiz in September, so someone must love this gutless sack of shit, it sure as hell ain't me, I wouldn't pay 10 cents to see one of this clown's PPVs.

[foxbat1126]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

About the way I feel about it.

I don't know if it's true, but I just read that Mayweather is getting $40 mil to fight Ortiz in September, so someone must love this gutless sack of shit, it sure as hell ain't me, I wouldn't pay 10 cents to see one of this clown's PPVs.

It seems Mayweather is guaranteeing himself $40m, since the fight is being promoted by Mayweather Promotions and GBP. I do not read anywhere that HBO or Showtime is picking up the tab. They might be staging their own PPV. I don't think they can generate enough revenue to pay Ortiz a decent purse. Correct me if I am wrong.

[Mars_ax]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

About the way I feel about it.

I don't know if it's true, but I just read that Mayweather is getting $40 mil to fight Ortiz in September, so someone must love this gutless sack of shit, it sure as hell ain't me, I wouldn't pay 10 cents to see one of this clown's PPVs.

It seems Mayweather is guaranteeing himself $40m, since the fight is being promoted by Mayweather Promotions and GBP. I do not read anywhere that HBO or Showtime is picking up the tab. They might be staging their own PPV. I don't think they can generate enough revenue to pay Ortiz a decent purse. Correct me if I am wrong.

Hmmmm, interesting, I guess we shall see, without HBO or Showtime promoting the fight, I don't see how FBF-Ortiz would generate enough PPV buys to cover Mayweather's alleged $40 million guarantee. It would seem like the PPV would need 1 million + buys just to break even, and I don't see this fight generating that kind of interest, especially if it's not promoted by HBO.

[foxbat1126]

Personally I could give a flying fuck less if this clown ever fights Pacquiao or anyone else. Do boxing a favor, leave and don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out, good riddance.

About the way I feel about it.

I don't know if it's true, but I just read that Mayweather is getting $40 mil to fight Ortiz in September, so someone must love this gutless sack of shit, it sure as hell ain't me, I wouldn't pay 10 cents to see one of this clown's PPVs.

It seems Mayweather is guaranteeing himself $40m, since the fight is being promoted by Mayweather Promotions and GBP. I do not read anywhere that HBO or Showtime is picking up the tab. They might be staging their own PPV. I don't think they can generate enough revenue to pay Ortiz a decent purse. Correct me if I am wrong.

Hmmmm, interesting, I guess we shall see, without HBO or Showtime promoting the fight, I don't see how FBF-Ortiz would generate enough PPV buys to cover Mayweather's alleged $40 million guarantee. It would seem like the PPV would need 1 million + buys just to break even, and I don't see this fight generating that kind of interest, especially if it's not promoted by HBO.

I stand corrected. I just saw on HBO PPV Schedule that they have the fight posted for September 17. But still I find it hard to believe that a guarantee of $40m is feasible.