By Michael Marley

Let me emphasize that it still remains a rumor, a persistent one which hung over last weekend's fight cards in Las Vegas (Miguel Cotto TKO 12 Ricardo Mayorga and a decent heavyweight KO by persistent Michael Grant over Tye Fields), but I kept on hearing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is about to make a strategic career move.

No, Mayweather has not evdiently zeroed in on the "tuneup bout" foe he will pick on before hopefully targeting Manny Pacquiao in 2012. But, word in Las Vegas had it, that Mayweather could be exiting the great state of Nevada in favor of domicile in sunny South Florida. Mayweather is rumored to be in the process of relocating himself and the contents of his Las Vegas "Big Boy Mansion" to Miami.

Here's why a Miami move works for L'il Floyd:

1. He can sit courtside at more Heat games, cheering on LeBron James and those other two so called super superstars who have won nothing together (Messrs. Wade and Bosh if you must know.)

2. Tax wise, it's a wash as Florida like Nevada has no state income tax. Nevada, it is said, has more millionaires living there than in any of the other 50 states, but there is a reason besides balmy weather that Tiger Woods and so many uber jocks make their legal residence in Florida.

3. Mayweather has become a thorn in the side of the Las Vegas Metro Police, including some top brass who are sick and tired of being sick and tired of his antics, including the alleged assault on a former girlfriend, the alleged poking in the face of a parking attendant, and the infamous automobile shooting by a Mayweather associate. 

4. Love beckons as they say his fiance, Ms. Jackson, prefers Miami over Southern Nevada. Maybe Mayweather has gotten that message.

5. He can cadge free meals from Don King at any given time, what with DK's unrequited affection for the boxer's company. In fact, I can't think of a reason why Mayweather would not move to Miami, where he doesn't seem to find trouble and vice versa.

And that is a plus for a guy who seems to be on the docket at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas twice a month.