R. Mayweather Not Convinced Floyd Will Retire After 9/12
By Edward Chaykovsky
Roger Mayweather, uncle and co-trainer of WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs), is not convinced that his nephew will follow through with his plan to retire by the end of the year.
After his twelve round decision victory over Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd, Mayweather announced at the post-fight press conference that he planned to retire after his next fight, which is targeted for September 12th.
The pay-per-view fight with Pacquiao has shattered every possible financial record in boxing. Mayweather, 38-years-old, will earn over $200 million from the event.
Even with the mountains of cash in his bank account, Roger would be very surprised if his nephew stayed in retirement.
Most experts believe Floyd will return to the ring again, at least one more time, to break Rocky Marciano's record by getting his 50th win in 2016.
"Floyd ain’t gonna be comfortable staying in retirement. There ain’t no fighter that I know that ain’t never came out of retirement, that was still fighting. The guys like Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, all of those guys came out of retirement. All of those guys came out of retirement and they kept fighting. If my nephew can do that and walk away from boxing, then it’s a different thing," Roger told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"I don’t think that boxing really cares if he walks away undefeated or not undefeated. If he determines his career is about having never lost, then that’s what he needs to do. He’s gonna have to make his mind up, if he’s gonna walk away and retire of if he ain’t gonna walk away and retire. He’s gonna have to make his mind up, one way or the other. You can’t have another career if you’re still fighting, so you have to make your mind up one way or the other. That’s what he’s gonna have to do."
