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\u201cI still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing,\u201d Mayweather, said in a statement to AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom 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 — then (sic) my events.\u201d<\/p>\n
A first professional fight is tentatively scheduled for this summer, against an opponent to be announced. Details will be revealed \u201cin the coming weeks,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n
However the recent unretirement of Manny Pacquiao means a rematch of the biggest boxing fight of all-time could be on the cards.<\/p>\n
The pair broke box office records with almost six million pay per views sold and an estimated revenue of $US500 million.<\/p>\n
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, hits Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight title fight on May 2, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/Isaac Brekken, File)Source: AP<\/p>\n
Nicknamed \u201cMoney\u201d, Mayweather was once the world\u2019s highest-paid athlete, with earnings of $300 million in 2015, according to Forbes. <\/p>\n
At his peak he was widely considered boxing\u2019s pound-for-pound king, dominating the welterweight division for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Despite his success, Mayweather has long been a controversial figure. He was often criticised for an overly defensive style, and accused by some of dodging the most dangerous opponents simply to embellish his record. <\/p>\n
Mayweather has also spent time in prison for one of a string of domestic violence incidents.<\/p>\n
But his supreme fitness, work ethic, athleticism and boxing brain earnt him the respect of his peers in the ring.<\/p>\n
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Mayweather\u2019s last professional bout was in 2017 against UFC star Conor McGregor. He has continued to appear in exhibitions, including a victory over John Gotti III in Mexico in August 2024, as well as bouts with reality television stars and YouTube fighters. <\/p>\n
Mayweather has signed an exclusive agreement with promoter CSI Sports\/Fight Sports, to begin following his Tyson bout.<\/p>\n
Boxing outlet Ring Magazine recently reported that Mayweather\u2019s exhibition fight with Tyson will take place on April 25th in the Congo, though neither date nor location has been officially confirmed. <\/p>\n
\u201cIron Mike\u201d Tyson, 59, last appeared in the ring in a lopsided loss to YouTuber-turned prizefighter Jake Paul in November 2024 in Texas. <\/p>\n
Tyson barely landed a punch in that Netflix-backed bout, which was watched by a live crowd of around 70,000 spectators with an estimated millions more tuning in around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather is coming out of retirement and will return to professional boxing after his exhibition fight with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-494048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494048","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=494048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}