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Floyd Mayweather Jr said he was retiring from boxing after beating Oscar De La Hoya on a split decision on Sunday.

"I still plan on retiring," he said after winning the World Boxing Council super welterweight title. "I have nothing left to prove. I want to spend more time with my children.

"As of right now, Floyd Mayweather Jr is officially retired from the sport of boxing."

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200705/s1915580.htm

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Mayweather 'll fancy it with De La Hoya being such a big draw/purse. De La Hoya has nothing left to prove - he comes away from that fight with a lot of credit - past his best and bullies the top man for 12 rounds.

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ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck

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Floyd Mayweather Jr said he was retiring from boxing after beating Oscar De La Hoya on a split decision on Sunday.

"I still plan on retiring," he said after winning the World Boxing Council super welterweight title. "I have nothing left to prove. I want to spend more time with my children.

"As of right now, Floyd Mayweather Jr is officially retired from the sport of boxing."

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200705/s1915580.htm

I wonder how much of that is hype? Perhaps his intent is to retire but at his age how many times will he be enticed to fight one more fight if the money is good enough? I also thought the comments made by Dad were rather interesting.

Why exactly did Oscar provide the ringside tix to Dad instead of the Jr? What is the undercurrent there that I'm not aware of?

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ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck

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Maybe you're thinking of Floyd Mayweather Sr.... He's a journeyman fighter that never a won title. He was tough though. But what he's actually famous for, is he's one of finest trainers and tacticians in the history of boxing. The other thing he's famous for is that he's been De La Hoya's trainer since 2000 until De la Hoya recently let him go because it didn't seem right having him as his trainer when he was gonna fight his son.

Actually it was his uncle "Jazzy" Jeff Mayweather. He was one of Oscar's first big card fights in perhaps 93 or so.  

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"Mayweather, 30, might have said it leading up to the fight and again afterward, but his retirement is about as likely as his giving up cursing.


"Oh, he'll fight again. He's hardheaded, not stupid," Floyd Mayweather Sr. said. "He was raised to be a boxing champion, and champions box."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4780479.html

Hard to say, Jo, but I have a feeling he'll unretire lol.
 
Now, I too would love to know why Oscar got Sr. the seats..... and how Jr felt about it. I wouldn't have liked it, myself.

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ORIGINAL: UtopianRanger

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ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck

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Maybe you're thinking of Floyd Mayweather Sr.... He's a journeyman fighter that never a won title. He was tough though. But what he's actually famous for, is he's one of finest trainers and tacticians in the history of boxing. The other thing he's famous for is that he's been De La Hoya's trainer since 2000 until De la Hoya recently let him go because it didn't seem right having him as his trainer when he was gonna fight his son.

Actually it was his uncle "Jazzy" Jeff Mayweather. He was one of Oscar's first big card fights in perhaps 93 or so.  

Heh...I was thinking in terms of your associations, since no one up to that point had mentioned that De La Hoya's longtime trainer was Floyd Sr.

As to the family and who left who tickets?  The family is seriously dysfunctional when comes to getting along with each other. I think all of the brothers have done time in the Pen for drugs and assaulting various other family members.

I laughed my ass off after reading Floyd Sr's comments about De La Hoya actually winning the fight. If that was my son.......well we won't go there - I'll just say I'd be in his corner, regardless of the money involved.



- R

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Mayweather 'll fancy it with De La Hoya being such a big draw/purse. De La Hoya has nothing left to prove - he comes away from that fight with a lot of credit - past his best and bullies the top man for 12 rounds.

We must have been watching different fights.  Half a dozen flurries in the corner with only the odd punch landing is not bullying by any stretch of the imagination. 

~stef

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

He backed him off all 'round the ring, all night.

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It was far closer than those stats you put up suggest.

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De La Hoya was definitely ahead after 8 rounds and ran out of steam. The other lad won 3, possibly 4, of the last 4 rounds - and he needed to. There was nothing between them.