Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
According to the South China Morning Post, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather, 42-years-old, is being lined up for another exhibition bout, this time in China. On New Year's Eve, Mayweather took part in an exhibition fight in Tokyo - where he was paid $9 million to blow away Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa in 136 seconds.
Bob Arum claims Gervonta Davis wouldn’t even have to move up to the lightweight limit of 135 pounds if he wants to fight Vasiliy Lomachenko. Arum expects Lomachenko to move back down to 130 pounds after defeating England’s Luke Campbell on Saturday night and facing the Richard Commey-Teofimo Lopez winner in his following fight. The unique Ukrainian southpaw’s promoter doesn’t think that’ll entice Floyd Mayweather, Davis’ promoter, to make a Lomachenko-Davis fight, either.
Hall of Famer and former world champion, Sugar Ray Leonard, believes Floyd Mayweather should come out of retirement and face career rival Manny Pacquiao in a rematch. The two boxers collided back in May of 2015, with Mayweather walking away with a twelve round unanimous decision.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather is shaking his head at the recent headlines that circulated all over the world on Sunday. Several social media portals posted an old video of Mayweather, where the boxer was speaking on camera about taking a trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss a rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence will be looking for more gold next month. Spence will collide with WBC world champion Shawn Porter in a high stakes unification bout on September 28, with the Fox Sports pay-per-view bout taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Sean Gibbons, the President of Manny Pacquiao (MP) Promotions, believes Floyd Mayweather is using the Filipino superstar to keep his name out there. The 42-year-old Mayweather, who retired from boxing in August 2017, has been trading words with Pacquiao on social media. Pacquiao, 40-years-old, has continued his career and last month shocked critics when he dropped and decisioned undefeated Keith Thurman to win the WBA welterweight title.
Keith Thurman has continued to push for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao. Last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Pacquiao won a twelve round split decision over Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight title. Pacquiao, at 40-years-old, turned back the clock by dropping Thurman and then fighting in a toe to toe manner with the younger man for the entire fight.
WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is looking ahead to big fights in the future - but certain boxers are not on his radar. Last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Pacquiao showed all of the critics that age is just a number, when the 40-year-old boxer won a twelve round split decision over undefeated Keith Thurman to win the WBA belt.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who for many years was the lead promoter of Manny Pacquiao, believes the Filipino superstar would defeat Floyd Mayweather if the two boxers ever came together for a rematch. Last month, Pacquiao turned back the clock to win a twelve round split decision over undefeated Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Justin Fortune, who is Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach, does not expect Floyd Mayweather to entertain a rematch with the Filipino superstar. Mayweather was ringside last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and watched Pacquiao capture the WBA welterweight title with a twelve round decision win over undefeated Keith Thurman.