Despite being nine years into retirement, it appears that Floyd Mayweather could have a busy year in the ring if the latest claims are to be believed.<\/p>\n
The American boxing icon hung up the gloves after a straightforward victory over Conor McGregor took his professional record to 50-0.<\/p>\n
He has since fought exclusively in exhibitions, facing social media stars and combat athletes from other disciplines. That looked set to change this year when, in February, it was announced by Netflix that Mayweather would face Manny Pacquiao for a second time. The September fight was billed as a pro contest.<\/p>\n
Mayweather then announced exhibitions with both Mike Tyson and Mike Zambidis, leading to legal issues which postponed the Pacquiao event indefinitely.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old recently said that he plans for both the Tyson and \u2018PacMan\u2019 fights to take place in December and then 2027 respectively, but Ryan Garcia has now announced on social media that he has agreed to face Mayweather.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust me at first I thought this was bull***.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s real Floyd and I agree to a fight.<\/p>\n
\u201c147 for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201c50-0 vs The current champ.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trust me at first I thought this was bull***<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s real Floyd and I agree to a fight <\/p>\n
147 for the WBC welterweight championship of the world <\/p>\n
50-0 vs The current champ<\/p>\n
\u2014 RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Garcia also posted an image that appears to show a video call between him and Mayweather.<\/p>\n Talking about \ud83e\udd4a pic.twitter.com\/x10bCca14Z<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Garcia won the WBC welterweight world title at the beginning of the year by beating Mario Barrios<\/a>, and his stock is as high as ever following a two-round blowout of Conor Benn in his first defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n He has reportedly now entered talks for a unification against Teofimo Lopez, who is appealing to the WBA to postpone a mandatory fight against Jack Catterall.<\/p>\n Though the WBC would undoubtedly approve Mayweather\u2019s title challenge \u2013 as they did for a returning Pacquiao last year \u2013 fans will be dubious of Garcia\u2019s claims, particularly given the fact that Mayweather mentioned no such fight in his most recent interview.<\/p>\n