Floyd Mayweather, Jr expectedly won over Andre Berto on Sept. 12. However, the interesting part of that tiff held last weekend was more of the post-game interview over at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
As everyone knows by now, Mayweather won via unanimous decision, a hardly surprising result considering most folks never gave Berto a fighting chance despite his continued rants that he will give Mayweather a tough time.
With a meager turnout that reportedly say about 13,395 in attendance, Mayweather reiterated that he was done with the sport. He doesn’t intend to fight after this and will focus more on Mayweather Promotions to help push budding boxers under his stable.
Right now, the boxing world has been dismayed with the way Mayweather opted to end his legacy in the ring. Though he did get to 49-0, it wasn’t exactly the ample way to exit considering Floyd Jr. passed up on big names to face.
Big names such as Amir Khan, Kell Brook or even Gennady Golovkin were all shunned, each of which may have given a much better draw compared to Berto who is obviously way out of his prime and not even ranked.
Try as he may, Mayweather tried valiantly to draw some interest as before, pushing for Berto and emphasizing that the Haiti-born boxer was a former two-time champion.
Both even tried the verbal war angle but that too hardly helped.
Now, the question playing in the minds of many, will Mayweather really hang it up?
Sadly not to many are convinced that he will and believe that Mayweather will take the ring one more time and most likely try to break the deadlock (49-0) and go for an unprecedented 50th win that will place him in the annals of boxing history.
Among those non-believers include no other than Rocky Marciano Jr., who is likewise interested to see if Mayweather is indeed leaving the sport at 49-0.
“Waiting to see if Mayweather sticks to his word or goes for 50 before retiring,” Marciano Jr. said via USA Today. “It’s difficult to believe this is his last fight.”
Who does he face? It seems that despite their controversial meeting, a fight with Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao is still the wise choice.
Their May 2 fight has been tainted with so much controversy ranging from an injured shoulder and then banned IV use that a rematch seems to be something that can put everything to rest.
Pacquiao wants a rematch in what he says should be on equal footing while Mayweather feels that he has nothing to prove.
For Mayweather, a suitable opponent would have put an end to that but seeing he opted to fight a less-heralded fighter makes one think that he is leaving the door open a bit for a possible last fight in 2016.
The consensus for a rematch may not garner much acclaim from disappointed fans who saw the May 2 fight but as things stand now, a rematch could be the crowning glory for Mayweather since if not for Pacquiao, it is the 50-0 record that should be on his mind.