Floyd Mayweather Jr. has proven that he will remain controversial - even in retirement. The retired pound-for-pound champ recently said in an interview that he does not see anything special in Gennady "GGG" Golovkin to become the next great pay-per-view boxing superstar unless he moves up in weight and fights Andre Ward.

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Talking to Fight Hype's Ben Thompson, Mayweather bragged that his PPV numbers "will never be duplicated." He said boxing skills alone are not enough to sell tickets and become a "pay-per-view star" - referring to Golovkin, who is currently being crowned by a lot of boxing pundits as the potential heir to Mayweather's throne.

The 33-year-old Kazakh brawler is also undefeated and is the current unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBC (interim) and IBO middleweight champion after stopping hard-hitter David Lemieux in the eight round last month.

ESPN's Dan Rafael recently reported that initial figures shows that the Golovkin-Lemieux fight earned "just over" 150,000 buys, which is considerably quite low when compared to Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao's fights.

"You have to have a certain aura about yourself, a certain charisma about yourself, a certain sales pitch about yourself; it takes a total package," said Mayweather. "The thing is, as far as boxing, it's all about taking risks and taking chances. I did it."

The unbeaten American continued by saying that GGG should also take a risk by moving up to super middleweight and face its lineal champion - 31-year-old Ward - if he wants to have a shot at becoming a legitimate PPV superstar.

"I'm going to be convinced when he can go up and beat Andre Ward. Until then, I'm not convinced," Mayweather added.

During his 49-fight career that spanned almost 19 years, Mayweather took home approximately $700 million from guaranteed purses alone. This gives him the distinction of being the highest paid boxer in the history of the sport.

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