Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) took part in what he claimed was the final fight of his career. He announced his retirement after winning an easy twelve round decision over Andre Berto. According to WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Keith 'One Time' Thurman, a good portion of fans will find someone to fill the void that Mayweather left behind.
Retired referee Joe Cortez, who is now an expert analyst for ESPN and other outlets, say the winner of November's fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto will establish the successor to the recently retired Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Mayweather announced his retirement following a twelve round decision over Andre Berto. Cotto-Canelo also takes place in Last Vegas, but at the MGM's sister venue over at the Mandalay Bay. The event is set for November 21.
Taxing time for Money Man-but will boxing’s Terminator be back? Quit while you are ahead remains the oldest and sagest advice either at the roulette table or in the ring. It is a maxim Floyd Mayweather Jnr asks us to believe he is about to follow. Whether we should take him at his word is the 64 million dollar question. No, in his case, make that the 640 million dollar question.
Despite all the talk about a possible comeback by undefeated former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr, his well-known strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza believes a comeback is far-fetched. In a lengthy conversation with the New Standard/BoxingScene.com, Ariza said that “we talked and he is adamant about retiring and taking care of his kids” pointing out that Mayweather has been 19 years in the boxing business and “I don’t know what is left out there for him to do, what’s going to motivate him.”
Former champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) says he tried everything possible to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) in the ring. Khan has been trying to get Mayweather in the ring since 2013. He wasted a lot of time trying to secure that Mayweather shot in the last three years. The fight never came off with Mayweather passing him over several times.
UFC champion Ronda Rousey says Floyd Mayweather Jr. is getting what he deserves -- fans turning their backs on him in droves because his last fight, with Andre Berto on September 12th, was a mismatch. Ronda weighed in on the Berto-Mayweather fight drawing only about 550,000 pay-per-view customers -- the lowest number Floyd's pulled in 10 years. The way Ronda sees it ... her archnemesis should've seen this coming.
Andre Berto got some new ammunition for smack talking Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he's already unloading on him -- blaming the champ for their fight's historically low Showtime pay-per-view numbers for last Saturday's event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Somewhere between 400,000 and 550,000 people bucked up for the fight ... the lowest PPV stats for a Floyd fight in a decade.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33KOs) wasn’t shy about throwing his hat into the ring on the topic of supplanting Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the sport’s next superstar since Mayweather stated Saturday’s fight will be his last. Mayweather announced his retirement following his lopsided twelve round decision victory over Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) is very happy with Manny Pacquiao coming to the table to negotiate a potential fight for the early part of 2016. Khan wasted a lot of time in 2013, 2014 and even 2015 - chasing a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who passed him over on several occasions. The British star blew his top after Mayweather added insult to injury by selecting Andre Berto for last Saturday's contest. Khan and Berto train in the same gym with their mutual coach Virgil Hunter.
Top Rank's CEO is not overly concerned with the recent IV scandal that fell on the lap of Floyd Mayweather Jr., but he appears to very concerned with Mayweather's testosterone levels during the random testing process in the lead-up to the May 2nd mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao. Arum believes the level are very low for a top athlete like Mayweather. The bulk of the recent scandal has to do with Mayweather's using an IV, after the official weighin, to inject himself with vitamins. He received permission to do the IV from USADA [United States Anti-Doping Agency] and a retroactive TUE a few weeks later.