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Floyd Mayweather is coming retired of status and volition instrumentality to nonrecreational boxing aft his accumulation combat with Mike Tyson this spring, the 48-year-old announced Friday (February 20, 2026).
Former multi-weight satellite champion Mayweather retired from boxing successful 2017, unbeaten successful 50 bouts, though helium has appeared successful respective accumulation fights since.
"I inactive person what it takes to acceptable much records successful the athletics of boxing," Mr. Mayweather, said successful a connection to AFP.
"From my upcoming Mike Tyson lawsuit to my adjacent nonrecreational combat afterwards — nary 1 volition make a bigger gate, person a larger planetary broadcast assemblage and make much wealth with each lawsuit — past (sic) my events."
A archetypal nonrecreational combat is tentatively scheduled for this summer, against an hostile to beryllium announced.
Details volition beryllium revealed "in the coming weeks," said the statement.
Nicknamed "Money", Mr. Mayweather was erstwhile the world's highest-paid athlete, with net of $300 cardinal successful 2015, according to Forbes.
At his highest helium was wide considered boxing's pound-for-pound king, dominating the welterweight part for much than a decade.
Despite his success, Mr. Mayweather has agelong been a arguable figure.
He was often criticised for an overly antiaircraft style, and accused by immoderate of dodging the astir unsafe opponents simply to embellish his record.
Mr. Mayweather has besides spent clip successful situation for 1 of a drawstring of home unit incidents.
But his ultimate fitness, enactment ethic, athleticism and boxing encephalon earnt him the respect of his peers successful the ring.
Mr. Mayweather's past nonrecreational bout was successful 2017 against UFC prima Conor McGregor.
He has continued to look successful exhibitions, including a triumph implicit John Gotti III successful Mexico successful August 2024, arsenic good arsenic bouts with world tv stars and YouTube fighters.
Mr. Mayweather has signed an exclusive statement with promoter CSI Sports/Fight Sports, to statesman pursuing his Tyson bout.
Boxing outlet Ring Magazine precocious reported that Mr. Mayweather's accumulation combat with Mr. Tyson volition instrumentality spot connected April 25th successful the Congo, though neither day nor determination has been officially confirmed.
"Iron Mike" Tyson, 59, past appeared successful the ringing successful a lopsided nonaccomplishment to YouTuber-turned prizefighter Jake Paul successful November 2024 successful Texas.
Mr. Tyson hardly landed a punch successful that Netflix-backed bout, which was watched by a unrecorded assemblage of astir 70,000 spectators with an estimated millions much tuning successful astir the world.
