Floyd Mayweather announces return to professional boxing

Why is he returning?

Poll ended at 20 Jul 2026, 19:08

Money
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96%
Love for the sport
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4%
 
Total votes: 28

Ruthless-RKO
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Floyd Mayweather announces return to professional boxing

Post by Ruthless-RKO »

HE'S BACK ‼️

Floyd Mayweather has announced plans to return to professional boxing this summer ahead of his spring exhibition against Mike Tyson 👀

'Money' last competed in a professional bout in August 2017, scoring a stoppage win over then-UFC champion Conor McGregor.

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He probably sign with Zuffa :lol:
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He will be 49 next week. The only people who want to see him back are the ones who want to see him lose.
I have no interest in seeing him fight.
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Mayweather v Benn :box:
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Surely it's gotta be for Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 for an absolutely insane amount of money on Netflix right?
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Oh dear god
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gilgamesh wrote: 20 Feb 2026, 22:12 Surely it's gotta be for Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 for an absolutely insane amount of money on Netflix right?
You’d think.
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Post by Sendo Takeshi »

Don't tell me he spend all that money.. He earned more than 1 billion in his career..
I would never consider getting punched in the face if I had like 20 mil..
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always about money when it involves....money could really damage that legacy his massive ego telling him hes still got , cant see him being rusty or rubbish but hes not going to be as sharp as he was obviously
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Wot Crawford has retired....oh no, oh well :lol:
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Bankruptcy must be looming. I can see him fighting the winner of Barrios and Garcia.
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gilgamesh wrote: 20 Feb 2026, 22:12 Surely it's gotta be for Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 for an absolutely insane amount of money on Netflix right?
Can only be.

He isn't going to fight someone 20 years younger than him and get embarrassed by an opponent who isn't half the fighter he was, for chump change.

He's going to be fighting a similarly aged opponent and that can only mean Pacquiao.
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Post by goose 5 »

Since they are both doing exhibitions in April it seems a real bout between the 2 will happen later this year. Does anyone here think Mayweather will actually fight a current champion? Maybe Ryan Garcia ?
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goose 5 wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 12:37 Since they are both doing exhibitions in April it seems a real bout between the 2 will happen later this year. Does anyone here think Mayweather will actually fight a current champion? Maybe Ryan Garcia ?
No. Zero chance.
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Post by goose 5 »

So, you think it's a one fight comeback for Floyd ? Pac and out ?
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Re: Floyd Mayweather announces return to professional boxing

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Hope he does return as professional.

Then I hope he loses his ‘0’
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Ruthless-RKO wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:06 Hope he does return as professional.

Then I hope he loses his ‘0’
It'd be awesome for Pac to get the W over Floyd in a rematch. It would defeat the argument that Floyd was better than him simply for having an 0 on his record, which already isn't much of one, but Floyd having an 0 on his record and a win over Pac is a better one.

If Pac gets the win back, Floyd doesn't really have anything on him.
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Syntax Error wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 12:05
gilgamesh wrote: 20 Feb 2026, 22:12 Surely it's gotta be for Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 for an absolutely insane amount of money on Netflix right?
Can only be.

He isn't going to fight someone 20 years younger than him and get embarrassed by an opponent who isn't half the fighter he was, for chump change.

He's going to be fighting a similarly aged opponent and that can only mean Pacquiao.
Who wants to watch it, after the first fight? Not me.
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keithmoonhangover wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:26
Syntax Error wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 12:05
gilgamesh wrote: 20 Feb 2026, 22:12 Surely it's gotta be for Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 for an absolutely insane amount of money on Netflix right?
Can only be.

He isn't going to fight someone 20 years younger than him and get embarrassed by an opponent who isn't half the fighter he was, for chump change.

He's going to be fighting a similarly aged opponent and that can only mean Pacquiao.
Who wants to watch it, after the first fight? Not me.
Just 60 Million people on Netflix or so.
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Post by tiny_acres »

gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:33
keithmoonhangover wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:26
Syntax Error wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 12:05

Can only be.

He isn't going to fight someone 20 years younger than him and get embarrassed by an opponent who isn't half the fighter he was, for chump change.

He's going to be fighting a similarly aged opponent and that can only mean Pacquiao.
Who wants to watch it, after the first fight? Not me.
Just 60 Million people on Netflix or so.
Minimum 60 million
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Post by keithmoonhangover »

tiny_acres wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:35
gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:33
keithmoonhangover wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:26

Who wants to watch it, after the first fight? Not me.
Just 60 Million people on Netflix or so.
Minimum 60 million
I don't think so, the first one was a letdown and I don't anyone who's bothered about watching it.
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Post by Jeff_lacy_ko »

Floyd is not broke he has a lot of real estate assets - he might have a cash crunch and a couple fights fixes that obviously

He will never put himself in a position to lose. He wont fight pacquiao - he will fight someone like jake paul or de la hoya, someone he can get paid and have no chance of losing
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gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:12
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:06 Hope he does return as professional.

Then I hope he loses his ‘0’
If Pac gets the win back, Floyd doesn't really have anything on him.
Dominating someone in your 30s is definitely “something.” A win when you are both 50 and retired change anything that.
And Floyd’s case was never just the 0.
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Sendo Takeshi wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 15:28
gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:12
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:06 Hope he does return as professional.

Then I hope he loses his ‘0’
If Pac gets the win back, Floyd doesn't really have anything on him.
Dominating someone in your 30s is definitely “something.” A win when you are both 50 and retired change anything that.
And Floyd’s case was never just the 0.
I'd still rank Pacquiao ahead of Mayweather in an all time P4P sense even if Mayweather beats him for a 2nd time honestly, but I know the general public may not feel that way.

As a whole he has the edge on Mayweather as far as big fights, and big wins against Elite level competition, but we have to take into account that even in their 1st bout Manny was in his 7th weight class while Floyd was in his 4th. Floyd is the naturally bigger man than Manny by quite a bit.

Manny had already had a Hall of Fame career before he ever fought his 1st fight in the Welterweight division.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather announces return to professional boxing

Post by Sendo Takeshi »

gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 16:53
Sendo Takeshi wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 15:28
gilgamesh wrote: 22 Feb 2026, 13:12
If Pac gets the win back, Floyd doesn't really have anything on him.
Dominating someone in your 30s is definitely “something.” A win when you are both 50 and retired change anything that.
And Floyd’s case was never just the 0.
I'd still rank Pacquiao ahead of Mayweather in an all time P4P sense even if Mayweather beats him for a 2nd time honestly, but I know the general public may not feel that way.

As a whole he has the edge on Mayweather as far as big fights, and big wins against Elite level competition, but we have to take into account that even in their 1st bout Manny was in his 7th weight class while Floyd was in his 4th. Floyd is the naturally bigger man than Manny by quite a bit.

Manny had already had a Hall of Fame career before he ever fought his 1st fight in the Welterweight division.
It's fair to think Pacquiao is the better P4P fighter, I just don't agree that Floyd has nothing over Manny except for the "0". He beat him clearly, was the more technically complete fighter, and handled elite opponents without taking the kind of damage Manny did.

Pacquiao did climb more weightclasses and that's an incredible feat, but Mayweather is at least as great with what he did in 5 weightclasses.
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