Floyd Mayweather Jr, Don't Call It A Comeback

Don't call it a comeback, because Floyd has been training the whole time he was gone.

During the live broadcast of the Floyd Mayweather vs Juan Manuel Marquez fight Jim Lampley made a statement that even though Floyd has been retired from the sport of boxing for the past two years he was always still constantly training and keeping his focus on boxing.

Lampley even pointed out that even though Floyd parties in night clubs, he does not drink and he stays up all night but that is because he is training in the gym all night.

These statements were all backed up by Mayweather's performance Saturday night.

From all the talk of any possible ring rust or rib injury it seemed Marquez was no match for the superior skilled, faster, stronger, smarter, heavier, master boxer known as 'Money Mayweather'.

I personally scored it all 12 rounds clearly for Mayweather who without a doubt outboxed Marquez. Mayweather outlanded him while landing the cleaner more effective shots and displayed some of the most beautiful ring generalship we have seen in the ring for a long time.

You of course have to give Mayweather an extra point for the knock down in the second round by that precise left hook. A weaker fighter would have been done right there but the great Marquez jumped right back to his feet to fight on for the rest of the 12 rounds.

It was mainly a Marquez crowd present, with it being the Mexican Independence holiday weekend and all. It seemed any time that Marquez tried to land anything at all, the crowd went wild even if those shots were landing on the elbows and arms of Mayweather due to his air-tight masterful defense.

Seeing Mayweather fight like that shows the true discipline and talent that he has that no-one else has displayed for several years. I saw a 1999 version of Roy Jones Jr that night. The difference is Roy would turn it up for the crowd and throw flurries and combos to excite the fans and put away his opponents.

Floyd on the other hand does not waste one single ounce of energy. He only throws if he sees an opening. Much of the fight he even stood right in front of Marquez and barely even moved only to evade punches with ease or when he saw an opening.

Marquez did not seem to be the same man that night, he seemed mentally beaten already. Jim Lampley pointed out that Marquez would sit on his stool between rounds and not even pay attention to his trainer Nacho for the first time, for he showed a look of despair.

I knew right away at the weigh-in that Marquez was in trouble, not only by the size difference or weight difference, but the speed difference and energy level that Mayweather displayed. Mayweather was dancing and throwing a flurry of punches to excite the crowd and even by the way he was moving his body told me this man is fast. Way too fast.

Although this was the return of the American pound-for-pound king of boxing taking on the pound-for-pound Mexican champion, on a Mexican holiday weekend, this fight did not sell out the MGM Grand. It has been reported that there were about 3,000 seats still available for this fight.

I, for once, had no trouble cruising the Las Vegas strip from my hotel to the MGM Grand or even having any trouble quickly walking from the lobby to the fight arena. Is it the economy? Or was it the fighting styles of this match up? Or both?  

On the undercard undefeated Indonesian featherweight champion Chris John defeated Rocky Juarez in their highly anticipated rematch by unanimous decision and Michael Katsidis defeated Vincente Escobedo via split decision to win the WBO interim lightweight title.

There will be an article covering the post fight conference up soon with pictures, as well as a video of the Mayweather vs Marquez weigh in, a picture slide show of the fight weekend. So check back soon fight fans.