Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s unanimous decision over Haitian boxer Andre Berto was expected by the few who bothered to buy tickets to the Saturday fight at MGM Grand Arena and those fooled into buying $75 pay-per-view subscriptions. All three judges scored it in favor of Mayweather at 117-111, 118-110 and 120-108.
The bigger news, though, is few believe Mayweather's word that this was his last fight. Bad Left Hook quotes his interview with Jim Gray that he is now retired from the sport to spent time with his family. Mayweather added that after 49 fights with 0 loss, he is leaving the sport with all of his faculties intact and being financially stable for life.
The boxing portal reports that most people think it was not Mayweather's last fight, which Newsweek agreed, pointing out that it is the third time the boxer announced his retirement from boxing. The first was in 2006 after he defeated Carlos Baldomir and the second was in 2008 when he was quoted as saying, "I don't need boxing ... I'm rich. I'm happy."
Twelve fights later, he is singing the same tune which is why even Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza and other boxing experts are not convinced.
While Mayweather equaled the 49-0 record of Rocky Marciano, the basis of his self-proclaimed The Best Ever title, he retires with a shadow of doubt over his May 2 victory of Manny Pacquiao in the "Fight of the Century." That's because an HBO employee revealed on Thursday that Mayweather had an IV after the weigh-in which the Nevada State Athletic Commission is questioning.
He also leaves with a whimper as his last fight failed to attract crowds. Newsweek says only 25 tickets priced $1,000 and above were sold for the Mayweather-Berto bout. PPV buys is reportedly only one-third of the 400 million subscriptions for May 2.
SB Nation, which broke the IV story, notes that Mayweather failed to cut Berto's face or make his opponent's face swell up. It also confirmed the complaints of fans that referrer Kenny Bayless is pro-Mayweather, calling the same referee on May 2 "too spineless to take a point for clinching" in Round 5.
By Round 10, SB Nation was so frustrated when it commented, "I want them [aliens] to abduct Kenny Bayless and beat him over the head until the words 'excessive clinching constitutes a foul' are etched into every wrinkled crevasses of his brain."
Assuming Mayweather would keep his word and retire, holydiva, a reader of Badlefthook, says he won't miss Floyd a bit. BigSwoll describes the bout that made "Money May" richer again as a letdown. Meanwhile, Mayweather is surely laughing his way to the bank again one last time. Expect another Instagram post of him counting money, buying jewelry and maybe another luxury vehicle.