By Dan Ambrose: ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to temporarily retire after his next fight in September. Atlas sees it as the same type of retirement that we previously saw from Mayweather in 2007, when he stepped away from the sport for two years after his win over Ricky Hatton and didn’t return to the ring until 2009. Atlas thinks that there’s no way that Mayweather will stay out of the game permanently after his fight on September 12th of this year.
When Mayweather does come back, he thinks he should face WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) if he’s still unbeaten. Believe it or not, Atlas thinks Mayweather will out-box Golovkin when he returns from his mini-retirement.
By Allan Fox: Tickets for the October 17th unification fight between WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF 160lb champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) go on sale next week on August 12th for their October 17th fight on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York. This is one of the better fights in the middleweight division, as both guys have huge punching power and can end it with a single shot.
By Jim Dower: After fighting mostly B and C level opponents since he turned pro over a decade ago, WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) will be facing his first A-level fighter on October 17th when he faces IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York. 
By Allan Fox: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) could wind up fighting on the undercard of the November 21st fight card headlined by WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on HBO pay-per-view from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ward would be in the co-feature bout. For him to be in the co-feature, it will take a good opponent. It can’t be another Paul Smith caliber opponent for Ward. He has to face a live body. 
By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) will be an underdog when he enters the ring on October 17th against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) in their unification fight on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York. 
By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) has a reputation of starting quickly in his fights and going out looking for fast knockouts. With his big power in either hand, Lemieux frequently is able to score early knockouts or knockdowns in his fights. 
By Scott Gilfoid: In hopes of raising his game enough to defeat WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs), #1 WBC contender George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs) has flown over to California to train at Big Bear Gym. 
By Allan Fox: Gabriel Rosado doesn’t buy the excuses that WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has been making about not being able to get anyone to fight him. 
(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten WBC flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) has reportedly been added to the undercard of the October 17th fight card headlined by WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin vs. IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.