Mayweather: I was ready to give Hatton a rematch after Marquez and then Retire!

[The Gambler1981]

I hear ya, but easier said than done when it's the same fighter that's contradicting himself over n over & disrespecting others at the same time. have a bit of class is all. im with you i dont really look outside what happens in the ring, but this is hard because floyd is so good we want to see him in with x & y, but lately it just hasn't happened (regardless of who's fault it is)

I want to see him fight good people aswell, JMM is a start we will all see what happeans with his comeback. Lots of people seem to be judging his comeback before it even starts, that hardly seems fair because no one knows the future, and if Floyd needs money he can only try to make the biggest fight out there (to make the money he wants he can not fight no names).

[sandyvahra]

If he loses I am pretty sure he would try to avenge the loss. Seriously Floyd is an ATG I consider Manny and Floyd basically equals on that level, he has aachieved a lot in his career more then like 99.99% of boxers, for me that is hard to call underachieving.

When I say underachieved i mean that with praise. Floyd has had a great career no question, but with his talent level i see no reason why he shouldnt be an atg top 10. if he truly wanted that i believe he could. the fact that he isn't trying for it is disappointing from a fan's perspective. Compare that now to Manny who isn't nearly as naturally talented or been in boxing as long, but i think it's fair to say that manny is trying to find his ceiling where as floyd isn't.

[sandyvahra]

I want to see him fight good people aswell, JMM is a start we will all see what happeans with his comeback. Lots of people seem to be judging his comeback before it even starts, that hardly seems fair because no one knows the future, and if Floyd needs money he can only try to make the biggest fight out there (to make the money he wants he can not fight no names).

That's true, we'll see what happens. I'm optimistic that we'll get to see the hungry floyd again & try to achieve boxing immortality, but pardon me if i dont hold my breath for it.

[talip bin osman]

Affraid is a strong word, apprehensive unless he gets paid what he wants sure. I mean I feel Floyd on a certain level, to take on his toughest challenges he wants to be paid accordingly, if you are not getting paid accordingly for the toughest fights why take them? I know I would do the same pretty much so how can I fault Floyd for how I would act?

People if they are honest would say the same thing, the vast majority anyways.

oscar got tons of money fighting the best available fighters out there...

so can floyd...

[The Gambler1981]

When I say underachieved i mean that with praise. Floyd has had a great career no question, but with his talent level i see no reason why he shouldnt be an atg top 10. if he truly wanted that i believe he could. the fact that he isn't trying for it is disappointing from a fan's perspective. Compare that now to Manny who isn't nearly as naturally talented or been in boxing as long, but i think it's fair to say that manny is trying to find his ceiling where as floyd isn't.

I figured that was how you meant it, because if you call him an underachiever very few boxing can be judged a success (atleast very few recently). I guess but to me Manny and Floyd are fairly similar (not as fighters but what they achieved). I never put that kind of expectations on any fighter, that is a very very hard standard to live up too.

His career is not over yet so we will see how it plays out. Floyd could have done more with his career to this point, he retired for almost two years in his prime. To me though that does not really change what he actually did, and I have liked Floyd's career (is it perfect no, but to me perfection is impossible there will always be another guy to fight and no fighter can whoop father time or make time to fight every single guy since you can only fight one guy at a time).

[The Gambler1981]

oscar got tons of money fighting the best available fighters out there...

so can floyd...

I assume that is how he will make money in his comeback, I do not think he can get paid what he wants against guys that are not very good. We will see what happeans with his comeback though because I can not predict the future and will not try.

[The Gambler1981]

That's true, we'll see what happens. I'm optimistic that we'll get to see the hungry floyd again & try to achieve boxing immortality, but pardon me if i dont hold my breath for it.

That is a fair enough. I would not exactly call Floyd hungry, well he is hungry hungry for money. Money can be one hell of a motivating factor to a greedy person.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Exactly. Apparently, he took everything out of Hatton and ruined him. So basically, he was willing to rematch a guy who he KO'd once before and ruined?

What about Joe Calzaghe? Roy was "shot", remember? Why would you fight a shot guy?


"Joe said..."

"Floyd said..."


**** never ends.

[Ray*]

Where in the article does it say anything about Retiring after giving Ricky a Chance?

lol, thats what have been looking for in the article...all he said was he wanted one fight which was to dust his ring rust i guess, Then unto big money fight and i would have imagine if Hatton had beaten Paq the demand for a rematch would be big.

[TRAVI$]

If he's planning on fighting Marquez then avoiding Mosley, Cotto etc before retiring... Pac would rank higher in the ATG list for me.