Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
The plot thickens when it comes to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and his continued hype for a potential debut in mixed martial arts. Last week, Mayweather spoke with TMZ Sports and said that he plans to begin training with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the near future.
By Andreas Hale - Oh, so we’re really doing this? Apparently, the media cycle has spun into overdrive regarding the possibility of Floyd Mayweather competing in MMA after he told TMZ Sports that he would begin training “soon” with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. "I'm gonna start soon," Mayweath...
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) has continued to tease a jump to mixed martial arts. Mayweather recently spoke with TMZ Sports and said that he plans to begin training with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the near future.
The legal battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and former fiancée Shantel Jackson, who was known to boxing fans as Ms. Jackson, is heading to trial. Jackson, who is repped by well-known celeb lawyer Gloria Allred, filed a lawsuit against Mayweather in 2014 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. She alleges assault, battery, invasion of privacy and defamation.
Unsung outside the boxing world, a Thai fighter nicknamed the "dwarf giant" is quietly closing in on Floyd Mayweather's undefeated 50 fight record and with it an unlikely place among the sport's greats. At 1.57m and weighing just 47.6kg, minimumweight Wanheng Menayothin is shorter, leaner and significantly less wealthy than "Money" Mayweather, the undefeated five division world champion who was teased from retirement last year by a $100 million purse to fight MMA star Conor McGregor.
UFC superstar Conor McGregor appears to have turned his back on a potential rematch with Floyd Mayweather - by posting on social media that the retired five division world champion has pulled out of claimed rematch negotiations for a potential mixed martial arts encounter. McGregor, 29 years old, made his boxing debut last August and suffered a tenth round TKO at the hands of Mayweather at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is not buying the widespread hype - regarding the possibility of Floyd Mayweather making his debut in mixed martial arts. Mayweather, 40-years-old, retired from the sport last August after stopping UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the tenth round of their highly lucrative boxing match at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Floyd Mayweather should be enjoying his retirement but if his twitter account is anything to go by there are some things that the multimillionaire boxer simply can't let go of. He recently tweeted out a photo of a $100mn cheque, somewhat bizarrely suggesting that it proved he was literate:
Five division world champion Floyd Mayweather was present when Hublot announced his new watch line, and the sales from those watches will help the World Boxing Council's fund to assist boxers in need. According to the president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, the fund is a benefit for fighters in all weight classes who are going through serious economic problems or living in difficult times due to accidents in the ring.
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) has continued to tease the possibility that he'll make his debut in mixed martial arts. Mayweather posted an image to social media (found below), which shows him busting up UFC superstar Conor McGregor in a clash that is obviously being conducted under MMA rules - and along with that image the boxer posted a message which read - "Certified Killa vs Certified Bitch"