Serious question. Why didn't Floyd rematch Oscar? It's the only thing that bothers me about his career.

[HitmanTommy]

First of all, a long and excellent career. Fighers could only dream of having even half of such a decorative and accomplished career as Floyd did.

With that being said.... Now that he is long retired, there is one thing that has always been gnawing at the back of my mind.

Why was there never a Oscar rematch? He had no problem rematching Castillo and Maidana when he was nearly 38 years old, so why no rematch with Oscar?

I could understand if he was up there in age when they fought, but he was a young man in his prime when they fought, so what gives?

The fight was close. I mean really close. I just think that fight needed to be settled once and for all with no doubts at all just like castillo and maidana.

That's the only thing that bothers me about Mayweathers career........................

[hugh grant]

Floyd should have rematches many of his biggest rivals. There's lots of talk of Floyd s IQ and how he adapts on the fly during fight.
But audience wants to know who learnt more from first fight. For all we know pac, dlh, nel o learnt and figured Floyd out by being in ring with him and watching fight back 100 times with coach.

[lolasif]

Mayweather retired, Pacquiao beat ODLH, ODLH retired, and Mayweather returned. If Pacquiao hadn't beat ODLH and been considered a threat, I believe that Mayweather would have stayed retired.

[Cobra Curry]

I always thought he "retired" because he didn't like the terms of the rematch.
Could well be wrong though.

[Larry the boss]

Oscar still wanted the larger split and Floyd refused to agree to it

[Roadblock]

I always thought he "retired" because he didn't like the terms of the rematch.
Could well be wrong though.

Maybe after so long in the sport he just got tired of it, it happens a lot with high-level guys as there is so much pressure on them 24/7 that they just get sick of it and want-need a long break then after a few years the hunger burns again and they come back.

Its easy for the forums armchair champs to say all sorts of BS but in reality, they have no idea what's it like to compete let alone at his level of the sport for 20 yrs.

[GrandpaBernard]

That fight was competitive but not as close as made out to be

I can name the rounds Oscar win: 2, 4, and 6

12 could go either way

this wasn’t a 7-5 to either guy or 6-6 kind of fight

[GrandpaBernard]

Floyd’s hardest opponents
Maidana
JLC
Cotto
ODLH
Zab

Make a strong case for winning 5 rounds and he would rematch is the pattern

[Zaryu]

That's the one thing that bothers you about Floyd's career? Wow... they both wanted the bigger money split. Same thing that happened between DLH and Trinidad

[Mushashi]

Floyd promoted the shieet out of the first fight and felt he deserved the bigger split. Oscar was still the cash cow and didn't agree. Mayweather decided to retire after the rematch fell through

And it was a rematch nobody was asking for, it wasn't a close fight at all unless you're counting punches landing on arms and shoulders