• World champion insists Andre Berto will be his last opponent
• Suspicions remain that Mayweather will box as a free agentWhat has been advertised breathlessly as Floyd Mayweather’s final fight takes site on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Yet unlike Mayweather’s long-simmering,highly anticipated and slickly marketed showdown with Manny Pacquiao, this one feels as slapdash and clumsy as it came off when it was announced five weeks ago, and an inconceivably brief period to promote a major prizefight.A win over Andre Berto would speed Mayweather’s record to 49-0,moving him on level terms with Rocky Marciano. It would also fulfil his six-fight contact with CBS and Showtime, in effect making him a free agent before a prospective fight next year that could lift him past the late heavyweight champion.
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Source: theguardian.com