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.”
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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