Floyd Mayweather Retires

I know I'm a little late with this but it still deserves mention because Floyd Mayweather, JR. is a great fighter and he is retiring with an undefeated record of 39-0. Floyd's retirement means that his upcoming fight with Oscar De La Hoya is off. Now I don't believe any boxer is truly retired and Floyd is still only 31 years old, so it will be interesting to see if he ever fights again.

Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) turned out to be the best of them all. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1996 and has been flawless as a professional, winning six world titles in five divisions -- junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight.

And for the past several years, he has been widely regarded as the No. 1 fighter in the world pound-for-pound.

In October 1998, in just his 18th pro fight, Mayweather earned the junior lightweight title by stopping respected veteran champion Genaro Hernandez in the eighth round of a lopsided fight.

After eight defenses, including a dominant 10th-round TKO of the late Diego "Chico" Corrales in January 2001, Mayweather moved up to the 135-pound lightweight division and claimed the title via decision against Jose Luis Castillo in the most competitive fight of his career.

He notched three defenses before moving to junior welterweight, where he ravaged Arturo Gatti over six lopsided rounds to claim a belt in June 2005 in his first pay-per-view headline fight.

Mayweather never defended that title, opting to move up again to welterweight, where he scored a major victory against Zab Judah for a belt and then defeated Baldomir for the recognized world title. (ESPN)

This video below shows Floyd's statement that he is retiring:

Another video, this one is an interview with Dan Rafael, who is an ESPN.com Boxing writer and he speaks on Floyd's retirement.

Finally, saving the best for last, two highlight videos showing off some of Floyd Mayweather's finest moments.