Former multi-weight ‌world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will come out of retirement this year for his first official fight in nearly a decade, his new promotion CSI Sports/Fight Sports said on Friday, though his opponent has yet to be decided.
Before his official return, Mayweather is set for an ‌exhibition bout ‌with fellow boxing great ‌Mike ⁠Tyson, with the ⁠date and venue still to be announced.
“I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing — from my upcoming Mike Tyson event to ⁠my next professional fight afterwards — ‌no one ‌will generate a bigger gate, have a ‌larger global broadcast audience and ‌generate more money with each event — than my events,” Mayweather, 48, said in a statement on his new promotion’s website.
It ‌will mark the American’s fourth comeback from retirement, following ⁠previous ⁠exits in 2007, 2015 and 2017 — the last after beating Conor McGregor to extend his record to 50-0. He has, however, fought several exhibitions since.
Across a three-decade career, Mayweather defeated many of his era’s top fighters and headlined the three highest-grossing bouts in history, against Manny Pacquiao, McGregor and Canelo Alvarez.