Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
UFC President Dana White credits rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as the individual who got the ball rolling on the 2017 crossover blockbuster between five division world champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor. The bout became the second most lucrative pay-per-view event in history with over 4 million buys.
Former three division world champion and soon to be Hall of Famer, Shane Mosley, has serious doubts that his former foe, Floyd Mayweather, will return to the ring in 2020. Last month, the former five division world champion took to social media to announce that he's coming out of retirement in 2020. Mayweather retired from the sport back in 2017, after stopping UFC superstar Conor McGregor in a mega-bout that generated over 4 million buys on pay-per-view.
According to UFC President Dana White, his planned collaboration with Floyd Mayweather Jr. will involve the boxer competing in the ring. White had previously stated that he intends to come together with Mayweather for some type of event in October or November of next year.
Five division world champion Floyd Mayweather, the promoter for Gervonta “Tank” Davis, predicts very big things for the future of his fighter. Davis, a former two-time champion, will collide with his most experienced opponent, former unified champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, and they will clash or the vacant WBA lightweight world title at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The card will headline a Showtime televised tripleheader.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ranked at number one, in the recently released "Highest Paid Athletes of the Decade" list from Forbes. Forbes listed Mayweather as making $915 million in the past 10 years, $115 million more than any other athlete. The majority of that money came from his blockbuster pay-per-view fights with Manny Pacquiao (2015) and Conor McGregor (2017).
Leonard Ellerbe Video Interview - When Gervonta Davis and Yuriorkis Gamboa clash for the vacant WBA Lightweight World Championship on December 28 at the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta, they'll be making history in a long-underserved boxing hotbed that has hosted monumental fights featuring Hall of Famers Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield.
UFC President Dana White revealed on The Jim Rome Show, that he's got a verbal agreement with Floyd Mayweather Jr. to come together for some type of event in October or November of next year. Last month, the former five division world champion took to social media to announce that he's coming out of retirement in 2020.
Deontay Wilder wasn’t bothered by Floyd Mayweather’s comeback announcement the Thursday before his rematch against Luis Ortiz. The timing of Mayweather’s announcement drew criticism because it deflected attention away from the promotion of Wilder’s pay-per-view event November 23, at least temporarily. Mayweather’s company was a co-promoter of the Wilder-Ortiz show, which was distributed by FOX Sports.
A few days ago, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather generated plenty of headlines when he announced on social media that he would come out of retirement in 2020. Mayweather, now 43-years-old, last fought in August of 2017 when he stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor in a cross-sport fight.
Just a few days after stating to media members that he's completely finished with boxing, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0) took to social media to announce that he's coming out of retirement in 2020.