LOS ANGELES — Floyd Mayweather says he is ending his nine-year retirement and returning to competitive boxing this summer.
Mayweather, who turns 49 on Tuesday, hasn’t fought in a real boxing match since 2017, when he beat Conor McGregor. Following that big-money bout against a mixed martial artist, Mayweather, who has a 50-0 record with 27 knockouts, declared himself retired for the third time in his career.
The former five-division world champion has still been in the ring regularly throughout his 40s with a series of lucrative exhibition bouts against the likes of online influencer Logan Paul, YouTuber Mikuri Asakura and John Gotti III, the grandson of the infamous mafia boss.
Mayweather already has announced yet another exhibition coming up this spring against 59-year-old Mike Tyson, although no location or television partner has been confirmed.
However, Mayweather says he is also returning to real ring competition this year under a promotional deal with CSI Sports/Fight Sports.