Mayweather SR suggests Pearson retire following decision loss to Walker

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LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 14:  (L-R) Chris Pearson connects with a left to the face of Joshua Williams during their middleweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 14, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Chris Trotman/Golden Boy/Golden Boy via Getty Images)

It wasn’t bad enough that Chris Pearson (13-1, 10KOs), a junior middleweight prospect from Ohio, suffered his first loss to Eric Walker on the televised undercard of a PBC on Spike broadcast live from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, but now he is receiving advice from Floyd Mayweather Sr. about quitting boxing forever.

 

Pearson lost a unanimous decision to Walker (12-0, 6KOs) through 8 rounds in his third appearance of the year. The Mayweather Promotions signee had a fairly significant 2015 campaign before losing this past Saturday. He had appeared on both of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s PPV undercards, one of which was the highly coveted undercard of Mayweather-Pacquiao – a fight that shattered the previous PPV buy record.

 

In what was just his 15th professional bout, Pearson (13-1), in the eyes of Mayweather Sr., took far too much damage to continue fighting and is being advised to retire.

 

Mayweather Sr., in an interview with Thaboxingvoice’s Sean Zittel, gave a brief assessment of Pearson’s performance, highlighting the fact that Pearson got caught with a significant shot while loading up on his own. Mayweather admitted that both fighters were loading up, but he felt that Walker’s punches counted for more, and he said as much before calling for both Pearson and Walker to retire.

 

“I’m going to be honest, man, I think, my honest opinion, both of them need to quit, today,” Mayweather Sr. said.

 

It wasn’t an overly brutal fight by any means, but strangely enough, Mayweather Sr. said that his reasoning was based off the fact that “there were so many punches taken in the 8 rounds.”

 

Mayweather felt as though Chris was involved in a fight with steady punches, both on the receiving and delivering end.

 

“That’s crazy, man. I’m just saying, that’s when somebody needs to go think about what’s going on in these people’s lives because either one of them can die at any moment. Believe me, I’m telling you.”

 

When questioned, Mayweather Sr. reiterated the fact that it was just too many punches to be hit within a single fight. As he put it, it was “way too many, way too many. Way, way too many.”

 

Regardless of whether or not Mayweather Sr. expects Pearson to heed his warning, the one thing he doesn’t expect is for Pearson’s career to last very long if he continues to be involved in fights like the one with Walker.

 

Mayweather Sr.’s career was far more brutal through 35 fights than Pearson’s 15 or Walker’s 12 professional bouts thus far. Still, Mayweather may just be erring on the side of caution and issuing his advice based on his own experience.