Mayweather's return postponed
by Scott Christ on Jun 14, 2009 6:54 PM EDT
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s comeback has been postponed because the boxer suffered a rib injury while training.
Golden Boy Promotions said on Sunday that Mayweather's July 18 fight against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will be rescheduled.
"I am extremely disappointed that this fight has to be postponed," Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs) said in a statement. "I was training very hard and looking forward to getting back in the ring on July 18."
Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) said in a statement from his training camp in Mexico that he was also disappointed.
"I will remain focused, in shape and ready to fight whenever the fight is rescheduled for," the lightweight champion said.
Details about Mayweather's injury were not immediately available. Phone messages left by The Associated Press with Golden Boy and Mayweather's promoters were not immediately returned on Sunday.
It's a bit of a shame, but these things happen. The fight will surely be rescheduled, and this probably gives it a chance of lining up in September. August is usually half an off-month in boxing and Mayweather would probably like proper time to recover and resume training anyway.
A September date for Mayweather-Marquez would match up fairly well with Manny Pacquiao's assumed October date, and probably really ups the chances we'll see Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto. Shane Mosley could also be more seriously in the running now, as there is absolutely no chance Pacquiao could land the Mayweather-Marquez winner on that date. The chances he could were very slim to begin with.
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Does that mean Pacquiao will easily be FOTD?
….Since there’s no way Pacquiao and Mayweather will fight this year?
There was really no way they would have anyway. Pacquiao v. Mayweather for Fighter of the Decade is a close call either way.
by Scott Christ on Jun 14, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to put on the foil...
…but couldn’t this be a cheap ploy on Mayweather’s part to secure his PPV status?
"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."
-Lao Tzu
I like the irony
Of you talking about putting on the foil and meaning a tinfoil hat… And SC’s avatar being the Hansen bros from Slapshot… “Just putting on the foil coach!”
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Jun 15, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Depending on how bad Floyds rib injury is, he probably wont be training or fighting for quite a long period of time. For anyone who has ever broken or bruised a rib and I have done both, it is no joke. They are very slow healing and if I remember correctly the pain stuck with me for an easy 4 months or more. Just laughing hurt like hell let alone training for a fight. What a shame, I was looking forward to July 18. The door has definitely been opened for Cotto/Pac if the weight thing can be agreed on.
No way Cotto fights again on July 18th
after his brain leaked out of that cut of his the other night.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Jun 15, 2009 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions
he means in October I think
There was some talk that Manny wanted to wait until after Floyd-JMM to see who he’d want to fight in October. If Cotto was in fact option number 3, he just got bumped.
by Scott Christ on Jun 15, 2009 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Surely by "July 18th"
he was talking about the Mayweather/Marquez fight?
“What a shame, I was looking forward to July 18”
Am I being dense?
Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)
Yep, I was talking about Mayweather/Marquez on July 18. No way Cotto is fighting anytime soon with that brutal gash.
by Full Throttle on Jun 15, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I was talking about the door being opened for Cotto-Pacquiao, and the follow-up then mentioning Cotto on July 18. I didn’t think Cotto on July 18 was even a remote possibility in anyone’s mind so I assumed Full Throttle meant the door was opened for that fight in October, since there is now no way that JMM-PBF can happen and the winner be open for an October Pacquiao fight.
Of course now it looks like Manny-Miguel in November so it’s all moot and really wasn’t important to begin with I guess. Runarounds!
by Scott Christ on Jun 15, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
You got it SC and yeah definitely no chance for the JMM/PBF fight to take place and the winner fighting Pac in October.
To be honest, Cotto/Pac is the fight I really want to happen anyway and I kinda had a feeling it would. Yep, I prefer Cotto/Pac over Pac/PBF. I believe it will prove to be the more exciting fight although not as big from a financial perspective.
by Full Throttle on Jun 15, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Cotto-Manny is almost certainly a better action fight. Has FOTY written all over it.
by Scott Christ on Jun 16, 2009 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Floyd is shot at last :)
I mean he never been hit much before and someone got through with a body shot? :)
When you dream...anything is possible... People can fly. Sometimes theres a moment when you wake and become aware of your surroundings..but you are still dreaming... You may think you can fly but you better not try...
Did they officially say that it happened while he was sparring? I would assume that’s what it was but you never know.
by Full Throttle on Jun 15, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
mayweather has weak ribs.... i'd rather see JMM and PacMan again. since their contract fight is on july 18 and junior mayweather cannot honor it... please accept a 30/70 fight with pacquiao instead. ditch the one with weak ribs.
mayweather will just use his weak ribs as an excuse once beaten by JMM…. Go JMM!!!
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