What is floyd mayweather doing now
The reason Mayweather was able to cash in seems clear: Boxing has failed in many ways to replace his presence. The sport still clamors for Mayweather and everything he brings. Now 44 years old and retired from real fights since and perhaps longer than that, depending on your view of Mayweather's last pro fight against Conor McGregor , Mayweather clearly isn't anywhere near the fighter he was at his peak.
He certainly dominated enough of Sunday's fight to earn a "win," if the bout was officially judged, but his performance overall was underwhelming. Sure, Paul likely outweighed Mayweather by 40 to 50 pounds on fight night -- a viable factor -- but it's not an end-all excuse for why Paul survived eight rounds.
I can't comprehend it. Despite the lackluster nature of his performance, Mayweather remains boxing's biggest showman. He remains the guy who makes people tune into a fight after not watching one for years.
Many mocked the idea of this bout -- a matchup so laughable on paper that you can barely call it a fight. Heck, even Paul said he laughed when he first heard the idea. But a lot of people were interested; that was clear by the number of times boxing showed up in the top 10 Google Trends on Sunday night and the buzz on social media throughout the card. A fight everybody knew was somewhere between a joke and a spectacle still might end up having the most pay-per-view buys of the year.
They want to get all the cars and jewelry, all the flash -- that's Floyd Mayweather. We're not going to call it boxing anymore; we're going to call it Floyd Mayweather. It's nothing new for Mayweather to exude an arrogance and cockiness that makes him polarizing. People love that "Money" talks his talk and backs it up. No matter how you feel about him, positive or negative, you want to tune in to see him. But I'm not retired from entertainment," Mayweather said.
Nobody has to pay. Do whatever makes you feel good, and I'm going to do what makes me feel good. And while Mayweather didn't commit to another exhibition bout, and he expressed his doubts of returning to the ring at all during his postfight news conferences, this is a fighter who has returned multiple times from retirement in the past. As long as Mayweather is willing to put on a show, even if it's not really a good one, people will watch. So what's next?
Paul teased a rematch after the fight during his in-ring interview: "It was one of the greatest moments of my life. I don't know. Maybe I can end it next time. Paul left with a moral victory because he went the distance with the greatest fighter of this generation.
And if anybody got it, this guy got it right here. On the exhibition match between the year-old Tyson and year-old Jones and whether they are too old to be getting in the ring: "Let them do what they want to do, you know?
The pandemic has likely helped foil those plans. But in August White said he still is working with Mayweather, presumably to get the retired boxer back into the ring or into the Octagon. Mayweather did not dispel those thoughts. And we look forward to working with each other in the future. Are we going to work? Mayweather has been lured out of retirement once before. I just came back for a quick bank robbery, a quick heist.
Mayweather is hoping to match that amount while he heads down a new career path. In 50 bouts, Floyd Mayweather has never lost a professional fight. From his debut on Oct. He won 27 fights via knockout.
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