And set to turn in yet another exhibition clash following his official retirement back in 2017, Mayweather will set foot in the ring under those circumstances for a ninth time. <\/p>\n
However, in a shocking turn of events, the Michigan technician revealed plans to potentially go one further and put his pro record up for grabs.<\/p>\n
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Photo by Tom Pennington\/Getty ImagesFloyd Mayweather plays up pro boxing return next year<\/p>\n
In a week in which we\u2019ve seen former middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin<\/a> tease a potential return to the ring for the first time in three years, fans can potentially expect Mayweather to follow suit, too.<\/p>\n Yet to fight professionally since joining the exclusive 50-0 club back in 2017, Mayweather turned in his historic final win with a dominant tenth-round TKO win over crossover UFC megastar Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, while discussing his exhibition clash with veteran rival Tyson, Mayweather revealed plans have been thrashed out for him to make a professional return to the ring.<\/p>\n \u201cThere have been talks. There have been talks. It\u2019s possible,\u201d Mayweather told TMZ Sports of a professional boxing return. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not really training right now. The fight [with Mike Tyson] is in 2026. We\u2019re still ironing out everything,\u201d Mayweather explained. \u201cBut I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s going to be exciting for the people and the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n Floyd Mayweather\u2019s many retirements from boxing<\/p>\n Over the course of his decorated career in the ring, Mayweather has ended his career time and time again.<\/p>\n Eventually making numerous comebacks, of course, the Grand Rapids star would most notably retire after improving to 49-0 with a routine win over Andre Berto, before returning two years later to score a lucrative fight with McGregor.<\/p>\n Earlier on during his tenure, Mayweather spent considerable time away from the ring after fights with the likes of Oscar De La Hoya<\/a>, before returning to face the late Ricky Hatton<\/a> in the pair\u2019s title showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Already gearing up for a massive exhibition clash with Mike Tyson next year, Floyd Mayweather has staggeringly hinted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,26700,8199,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-158476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-floyd-mayweather","12":"tag-mike-tyson","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}