How REDICULOUS was that whole FLOYD MAYWEATHER RETIREMENT thing...

Exactly. Boxing does not need selfish cowards like Floyd. His fights are not exciting. He is a runner. His style is cowardly. Like ive said many times. Stay retired and go broke gambling. We dont need you or your boring running fights anymore. I used to like you when you were hungry. Now your just a greedy little immature kid who thinks your all that but in fact... your just a coward little 50 cent wanna be loser. Your a joke just like your retirement. Exactly why you should stop with the silly insults.

A stunt for WHAT though? What could he possibly have gained. If he wanted Hatton, if he wanted Mosley, all he needed to do was say so and the fight was made! It was just angering cause we all knew he wasnt gonna retire, and none of us wanted him to retire, but he still stayed adamint about it. A stunt to make some people believe it would be his last fight so they would buy the pay-per-view.

The only thing that would be rediculous is if floyd fanboys are like "He came out of retirement and beat one of the best fighters out what an accomplishment!!!" (As if the retirement took a toll on his body or sumthin)

Floyd is an insecure drama queen and will do whatever it takes to stay in the spotlight and get attention. I just hope for his own sake that he doesn't resort to crazy stunts and drug abuse after his career is really over.

God, I guess I'm a fucking idiot. I actually did believe Floyd when he said he was walking away, but only because it really doesn't seem like he gives a fuck about the sport. He takes fights based on how much money they pay, and if he retired, then he could have started promoting more fighters, which pays a fair bit I've heard, and he could have put more work into his Philthy Rich Records. I don't know, I figured he had reached his pinacle in the sport (the fight with De La Hoya, because it really did seem like all he cared about was money. But I'm happy as all hell that he is back.

floyd is doing almost whatever it takes to create a demand for him. the retirement thing is and was a big joke. he thinks that everyone is as dumb as he is when it comes to this stuff. whatever, keep hitting people and think you're a genius floyd. i like the fact that he says he was retiring before he had any real huge fight, (the DLH fight was hype and brought nothing to the table for boxing) he has had no monumental fight that would automatically put him in the hall of fame, solidly. a performance that would leave us with no doubt that he's great. i get sick and tired of him calling himself great without doing what the great ones have done and that is beat all there is to beat out there. his retirement is/was a PR move and a obvious and poor one at that. floyd just needs to give the fans what they want to see and let it run it's course, he keeps trying to spin things and make himself more then what he has achieved. with all that spinning you'd think he would have a job working in politics..................... They must be pretty dumb for the fight to sell so well. And Floyd is already a Hall of Famer. His resume speaks for itself. He doesn't need a monumental fight. Beating Hatton only strengthens his resume.

Exactly. Boxing does not need selfish cowards like Floyd. His fights are not exciting. He is a runner. His style is cowardly. Like ive said many times. Stay retired and go broke gambling. We dont need you or your boring running fights anymore. I used to like you when you were hungry. Now your just a greedy little immature kid who thinks your all that but in fact... your just a coward little 50 cent wanna be loser. Your a joke just like your retirement. 38-0 doesn't sound like a joke. Neither does 5 titles in 5 weightclasses. Don't watch it if you don't like it. Oh WOW HE RAN IN ONE FIGHT (Baldomir). Boxing and moving isn't running. Stop being a bitch and hating.:bottle:

It was a way to get more people to buy De La Hoya-Mayweather. He was saying as if it would be his last fight so everyone would buy PPV. I guess it worked...

exactly.................... and i here what you're saying, shit does change, but the fact of the matter was that his retirement was a ploy. and also if he does make the fights we want to see cool, but really as a whole boxing doesn't need floyd mayweather, boxing needs guys that bring exciting fights not only to the hardcore fans such as ourselves but to the mainstream, floyd wont transcend the sport like barerra or morales did, or how pacquiao is doing, or how hatton is doing. nothing along the lines of how DLH did it, or Foreman, Ali, Ray Robinson.........see what i'm saying???? floyd needs boxing to feed his attention starved ego, floyd needs boxing to get heard and to be seen, which he craves so desperately, floyd has gotten out of boxing way more then he's given to it. Exactly. Boxing does not need selfish cowards like Floyd. His fights are not exciting. He is a runner. His style is cowardly. Like ive said many times. Stay retired and go broke gambling. We dont need you or your boring running fights anymore. I used to like you when you were hungry. Now your just a greedy little immature kid who thinks your all that but in fact... your just a coward little 50 cent wanna be loser. Your a joke just like your retirement.

