Floyd Mayweather Announces His Retirement
Unbeaten welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement again Friday, with boxing’s unofficial pound-for-pound king saying he no longer has the passion necessary to fight.
This decision was not an easy one for me to make, as boxing is all I have done since I was a child,” said Mayweather, the son and nephew of three of the sport’s top trainers. “However, these past few years have been extremely difficult for me to find the desire and joy to continue in the sport.”
“I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight,” Mayweather said. “However, after many sleepless nights and intense soul-searching, I realized I could no longer base my decision on anything but my own personal happiness, which I no longer could find.”
You can check out a highlight reel of Mayweather below.
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June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Damn it Floyd, I was waiting for you and Cotto to fight!! It would have been a good for the sport and for Cotto. He’s too good not to be getting paid like he should be.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
he scared of manny pacman cuz he is gona move up his weight dats y he retirin
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Damn. I feel him tho. If he continued to fight without passion, he’d end up on the canvas like good ole boy Roy.
Good decision, tho rather see him fight more (at least
gimmie a Cotto showdown, then bounce)
June 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
dont believe dis he has done it once b4. money mayweather is a marketing genius and he knows there are sum big fights wit big money still out there like de la hoya rematch or hatton rematch or da big one cotto. Personally i would like 2 c him fight cotto but im not sure if it will ever happen but if it does mayweather wins. best pfp money mayweather
June 6th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
This shit old. He said he was retiring weeks ago on te radio when he was talkin bout beatin up reggie bush and gettin kim k back
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Say it aint so floyd, SAY IT AINT SO!?!?!
Naw on the real, bigs up to floyd money mayweather. I think he tellin the truth this time. I don’t think he’s fully retired but I think he’s definitely gonna take a long break. He’s gonna be busy expanding his empire. He done did WWE wrestlemania, and he probably got some other shit going on.
Plus he’s going out on top and UNDEFEATED!!
June 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Check out “BAD” Chad Dawson… If you’re lookin for a new fighter to follow!
Boxin doesn’t develope new talent enough… tryin too hard to squeeze water outta rock!
June 7th, 2008 at 12:14 am
THAT NIGGA SCARED OF COTTO LMAO @ THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE BEEN DUCKING NIGGAS LEFT AND RIGHT THEY OFFERED HIM 8MILLION DOLLORS TO FIGHT THAT MEXICAN I FOR GOT HIS NAME AGAIN BUT GOOGLE IT! THATS 8 MILLION DOLLORS!!! IF THAT DONT SPARK PASSION THEN WHAT THE FUCK DOES HOMIE?!!!!!!!COTTO BORICUA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 7th, 2008 at 12:46 am
One of the best to ever do it. That fight when he fucked up Gotti will always b one of my favorites.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Wow I love how niggas always claim to be the best and as soon as competition makes noise Miguel Cotto would murder Floyd Mayweather. Floys record 39Ws 25 KOs Miguel 32Ws 26KOs both undefeated in the same weight class so why isint this dude fighting the #1 contender cuz he’s a bitch and should shoot himself for saying he’s the best and comparing himself to Ray Robinson or the Great Ali.
June 7th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Cosign #10. Mayweather Jr. is a scared little bitch. And Im sure I’ll get knocked out if I did, but I have the balls to say that to his face. Floyd is duckin Miguel Cotto.
June 7th, 2008 at 6:00 am
@realla_killah
LMAO Manny isn’t even in the same weightclass. He’s too small.
Anyway No matter who Floyd beats there will always be fans who says he’s ducking someone. That’s what happens to everyone who’s at the top. People said he couldn’t beat Diego Corrales (RIP) back when Diego was at his best. Floyd beat his ass. Castillo would be too tough. Floyd beat him twice. Oscar was too big and strong. Floyd beat him. Hatton’s pressure would be too much for Floyd. Floyd knocked him out..etc Floyd’s been a pro since 1996. Has fought many world champions is still undefeated and been a world champion in 4 diffrent weightclasses. He doesn’t have to prove anything more cause his recod speaks for itself.
If Floyd would fight Cotto and beat him, then fans would say. Who cares I knew he was going to beat him anyway. Cotto’s defense isn’t all that and he’s not as fast as Floyd. He needs to fight someone bigger and stronger like Margarito and after that fight fans would say. Who cares I knew Floyd would win Margarito is too flatfooted and slow. Floyd is ducking Paul Williams he’s scared and bla bla bla bla.
If Cotto managed to become THE MAN of boxing then fans are going to accuse him of ducking fighters too. It’s the negative part of the game. Fans are never satisfied.
June 7th, 2008 at 6:07 am
@2cents
Chad is amazing but I’m worried about his chin though. Yuriorkis Gamboa from Cuba is the future in the lighter divisions. I’m also exited about David Haye from England in the heavyweight division. I think he’s exactly what the HW division needs. A fast big punching aggressive charismatic guy.
June 7th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Floyd is scared of Cotto, Floyd got out when he could without any defeats If he fought Cotto Floyd would only win on point and wouldn’t knock him. Floyd also get big cash from WWE but he ducked fighting Cotto.
June 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
this nigga is scare of cotto, he know he’ll lose so that’s something this nigga would not be able to deal with so thats why he’s retiring with out any defeat
June 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
CO-SIGN N 12, THATS THE ONLY PERSON IN HERE W SOME SENSE, THE REST IS JUST…………THE REST!!!!!
June 7th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
@ #13 Don’t mind my Patriotism right now but I’m goin for the S.C. kid!!!