The real reason mayweather retired?

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

No bashing please... Just want to know from boxingscene fans what,s the true reason why floyd left boxing????

I can think of theree legit reasons

1) He had hand issues and needed to rest his hands for at leat 1-2 years
2) He made lots of cash off of the De La hoya and Hatton fights
3) He had a big money contract with the WWE and that would be his income for 1 year out of boxing

The 4th reason I have is purely speculation I think he pulled a Sugar Ray Lenoard and hoped for some mega fight to pop up in the next year or two so he could do exactly what he is doing now.....Lefty

[kedashy]

So lefty, if there,s no fight than coming back 4 that big payday has just went out the window...

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

So lefty, if there,s no fight than coming back 4 that big payday has just went out the window...

THERE WILL BE A FIGHT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IN mARCH REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT MARK MY WORDS THEY WILL FIGHT. Way too much $$$$ out there for both these dudes to pass this one up. Manny might fight Paulie get himself a W and Floyd may take on winner of Mosley Berto or maybe someone else before they meet in late 2010.....Lefty

[DonRon]

Honestly, I believe that he can and would have beaten either Cotto or Margarito.

He simply wanted bigger stars. He wants to have big fights and get the most money. He's a business man before he's a fighter. It's not a flaw, for the fans it might be, it's simply the way some think. I don't blame him for his own personal priorities.

He wanted all the fighters in the division to beat eachother up, but that's wha all fighters technically bank on. He wanted them to be bigger stars. That's why Cotto would have been the guy he preferred out of Manny and Cotto, because it's an easier fight, but it's also a big fight if he won. And a fight he can get the A-side of far more than he could with Manny. But, I don't think he feels he can't beat Manny.

For better or worse, he honestly thinks he can beat ANYONE. It's not a a scam. He believes he's that great.

He wants only big stars to prove it again. So, he retired to let them all become it or get forgetten. Some did it, Manny. Some are forgotten, Margarito. Trust, if he beats Manny clearly, in any way, it's either a rematch, or a fight with Mosley next. If Mosley loses and if Cotto comes back strong, he'll fight him next.

So he comes back and fights the legendary JMM??

[Vasyl’s dad]

He needed to clear himself of PEDs perhaps.

He did in fact fight at 106 as he says. He did in fact win 5 titles in 5 divisions in less than 10 years, something that he in fact claims, "nobody else has ever done".

He does have brittle hands.
He did have a broken rib.
He gets easily rattled with emotions.
He has stopped 4 opponents above 140.

Somethings up as only now is he demanding his opponent to take more strenuous testing.

If he really was concerned about PEDs, surely he would have been asking for this testing starting 40 fights ago.

Yea, somethings up.


FSL

[Vasyl’s dad]

So he comes back and fights the legendary JMM??

Well, you know, JMM did have a country behind him.

Cotto or Margarito never had that.

[kedashy]

Funny sht... Now he,s dodging one of the biggest paydays of his career, why???????

[kedashy]

Floyd will keep that "0" because he won,t fight anyone who,s a threat... After a couple of easy fights he will retire again and cry...