De La Hoya: Mayweather Will Return, Fight Several Times
By Edward Chaykovsky
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is strongly predicts that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) will return to the ring next year - and it won't be for a single fight.
Mayweather retired in September, after his twelve round domination of Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Mayweather has denied the possibility of a ring return, but many in the industry believe he's going to return in 2016 to at least pursue his 50th victory to break the undefeated record of heavyweight Hall of Famer Rocky Marciano.
De La Hoya and Mayweather have been trading verbal shots in the last few days. One fight won't be enough, De La Hoya anticipates several more fights involving Mayweather in the future.
"No [I don't believe he'll stay retired], not at all. I strongly believe that he will fight a few more times. Not just once, but a couple of more times. I think he will wait until next year, maybe do the rematch with Pacquiao and then we'll see what happens," De La Hoya told Bloomberg.
"It's all business for Mayweather. That's all it is. His team...that's the difference between our fight here on November 21st [between Cotto and Canelo]...it's about passion, it's about the fans, it's about doing the best fight possible and that's what the fighters will do inside the ring - is give you a war. It is about the business [for us as well], but it's about the fight first.
"[For Mayweather] it's all about money, low risk, high reward. And for us here, we're not naïve here - we want to make money, but its all about making sure the fans are happy."
