Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
No matter how much the speculation persists, Stephen Espinoza can’t take the thought of Floyd Mayweather Jr. competing in mixed martial arts seriously. The Showtime executive, with whom Mayweather has a close relationship, doesn’t expect the 40-year-old Mayweather to box again, either. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) retired for the third time following his 10th-round stoppage of UFC superstar Conor McGregor on
UFC President Dana White is standing firm on the possibility that retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather will make the jump to an MMA cage. White claims that a meeting is taking place with Mayweather's team to discuss the idea of working with the UFC in some capacity, although it's not clear what the meeting will be about.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is no stranger to keeping his name in the press. Because, the boxer has now challenged retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant to a one on one game of basketball - with a million dollars at stake. Until his unfortunate torn Achilles, Bryant remained amongst the NBA’s elite players despite being in his 17th NBA season. Very few athletes have ever been able keep up that level of performance at that age, but one who has is Mayweather.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather will head back overseas to Chechnya in 2018, to hold a master class for Chechen boxers and MMA fighters in the framework of a grand show, according to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said. In the beginning of December, Mayweather visited the head of Chechnya. He promised that after the New Year he would come to Grozny with a large group of well-known boxers to support the Chechen athletes.
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) should respect the fact that IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and go fight him in the UK. In recent interviews, Wilder has indicated that he believes a 50-50 split is the only way that a Joshua unification happens - and he feels Joshua should come down to the United States to make the fight.
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is looking ahead at returning to the ring in 2018. Khan has been out of the ring since May of 2016, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds and was knocked out in the sixth round by then WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) said Dana White's claim that the boxing great could try his hand at mixed martial arts is wide of the mark. UFC president White said Mayweather was in talks over a potential UFC deal after snapping a two-year retirement back in August, when he returned to the boxing ring to stop UFC superstar Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Three-division world champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) is a man on a mission to become the next big star in boxing. He wants to claim that position that Floyd Mayweather Jr. vacated when he retired from boxing, this time for good, in August. To get there, Garcia will first have to face and defeat, IBF junior welterweight world champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs). Their fight is scheduled for Saturday, February 10 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and headlines a Showtime televised event.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) is disputing the recent statements that were made by UFC President Dana White, who claimed on Wednesday that his company was in negotiations with the retired boxer to bring him over to the UFC.
On Tuesday, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko sent a public message to Floyd Mayweather on social media - demanding a showdown with undefeated former champion Gervonta Davis, who Mayweather represents. Lomachenko and his team believe that Mayweather is extremely reluctant to make a fight with Davis, who previously held the IBF title in the weight class.