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White: We're in Real Talks With Floyd Mayweather To Join UFC

•Dec 20, 2017

According to UFC president Dana White, there are realistic talks with former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather about coming out of retirement for a run in mixed martial arts. “We’re talking to Floyd about doing a UFC deal,” White told ESPN. “It’s real. He was talking about [boxing] Conor McGregor. Was that real? Have you heard Floyd talk about many things that aren’t real? He usually tips his hand when he’s in the media and then that sh*t ends up happening.

Spence: Mayweather Addicted to the Spotlight; Might Come Back

Keith Idec

•Dec 19, 2017

Errol Spence Jr. isn’t convinced the best fighter of his era won’t make yet another comeback. The unbeaten IBF welterweight champion told Sports Illustrated for an “SI Now” segment released on its website Tuesday that he wouldn’t be surprised to see Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight again.

Lomachenko to Mayweather: Stop Hiding Gervonta Davis From Me!

Keith Idec

•Dec 19, 2017

The feeling still isn’t likely to be mutual, but Vasyl Lomachenko wants to fight Gervonta Davis. Lomachenko made that clear Tuesday by sending a Tweet to Floyd Mayweather Jr. that referred to Mayweather’s reluctance to match Davis against him. Mayweather, whose company promotes Davis, has repeatedly indicated that Davis won’t fight Lomachenko at any point in the foreseeable future.

James Toney: Canelo Fought Like a Sissy, Ran From Golovkin!

Terence Dooley

•Dec 19, 2017

Although James “Light’s Out” Toney (77-10-3, 47 KOs) had his major successes at middleweight, Super middleweight and cruiserweight—netting the IBF’s title in all three divisions—the former heavyweight contender believes that he would have had more of an impact at boxing’s highest weight had he campaigned there earlier in his career.

Georges St-Pierre is Latest To Eye Floyd Mayweather Bout

BoxingScene Staff

•Dec 19, 2017

In the aftermath of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor - there were a high number of boxers and mixed martial artists who quickly called out both athletes. Mayweather snapped a two-year retirement back in August, for a junior middleweight fight with UFC superstar McGregor, who was making his professional debut as a boxer.

Mayweather: Crawford is No. 1 Pound-for-Pound, Hands Down

Keith Idec

•Dec 18, 2017

Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t think there’s any doubt about who is the best boxer in the sport. “The No. 1 fighter in boxing right now, hands down, is Terence Crawford,” Mayweather told FightHype.com in an interview posted over the weekend. “The pound-for-pound, top fighter in boxing right now is Terence Crawford.”

Floyd Mayweather Jnr, who will put on an exhibition with Mike Tyson this spring, plans to make a full return to boxing after the event.

Mayweather Not Impressed With Loma Win: Rigo Too Small

BoxingScene Staff

•Dec 17, 2017

The former pound for pound king, Floyd Mayweather Jr., was not very impressed with Vasyl Lomachenko's one-sided stoppage of Guillermo Rigondeaux, which took place last Saturday night at The Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden. The fight was heavily hyped, as it was the first fight in boxing history to match two, two-time Olympic gold medal winners in the ring with each other.

Mayweather-McGregor Banks 4.3 Million Buys, Says Showtime

Random Hits

•Dec 14, 2017

Floyd Mayweather's money-spinning clash with Conor McGregor generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys – making it the second biggest fight in PPV history. The historic clash on August 26 saw the Irish UFC star make his professional boxing debut against Mayweather, an unbeaten former five-weight world champion.

De La Hoya Says He's Still Open To Return - Rips Floyd Mayweather

Miguel Rivera

•Dec 13, 2017

The former world champion in six different weight divisions, Oscar De La Hoya, is not ruling out the possibility of a ring return. De La Hoya, 44 years old, has not fought since he was battered in a TKO defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao in the fall of 2008. He retired following the loss.

Mayweather Claims UFC Approached Him With Multi-Fight Deal

BoxingScene Staff

•Dec 12, 2017

According to five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs), he was recently approached by the UFC with a lucrative multi-fight deal - to fight on the Octagon. Mayweather, 40 years old, snapped a two year retirement back in August, when he collided with UFC superstar Conor McGregor in a boxing match at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.