By Jake Donovan - The staying power of Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains evident, whether or not he’s fighting.
The sport’s pound-for-pound king returns to the ring this weekend, which naturally means his name is mentioned at every turn. But when he fights is not the only time anything Mayweather-related surfaces in conversation.
Long before he announced that Robert Guerrero would be next in line, nary a discussion took place involving a fight in or around the welterweight division that didn’t include Mayweather’s name.
There was of course the Pacquiao debate, at least until the Filipino found himself sprawled out on the canvas in his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez last December. Now attention has turned to whether or not he will one day face unbeaten Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
The lucrative six-fight, 30-month contract leaves plenty of time for Mayweather to answer that question. All he has to do is win Saturday night’s pay-per-view headliner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and it’s his name that will remain first and foremost on the tip of boxing’s collective tongue. [Click Here To Read More]
The sport’s pound-for-pound king returns to the ring this weekend, which naturally means his name is mentioned at every turn. But when he fights is not the only time anything Mayweather-related surfaces in conversation.
Long before he announced that Robert Guerrero would be next in line, nary a discussion took place involving a fight in or around the welterweight division that didn’t include Mayweather’s name.
There was of course the Pacquiao debate, at least until the Filipino found himself sprawled out on the canvas in his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez last December. Now attention has turned to whether or not he will one day face unbeaten Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
The lucrative six-fight, 30-month contract leaves plenty of time for Mayweather to answer that question. All he has to do is win Saturday night’s pay-per-view headliner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and it’s his name that will remain first and foremost on the tip of boxing’s collective tongue. [Click Here To Read More]
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