May 12, 2008
Mayweather: There's nothing left to prove
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LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. answered his few remaining critics who complained that he only fought defensively and was afraid to take chances to finish a fighter when he stopped England's Ricky Hatton to retain his World Boxing Council welterweight title.
However, Mayweather hinted at retirement, as he usually does after a fight.
"What else is there for me to prove?" he asked. "I've beaten so many champions. I've beaten the brawlers and the boxers. And I can beat them at their own game, that's the difference. I said I would fight him inside, and I did. I knew he was going to get dirty, and I had to do the same."
The prospect of a big fight with unbeaten World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto could lure Mayweather back into the ring, according to experts.
In his first fight since his big fight with Oscar De La Hoya, Mayweather delivered the kind of performance expected from perhaps the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world as he brawled with Hatton before the fight ended in the 10th round.
"My hands were fine," said Mayweather, who was seen receiving hand treatments on the HBO reality series 24/7 and who has been criticized for relying too heavily on speed and defense, not power. "I wanted to show the fans I could punch with power. I wanted to give them a great performance."
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