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Mayweather is 49. He has not fought professionally since stopping Conor McGregor in 2017.<\/p>\n
Yet Garcia says the retired boxing great wants a proper fight, with a world championship and his unblemished record at stake.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust me at first I thought this was bull***,\u201d Garcia wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s real Floyd and I agree to a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garcia specified the proposed bout would take place at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, adding: \u201c50-0 vs The current champ.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan Garcia and Floyd MayweatherSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
He also shared a screenshot of a FaceTime conversation with Mayweather.<\/p>\n
But there is still a big gap between two fighters agreeing to square off and a confirmed world title fight.<\/p>\n
At the time of writing, Mayweather had not publicly confirmed Garcia\u2019s announcement. No date, venue or broadcaster had been announced, while WBC approval for the proposed fight also remained unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
If the bizarre title fightdoes happen, it could also be bad news for Australia\u2019s Liam Paro.<\/p>\n
The IBF champ is hoping to secure a unification showdown with Garcia early next year, having outlined plans for a title defence before Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully snag Garcia early next year,\u201d Paro recently told Fox Sports Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not waiting around twiddling our thumbs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garcia\u2019s announcement has also prompted questions about both the likelihood of the fight happening and the merits of Mayweather getting a world title shot so late in his career.<\/p>\n
Veteran boxing reporter Dan Rafael urged fans to take a breath, pointing to Mayweather\u2019s existing contractual commitments and well-known legal issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore anyone gets too excited about a supposed Ryan-Floyd fight, and I have no idea why anyone would, remember Floyd has contracts in place with Netflix and CSI for a Pacquiao rematch and is also facing criminal charges in the bad check case,\u201d Rafael wrote on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody slow your roll.\u201d<\/p>\n
Terence Crawford, meanwhile, questioned why Garcia was pursuing a retired legend approaching his 50th birthday instead of the current generation of tough contenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you not fighting nobody old and outta they prime,\u201d Crawford wrote to Garcia on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cShouldn\u2019t you be fighting all these young hungry in prime lions?\u201d<\/p>\n
But Crawford still backed Mayweather to teach Garcia a thing or two.<\/p>\n
\u201cP.S Floyd gone beat yo ass if yall fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Respected trainer Robert Garcia offered a different take when asked about the matchup earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that it is true, but if it did happen I think Ryan [would win],\u201d he told ESNews.<\/p>\n
The trainer pointed to Mayweather\u2019s age and inactivity \u2013 despite believing Garcia would have been outclassed by Mayweather in his prime.<\/p>\n
That leaves Garcia facing questions on two fronts: whether the fight will actually happen, and what beating this version of Mayweather would prove.<\/p>\n
Gallen spars with 208cm giant | 02:19<\/p>\n
Commercially, however, the attraction is pretty clear.<\/p>\n
Garcia would get the chance to become the first man to beat Mayweather professionally.<\/p>\n
Mayweather would be attempting to show that his skills can still overcome a popular champion more than two decades younger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia insists Floyd Mayweather has agreed to risk his perfect 50-0 record in a world title fight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-936526","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\/936526","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=936526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}