Just when you’re all hyped up for the fight, this happens.

For all ya’ll looking forward to the scheduled Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 18, I guess you would have to wait a little longer.

It turns out that the bout is now postponed after Floyd Mayweather Jr. suffered a rib injury in training last week, forcing him to delay his highly anticipated return to boxing. You see, he was happy with the way he ended his career until Manny Pacquiao decided to desecrate the sport with his antics. He decided to return to boxing in hopes of finally putting an end to it and reestablish himself as the true no.1 pound for pound fighter in the world.

In order for him to do that, he needs to beat Juan Manuel Marquez first. The winner will end up with a fight against Manny Pacquiao. Unfortunately, with the rib injury to Mayweather, that opportunity would first have to wait and understandably, the pound for pound king ain’t happy.

”I am extremely disappointed that this fight has to be postponed,” Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) said in a statement. ”I was training very hard and looking forward to getting back in the ring.”

According to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, Mayweather tried to work through the injury but just couldn’t because of the pain.

”It was very painful,” Schaefer said. ”I don’t know the extent of it is, but he went to go see a doctor and he is in tremendous pain, so we have no choice but to postpone the fight. He obviously knows how dangerous of an opponent Marquez is and he wants to make sure he is in the best shape possible.”

”We will find out more in the next few days as he goes and sees the doctor again. He definitely wants to fight and he wants to fight Marquez. He knows it’s a big fight. But at the same time, he knows he has to be in the best shape.”

”He said, ‘Let’s see what dates are available and let’s postpone it.’ We want to make sure he is OK. Like he said when he came back at the press conference, this isn’t just for one fight. He wants to make sure he is perfectly healthy and ready to go.”

Can Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Juan Manuel Marquez? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Juan Manuel ”Dinamita” Marquez 4.00

Floyd ”Pretty Boy” Mayweather Jr. 1.24

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