{"id":808116,"date":"2026-10-20T01:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808116\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:15","slug":"adrien-broner-sums-up-floyd-mayweathers-chances-of-beating-ryan-garcia-at-49-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808116\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrien Broner sums up Floyd Mayweather&#8217;s chances of beating Ryan Garcia at 49 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumours of a left-field bout between WBC welterweight world champion Ryan Garcia and boxing icon Floyd Mayweather surfaced earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/ryan-garcia-sends-floyd-mayweather-134937856.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garcia has publicly addressed the talk<\/a>, confirming that an offer is on the table but setting strict conditions for his participation.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media, the 28-year-old active champion outright rejected the idea of an exhibition match, stating that he will only accept a licensed professional contest that puts Mayweather\u2019s legendary 50-0 undefeated record at risk.<\/p>\n<p>In his comments on X, Garcia claimed that Mayweather was the one who initiated contact, stating:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready Floyd, remember you made this call. I\u2019m just returning the favor. Offer is on the table \u2026 Let\u2019s see how much you love that \u20180\u2019\u2026 And no I wouldn\u2019t do an exhibition I want his 0 on the f\u2014ing line\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/features\/on-this-day-floyd-mayweather-toys-with-debutant-conor-mcgregor-before-stopping-him-in-the-10th-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayweather has not fought in a sanctioned professional bout since his 2017 victory over Conor McGregor,<\/a> competing exclusively in exhibitions since that time. A scheduled professional return in a rematch against Manny Pacquiao was postponed due to legal issues on the American\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of the above, four-weight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9bHlgps__9U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrien Broner recently told Garcia to his face that Mayweather beats him.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFloyd [wins]. Floyd gonna smoke bruh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia was then animated about the potential fight, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll knock out Floyd. If I get him hurt, it\u2019s over. I\u2019m not letting him go. I\u2019ve seen him, he\u2019s a small man. I don\u2019t give a f**k what his name is, I don\u2019t believe in acronyms. You know what? F**k him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most fans will remain unconvinced that the fight happens, and be content with that given Mayweather\u2019s age and inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia \u2013 who recently defended his belt with a blistering second round stoppage over Conor Benn \u2013 instead seems poised to face Teofimo Lopez in a welterweight unification bout, that is if Lopez\u2019s appeal to the WBA to bypass mandatory challenger Jack Catterall is successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rumours of a left-field bout between WBC welterweight world champion Ryan Garcia and boxing icon Floyd Mayweather surfaced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-808116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}