Why Did Floyd Mayweather Jr Retire In The First Place??

He needed some time off because his body was breaking down. The man has been fighting for a long time and has brittle hands. You can't blame the guy for protecting his life and doing what was best for his body.

I'm pretty sure he didn't fight Cotto, Margarito etc because he had a bad falling out with Bob Arum and didn't want to do business with him by fighting them. I suppose there are a few ways to look at that scenario.

mayweather ducking cotto ? its incredible how delusional cotto fans got.. u the delusional one:)

Ha, heal his body, what does he need to heal, a guy like cotto gets hurt in a lot of his fights and didn't need to heal, instead he fought mosley,margs,clottey and pac. Thats what a real fighter does. cotto has been fighting how long??? and Floyd has been fighting how long? this isn't rocket science!!!

to get away from Cotto and Margarito mayweather ducking cotto ? its incredible how delusional cotto fans got..

It is either at the start of his Hatton or DLH fight that Lampley says Floyd told them he was looking to take 2 years off to rest, but after the fight he said he was actually retiring. It was clearly a plan of his to take a year or so off to heal his body and see where his mind was at. Ha, heal his body, what does he need to heal, a guy like cotto gets hurt in a lot of his fights and didn't need to heal, instead he fought mosley,margs,clottey and pac. Thats what a real fighter does.

to get away from Cotto and Margarito

we was probably avoiding a stacked WW division. He could have not stayed p4p king without fighting an undefeated cotto, margs, pwill or mosley. He retired saying he had nothing to prove, he retired as the #1 WW in the world yet he had done nothing to prove it, he didn't fight any of the top 5 WW's at the time, Manny has been at WW for like a year and has fought two top 5 WW's.

I may be wrong but I think he retired because there were dangerous WW out there who could possibly beat him.

Floyd at first thinks that without him boxing would be dead etc and then he goes insulting other boxers and what not...well why dont we ask floyd some questions?? like for e.g. Why did he retire in the first place?? Before he retired why didnt he accept the offer from guys Like Margarito to fight him? or why didnt he fight Mosely,Cotto or even Pacqiuao back then? i even heard paul williams called floyd out and that floyd didnt want to fight...So all of a sudden when he comes back into the sport as a comeback fight He fights a Past it Juan Manuel Marquez to Move Up 2 Weight divisons? i mean yeah thats a good fight but why go for him? why not fight someone who was in your weight division originally? And now that hes gonna fight mosely which i think is good for floyds reputation what about the other fighters? is he gonna man up and fight Pacqiuao,Cotto,possibly even marg if hes let back in? I remember Paul wanting to fight Mayweather, I believe it was after he beat Margarito, Floyd was asked about the possibility of fighting Paul and his reply was "I have never heard of Paul Williams". He tries to belittle possible opponents that have a chance of beating him to justify not fighting in his own mind.

It is either at the start of his Hatton or DLH fight that Lampley says Floyd told them he was looking to take 2 years off to rest, but after the fight he said he was actually retiring. It was clearly a plan of his to take a year or so off to heal his body and see where his mind was at.

Floyd at first thinks that without him boxing would be dead etc and then he goes insulting other boxers and what not...well why dont we ask floyd some questions?? like for e.g. Why did he retire in the first place?? Before he retired why didnt he accept the offer from guys Like Margarito to fight him? or why didnt he fight Mosely,Cotto or even Pacqiuao back then? i even heard paul williams called floyd out and that floyd didnt want to fight...So all of a sudden when he comes back into the sport as a comeback fight He fights a Past it Juan Manuel Marquez to Move Up 2 Weight divisons? i mean yeah thats a good fight but why go for him? why not fight someone who was in your weight division originally? And now that hes gonna fight mosely which i think is good for floyds reputation what about the other fighters? is he gonna man up and fight Pacqiuao,Cotto,possibly even marg if hes let back in? He fought JMM just to shake off ring rust, at 31 years of age, a near 2 year layoff could take effect. And, I think he was just having a break really. In the Hatton 24/7 he did seem to have a lot of problems with his hands and elbows, so maybe he just wanted to rest for a while? I just hope he starts fighting the fights he should have done a while ago soon. And Mosley is a sure start towards it, imo.

If Margarito's fanbase was that big, don't you think Margarito-Mosley would have been a PPV fight? And this was a year or so after the fact. If Margarito's not doing PPV's then, he wouldn't do them around the time Floyd retired. Unless the whole, "People only watch Floyd to lose" thing is 100% fact. If he's willing to fight a lightweight in Marquez--why wasn't he willing to fight other top fighters in his own weight back then? Look at Pacquiao the cheater---he fought Hatton considered the lineal champ at 140 when we all know the Brit sucked ass, and that there were other better opposition at 140. Marquez wasn't a draw until the Pacquiao fights and like Margarito after his questionable demolition of Cotto, but he says he fights the best....but he really doesn't

Only one problem with that Margarito also had a big fan base--why didn't he fight him? He fought Marquez didnt he? If Margarito's fanbase was that big, don't you think Margarito-Mosley would have been a PPV fight? And this was a year or so after the fact. If Margarito's not doing PPV's then, he wouldn't do them around the time Floyd retired. Unless the whole, "People only watch Floyd to lose" thing is 100% fact.

Plus there was no big fish to fry after Oscar and Hatton... say what you want as boxing fans, but the average Joe had no clue who Cotto and Margarito were until after their epic clash.

But didn't Mayweather fight Baldomir for 8 million too after refusing Margarito's offer of the same amount? Actually Mayweather refused Margarito because he had plans to fight Oscar for 3x that much. But Oscar is the one that held off from signing right away. By then Mayweather had broken his ties with Top Rank and was being blackballed by that sleazebag Arum. So Mayweather went and took on the lineal champ Baldo while he waited for Oscar.

But didn't Mayweather fight Baldomir for 8 million too after refusing Margarito's offer of the same amount? Well that good then isnt it?? He fought the number 1 guy at WW for the same money... Same sure Brian Kinney agreed because he accuse Mayweather of ducking both Baldomir and Hatton.

Boxing did just fine without him, Pacquiao stepped up and more than filled the void. I think he retired because there was a lot of dangerous fighters at WW and he just didn't fancy it any more. Now that most of the real contenders have defeated each other he feels ready to come back and beat up, past it, LW Juan Manuel Marquez. At least Mosley is a genuine top WW.

Margarito-8 million JMM-15 million :thinking: But didn't Mayweather fight Baldomir for 8 million too after refusing Margarito's offer of the same amount?

Well, there was the Oscar rematch... and Floyd did win, at least on my card, a comfortable points victory over DLH the first time... I think he retired because he lost passion for the sport. If it was really because he didn't wanna face Cotto/Marg he would have at least fought Oscar first, for another $25 + mill, then retired. But I do believe he feared both Miguel and Margarito, to be frank I think floyd knew that the rematch with dela hoya wouldn't generate as much money as their first fight because boxing fans was disgusted by that fight and the people who watch the fight wouldn't bought that fight again because they feel like they were robbed like they are just watching a sparring match. And i agree that he's scared to face margarito or cotto.