Why did Mayweather retire in 2008?

[Curt Henning]

Curt,
I was & still 'em disappointed them fight were not made.... & unfortunately he didn't fight them then & history is our witness... Floyd is still TBohE (The Best Of his Era)

gotta go...

yup...he is the best of his era...which is great...he was named best fighter of the last 25 by espn

him using the TBE is a selling line...he says it....you dont have to agree or believe it...he used it to sell himself...and if he believes it so be it...you wont change his mind....im not here saying hes the greatest ever....thats impossible to say...most likely he isnt....he used that moniker to piss people off and sell himself.....thats really what TBE is all about....floyd believes it...but you dont have to...nor am i trying to sell u on that

im showing u the truth...he agreed to fight margs and wanted a future guarantee to fight cotto...bob balked at it over 6 million bucks.....and we lost out on margarito cause of it...and we didnt get cotto till much later also because of it...more bobs fault and lack of foresight......

floyd legit said ill fight margs for 8 mil if you give me 20 mil for hatton and cotto fights after that.....bob said ill give you 14 instead.....its right there in the link.....but you are still blaming floyd...history says bob was kinda dumb and floyd was kinda right

[sugar ray lenrd]

yup...he is the best of his era...which is great...he was named best fighter of the last 25 by espn

him using the TBE is a selling line...he says it....you dont have to agree or believe it...he used it to sell himself...and if he believes it so be it...you wont change his mind....im not here saying hes the greatest ever....thats impossible to say...most likely he isnt....he used that moniker to piss people off and sell himself.....thats really what TBE is all about....floyd believes it...but you dont have to...nor am i trying to sell u on that

im showing u the truth...he agreed to fight margs and wanted a future guarantee to fight cotto...bob balked at it over 6 million bucks.....and we lost out on margarito cause of it...and we didnt get cotto till much later also because of it...more bobs fault and lack of foresight......

floyd legit said ill fight margs for 8 mil if you give me 20 mil for hatton and cotto fights after that.....bob said ill give you 14 instead.....its right there in the link.....but you are still blaming floyd...history says bob was kinda dumb and floyd was kinda right

Curt & the rest of the crew, was kool talking to your, Today we showed the children how to have a real boxing conversation, without insulting each other, was great!

-Sugar Ray Lenrd

[Curt Henning]

Curt & the rest of the crew, was kool talking to your, Today we showed the children how to have a real boxing conversation, without insulting each other, was great!

-Sugar Ray Lenrd

salute....

[Outwest Exp 355]

So you are justifying that it's ok not to fight Mosley, Cotto & Margarito because they won't make $20 million? I mean at time you wasn't gonna make $20 million fighting anybody not named Oscar....
Bottomline he should have fought them...but he quit!

Bottom line is this is the real world and it’s about money. After 10 years of hard work Floyd wasn’t taking no pay cut for anyone. Since leaving TR Cotto and Margarito weren’t really a viable option. Now I don’t know why Mosley was never offered up to Floyd, especially since Floyd was dealing directly with Richard Schaefer.

[QueensburyRules]

What was the deal with his first retirement in 2008? He was only 31 at the time and still well within his prime.

I read him saying he was looking "beyond money" in his decision at the time, which doesn't sound like Floyd at all. So was there a real reason?

--- Coward par excellence, same ol' same ol'...

[Vasyl’s dad]

Floyd agreed to fight Judah before that loss. He and Judah signed to fight each other after Judah's soft touch vs Baldomir. Judah lost it, so Floyd fought both guys back to back.

Floyd agreed to fight Margarito when Margarito approached him personally.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Floyd was supposed to be afraid of an undefeated Paul Williams that lost to...Carlos Quintana?

Sorry. No version of Quintana is remotely comparable to Floyd.

Floyd was supposed to be afraid of a guy that got outboxed and stopped by a shot Mosley, humiliated against Pacman, and dominated in the Cotto rematch?

Sorry. Floyd wouldve beaten any version of Margarito - even if Margs used plaster. Floyd is not Cotto. Floyd does not get hit like Cotto did - literally never did.

But he didnt. “Im not trying to fight no welterweights”. Paul Williams was only defeated by lefties. Floyd stayed away from these long and rangy guys with incredible stamina for a reason.

[pasawayako]

floyd almost pee in his pants when marg confronted him.

[Papirico52]

People posting Margarito's picture like he didn't pack cement into his gloves his entire career. Stop being shameful!

This!! **** margacheato

[Bjl12]

But he didnt. “Im not trying to fight no welterweights”. Paul Williams was only defeated by lefties. Floyd stayed away from these long and rangy guys with incredible stamina for a reason.

You are a fool

The last time Floyd was an underdog was against Diego Corrales at 130. Diego was taller, with greater range, and a KO machine. Floyd was underdog in that fight.

For the remainder of Floyds career he would never be underdog again.