It was yesterday that Welterweight Champion, Pound 4 Pound King, and 5 Division Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement. Like always when an athlete retires, there are many questions. The question that pops up the most after Mayweather retires is will he fight again? Who is the best Pound 4 Pound now? Who will be the best Welterweight in the world? Will the Andre Berto-Miki Rodriguez fight be for the vacant WBC Welterweight Belt now? Who does Oscar fight now that Mayweather has retired? Why did he suddenly retire? What does his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. think? His uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather? What will Mayweather do after boxing? How much will it take for him to return to the ring? These and more questions have arosed quite a bit since the announcement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now I am going to give my view of these questions. I personally do not see Floyd Mayweather Jr. coming back to fight. Most disagree, but I feel he is finished boxing. In terms of accomplishments, he did everything he wanted to do and he is done. I feel like he finally looked at his desire and said it is no longer there. Instead of continuing to do what others want, I am going to do what I want and retire. I have no issue with him retiring. A true great athlete always leaves you wanting to see him one last time. We all wanted Mayweather to fight Miguel Cotto. However if he beat Cotto, there would be another challenge that people would say he was avoiding. That is how boxers end up staying around too long, trying to beat everyone when there is no such thing. Now the best Pound 4 Pound fighter in the world is either Manny Pacquiao or Joe Calzaghe. The debate on this could be a whole new post in itself. I say it is Joe Calzaghe with Manny being the most exciting fighter. However if Miguel Cotto beats Antonio Margarito in a nice fashion, you need to consider him as the replacement to Mayweather as both the best fighter and Welterweight in the world. There is a 99% chance that Andre Berto-Miki Rodriguez will fight for the vacant WBC Welterweight Title. I mean they were already fighting for the interim title, so now that it is vacant there is no reason to have an interim title. For September, Oscar has a very thin list of choices to fight. Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito have a July fight, Zab Judah has an August fight, and those are about the biggest names he could fight now. Uh Oh, Winky Wright is still out there. Oh Winky, could your dream wish finally come true??? I hope so, but something tells me Oscar still won't do it. I believe Floyd Mayweather Sr. respects that his son has retired. I am sure he knew it was not far away. Mayweather Sr. may say his son did not want to lose to De La Hoya because he was now training him. However I think he knew his son's desire was almost gone and money was not going to keep him there too much longer. Through all of their disagreements, he still knew the heart of his son in boxing. I am sure Roger Mayweather is a little surprised because of the rematch coming, but I am sure he respects his nephew's wishes to retire. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has plenty of things he can do after boxing. One will be to finally get a rap album completed and in stores from his record label Philty Rich Records. He always talks about having it, but no cd has ever come out. Of course he has his promotional company, Mayweather Promotions, where he can help develop boxing talent. Mayweather is also doing concert promotions and many other things. For Floyd Mayweather Jr. he has done what many say they will do but still don't. He left the sport of boxing with his record, image, health, and money all intact. If he fights again, he will be welcomed, but if he doesn't he has what he needs to enjoy the rest of his life. I wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors and God Bless him as I will pray for him.
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