Is this Floyd Mayweather's last fight? Some of his rivals don't think so
Floyd Mayweather Jnr may insist today (HK morning time) his last fight in a stellar career is this morning (HK time), but his welterweight rivals hope they will still get the chance to dethrone the pound-for-pound king.
Floyd Mayweather Jnr may insist today (HK morning time) his last fight in a stellar career is this morning (HK time), but his welterweight rivals hope they will still get the chance to dethrone the pound-for-pound king.
And they warned that the Las Vegas showdown against massive underdog Andre Berto just might not be the cakewalk that many fans and pundits have predicted.
He still looks spectacular and he still looks great in every fight. That said, it’s going to be a much more competitive fight than people anticipate
Mayweather, 38, faces Berto – who has three losses in his past six fights – at the MGM Grand Garden Arena striving to equal the perfect 49-0 record of heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano. The unbeaten American insists it will be his swan song, the crowning moment of a glittering 19-year career as the best boxer of his generation. But critics accuse him of blowing up the retirement talk to flog a fight that barely 24 hours away had failed to sell out.
The exciting and unbeaten Keith Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) said: “This might be the last performance.
How eager is Floyd to make a statement and show the world that he is an entertaining fighter? “I’m here for the mystery factor: Is this his last fight or not?”
The unbeaten Danny Garcia – who like Thurman has designs on a Mayweather match-up – said: “I don’t think it’s going to be his last fight. As I said before: If he has to pay taxes on that US$250 million [in earnings] we are going to see him next year back in the ring.