exactly.................... and i here what you're saying, shit does change, but the fact of the matter was that his retirement was a ploy. and also if he does make the fights we want to see cool, but really as a whole boxing doesn't need floyd mayweather, boxing needs guys that bring exciting fights not only to the hardcore fans such as ourselves but to the mainstream, floyd wont transcend the sport like barerra or morales did, or how pacquiao is doing, or how hatton is doing. nothing along the lines of how DLH did it, or Foreman, Ali, Ray Robinson.........see what i'm saying???? floyd needs boxing to feed his attention starved ego, floyd needs boxing to get heard and to be seen, which he craves so desperately, floyd has gotten out of boxing way more then he's given to it. what is floyd going to do once he actually does retire? go global with his " Filthy Rich Records " that hasn't produced one album or even one track???? and they have been supposedly operating for years now, what a joke, although a failing business is a good write off for taxes and since floyd is so "Filthy Rich" i'm sure he needs it................haha, not one track! A ploy? Perhaps, although it looked more like a bratty move when it happened. Floyd was literally crying when he made the announcement. I think we're giving Mayweather too much credit to put any complex or diabolical meaning behind it. He is an immature overly insulated man child surrounded by yes men. He meant it when he retired, no ploy. Mayweather as the P4P #1 performer in Boxing is something the sport can benefit from - especially if he puts in more P4P #1 type performances. Non Boxing enthusiasts are at least curious about this concept if nothing else.

It was all a stunt. He wasn't ever going to really retire. Im surprised people believed him. no one believed it, but the nuthuggers used it as an excuse to defend him.

Deep down Floyd really just begs for attention. He's really insecure and he wants people to love him. So he pulls stunts like that to get attention. He tries to cover it with a conceited personality, but I see right through that. exactly.................... **rant rant rant** For all the days he was retired he meant it. Shit changes. Now he doesn't want to retired. I'm glad he changed his mind. Now we get the fights Boxing needs. and i here what you're saying, shit does change, but the fact of the matter was that his retirement was a ploy. and also if he does make the fights we want to see cool, but really as a whole boxing doesn't need floyd mayweather, boxing needs guys that bring exciting fights not only to the hardcore fans such as ourselves but to the mainstream, floyd wont transcend the sport like barerra or morales did, or how pacquiao is doing, or how hatton is doing. nothing along the lines of how DLH did it, or Foreman, Ali, Ray Robinson.........see what i'm saying???? floyd needs boxing to feed his attention starved ego, floyd needs boxing to get heard and to be seen, which he craves so desperately, floyd has gotten out of boxing way more then he's given to it. what is floyd going to do once he actually does retire? go global with his " Filthy Rich Records " that hasn't produced one album or even one track???? and they have been supposedly operating for years now, what a joke, although a failing business is a good write off for taxes and since floyd is so "Filthy Rich" i'm sure he needs it................haha, not one track!

**rant rant rant** For all the days he was retired he meant it. Shit changes. Now he doesn't want to be retired. I'm glad he changed his mind. Now we get the fights Boxing needs.

A stunt for WHAT though? What could he possibly have gained. If he wanted Hatton, if he wanted Mosley, all he needed to do was say so and the fight was made! It was just angering cause we all knew he wasnt gonna retire, and none of us wanted him to retire, but he still stayed adamint about it. Deep down Floyd really just begs for attention. He's really insecure and he wants people to love him. So he pulls stunts like that to get attention. He tries to cover it with a conceited personality, but I see right through that.

floyd is doing almost whatever it takes to create a demand for him. the retirement thing is and was a big joke. he thinks that everyone is as dumb as he is when it comes to this stuff. whatever, keep hitting people and think you're a genius floyd. i like the fact that he says he was retiring before he had any real huge fight, (the DLH fight was hype and brought nothing to the table for boxing) he has had no monumental fight that would automatically put him in the hall of fame, solidly. a performance that would leave us with no doubt that he's great. i get sick and tired of him calling himself great without doing what the great ones have done and that is beat all there is to beat out there. his retirement is/was a PR move and a obvious and poor one at that. floyd just needs to give the fans what they want to see and let it run it's course, he keeps trying to spin things and make himself more then what he has achieved. with all that spinning you'd think he would have a job working in politics.....................

I've said before and still belive: Mayweather's retirement was Floyd basically saying "Ask me to stay...please." Instead, everyone just laughed at him in the press but people who believe anything they read at least 'showed love.'

How can you be mad about something noone ever believed, personally I think it was a stunt to to pull of the ole "he called me out I will come out of retirement to fight him" angle which he just used against hatton. Cause he didnt GAIN anything from it. And "B" he's not even playing that angle cause that would be the most rediculous thing ever. AND he's said he wants Mosley afterward

It was all a stunt. He wasn't ever going to really retire. Im surprised people believed him. A stunt for WHAT though? What could he possibly have gained. If he wanted Hatton, if he wanted Mosley, all he needed to do was say so and the fight was made! It was just angering cause we all knew he wasnt gonna retire, and none of us wanted him to retire, but he still stayed adamint about it.

How can you be mad about something noone ever believed, personally I think it was a stunt to to pull of the ole "he called me out I will come out of retirement to fight him" angle which he just used against hatton.

It was a pretty obvious joke