By Edward Chaykovsky
Floyd Mayweather Sr., father and trainer of retired five division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., has warned his son to avoid a long layoff. If his son intends to return to the ring, Floyd Sr. wants him to come back within seven months at most - or stay retired from the ring.
Mayweather will turn 39-years-old in February. He retired from the ring on September 12th, after winning a twelve round decision over Andre Berto.
He walked away with an undefeated record of 49-0 with 26 knockouts.
One more victory would allow him to surpass the 49-0 record of heavyweight great Rocky Marciano. Many see that scenario as a big motivation for him to return to the ring for at least one more fight.
"I will hope one thing, if you ain’t gonna fight within six months, leave the damn game alone. If you’re not intending to fight between six months or seven at the most, then leave it alone because it ain’t going nowhere," Mayweather Sr. told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"I don’t want to see my son going out there and trying to prove something where there ain’t nothing to prove. There’s nothing to prove right now, he’s done it all, there’s nothing left to prove. He beat everybody that’s in there, he beat all the top fighters that they’re talking about."
"Floyd beat the top fighters today, he beat all the ones that they talk about being top dogs, he beat them. The ones that he didn’t fight, he can beat them too. Like I said, there is a saying that goes along with boxing, your age plays a part and you ain’t got that much time to be wasting."
