Floyd Mayweather Jr. may not be the greatest boxer of all time, but he’s made the sweet science work better for him than anyone else in the sport. His career earnings in and out of the ring have totaled more than $1 billion.
He knowingly avoids risk to make sure that he always comes out on top, in the ring and in his bank account. There’s a reason his nickname is “Money.”
But, in the time since he retired as a professional boxer in 2017 after his joke of an exhibition fight with MMA fighter and noted nuisance Conor Mcgregor, Mayweather has only participated in unofficial contests against retired MMA fighters and others in the United Kingdom, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.
These matches have been cute, but have been devoid of any international interest or competition, and his latest match may be a sign that he needs to hang up the gloves for good.
Over the weekend, …