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IDK if anyone has posted this already, if it has - forgive me? but I thought it was interesting and I've always believed the same thing.
Like most people, Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promoted Mayweather for most of the boxer's career, said he believes Mayweather will return. Arum has his eye on a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in the fall.
He has his own theory about why Mayweather retired in his prime.
"I think there is something physically wrong with him," Arum said. "Even when he was fighting for me, something was up with his shoulder. They deny it, but that is what I've been able to pick up, that the doctor has advised Mayweather to rest. In other words, it's very harmful to the shoulder even hitting a punching bag, so he was advised rest and rehabilitation and hopefully it will come around. Otherwise, none of this retirement stuff makes sense, no matter how crazy Floyd is. Nobody of his ability leaves that kind of money on the table. If the shoulder heals and he comes back, he never has to admit there was a problem."
In Mayweather's 24/7 he showed he got his shoulder checked out by a therapist. IMO I think he retired for that reason. Imagine Margarito, Cotto missing power shots on his shoulder rolls. That would weaken him and leave him vulnerable to more damage.
Like most people, Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promoted Mayweather for most of the boxer's career, said he believes Mayweather will return. Arum has his eye on a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in the fall.
He has his own theory about why Mayweather retired in his prime.
"I think there is something physically wrong with him," Arum said. "Even when he was fighting for me, something was up with his shoulder. They deny it, but that is what I've been able to pick up, that the doctor has advised Mayweather to rest. In other words, it's very harmful to the shoulder even hitting a punching bag, so he was advised rest and rehabilitation and hopefully it will come around. Otherwise, none of this retirement stuff makes sense, no matter how crazy Floyd is. Nobody of his ability leaves that kind of money on the table. If the shoulder heals and he comes back, he never has to admit there was a problem."
In Mayweather's 24/7 he showed he got his shoulder checked out by a therapist. IMO I think he retired for that reason. Imagine Margarito, Cotto missing power shots on his shoulder rolls. That would weaken him and leave him vulnerable to more damage.
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