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  • ßringer
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    Next to retire?

    2007 seems to be the year of retirement thus far. With Gatti, Baldomir and now Morales retiring. Which of the poll options of aging fighters do you expect to retire before year's end?
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    Fernando Vargas
    21.57%
    11
    Bernard Hopkins
    3.92%
    2
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    35.29%
    18
    Evander Holyfield
    19.61%
    10
    Winky Wright
    0.00%
    0
    Shane Mosley
    0.00%
    0
    Jose Luis Castillo
    19.61%
    10
    Other
    0.00%
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  • aljon
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    #2
    Castillo looked pretty weak and slow against Hatton, I think he should retire...

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    • -Hyperion-
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      #3
      barrera, vargas and castillo will be the next ones, hopkins if he fights clazaghe...

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      • ßringer
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        I say is Vargas loses to Mayorga he should definitely call it quits. Castillo should retire tomorrow. Holyfield should've retire years ago but the man is so damn headstrong saying he won't retire until he becomes Heavyweight Champion again, I really fear for his health at this point. God forbid he ends up getting a title shot against someone who could land bombs on him at will, like Wladimir Klitschko.....

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        • Fox McCloud
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          #5
          Vargas has already promised retirement after the Mayorga fight.

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          • Poet682006
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            #6
            I hope it's Evander but I get the feeling I hope in vain. At least I can hope he doesn't get hurt.

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            • Addison
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              #7
              Jose Luis Castillo absolutely should but he needs money, badly.

              I say he won't.

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              • ßringer
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                #8
                Originally posted by Addison
                Jose Luis Castillo absolutely should but he needs money, badly.

                I say he won't.
                In my heart I don't know what's sadder....A former World Champion who is showing signs of brain damage while still chasing the shadows of his yesteryears. Or a former World Champion who knows he should retire but contiues taking a beating to pay his bills......

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                • Ace Rockolla
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                  Vargas has already said he will retire after the fight, so I'm not including him. (Although I think there's a decent chance he comes back anyway.) From the rest of them, I'd have to say Evander. I think that if he loses ugly to Ibragimov, the public outcry for him to retire will be so great he would have no choice. If Barrera-Pacquiao II is a repeat of the first fight, I guess I could see MAB calling it quits, but I have a feeling he's gonna have a decent showing in the rematch.

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                  • Addison
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by The_Bringer
                    In my heart I don't know what's sadder....A former World Champion who is showing signs of brain damage while still chasing the shadows of his yesteryears. Or a former World Champion who knows he should retire but contiues taking a beating to pay his bills......
                    A worthy ponderance, Bringer.

                    Both are painful to even glance at for me..

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