For Perth\u2019s Floyd, a former bikie and stripper who learned to box in prison, it means an extraordinary opportunity to share the ring with a five-division world champion.<\/p>\n
For Mayweather, it is apparently preparation for an even bigger return.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a lil tune up before me and Ryan Garcia lock up Feb. 2027,\u201d Mayweather wrote.<\/p>\n
The Bangkok contest is expected to be an exhibition, meaning Mayweather\u2019s unbeaten professional record would not be on the line.<\/p>\n
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Floyd Mayweather and Matt FloydSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Speaking to 6PR radio <\/a>on Tuesday, Floyd revealed how the unexpected opportunity came together.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited, he\u2019s probably the greatest boxer of all time,\u201d said Floyd.<\/p>\n \u201cHis fight with Manny Pacquiao fell apart, he still wanted a fight before the end of the year, one of the managers called me up.\u201d<\/p>\n Known as \u201cThe Jedi\u201d, Floyd, 37, holds a 15-2 professional boxing record and has primarily competed at light heavyweight \u2013 well above the divisions in which Mayweather made his name.<\/p>\n The Aussie says he faces a big weight cut to meet the American superstar.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got to lose a lot of weight. I\u2019ve got to lose about 25 kilos,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve already lost nine in the last week\u2026 I\u2019ve got to get to 71.5\u2026 I\u2019ll blow back up to 90kgs by the next day. There\u2019s no rehydration clause.\u201d<\/p>\n And while Mayweather is treating the contest as a tune-up, Floyd believes it will change his whole life.<\/p>\n He says knocking out the American would leave him fielding offers from some of the biggest names in combat sports.<\/p>\n Gallen v NAS: Grand Arrivals Face-Off | 01:54<\/p>\n \u201cIm getting a lot of money for this fight anyway, but say I knock him out, which I will, my next fight will be worth $50 million-plus. <\/p>\n \u201cNobody has ever beat Floyd\u2026 I\u2019ll have every single person in the world wanting to fight me. Whether it\u2019s Conor [McGregor] or Jake Paul.<\/p>\n \u201cFor once I won\u2019t be the one chasing the fights.\u201d<\/p>\n That confidence predates the Mayweather news.<\/p>\n Speaking to Boxing News <\/a>in February 2025, he explained how he developed his unconventional style.<\/p>\n \u201cI trained myself in front of a mirror in a cell for several years for ten hours a day, so I have mastered awkwardness and bad habits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI come forward relentlessly, and I believe that I have got more power than anyone in the world at my weight. <\/p>\n \u201cI think that I have got the natural power of a cruiser, easily, I have thrown heavyweights around. <\/p>\n \u201cI was Lucas Browne\u2019s main sparring partner, I\u2019m 80 kilos and he was 130 kilos, I didn\u2019t throw him around, but I definitely stood my ground with him and took his biggest shots.\u201d<\/p>\n Floyd also insists he has the chin to back up his confidence.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never been dropped ever, touch wood. Sparring, training, anything, not ever. I haven\u2019t even come close to being dropped and that\u2019s not just the usual s**t talk, I genuinely haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n BOXING NEWS:<\/p>\n \u2018Took things to another level\u2019: Supermarket jibe fuels grudge fight tipped to steal Gallen-NAS show<\/a><\/p>\n