Mayweather Sr. thinks it’s wise for Pacquiao to retire

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn’t see any problem with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao choosing to retire – if he does – after his June 9th fight against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.

Mayweather Sr. thinks it might be the best thing for Pacquiao to do this rather than sticking around and getting beat by his son Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather Sr. told examiner.com writer Chris Robinson “It ain’t have nothing to do with his heart…Don’t blame Pacquiao if he doesn’t take it [the fight against Floyd Jr.]…If he doesn’t really want the cover pulled off of him, leave that fight alone.”

I agree with Floyd Sr. I think the best thing for Pacquiao to do is hang up the gloves without fighting Mayweather Jr. because if he fights him, he’s going to get badly schooled by Mayweather. I have a feeling that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum suspects the same thing, because he sure didn’t seem excited about the prospects of putting Pacquiao in with Mayweather after he learned that Mayweather Jr. wasn’t going to be starting his 90 day jail terms until June 1st.

It almost seemed like Arum wasn’t pleased by the news, because he didn’t get excited and continued to talk about putting Pacquiao in with one of his four candidates that he had picked out for the Filipino star.

Pacquiao recently hinted that he may be soon retiring in order to focus his energy in being a bible ambassador, and he said hurting people didn’t go with that. He hasn’t said anything since then but a lot of people think Pacquiao has lost his interest in boxing and is just going through the motions on autopilot. He probably should hang it up if he’s not committed to the sport. I don’t know he could retire and leave the $40 million on the table that Mayweather offered him. That just doesn’t make sense at all to me. What a waste. Pacquiao’s been fighting guys like Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley and now Bradley for a lot less than he’d get to fight Mayweather. He might as well fight him and then start his bible job.