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Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather
The latest news on Floyd Mayweather, American boxing promoter and former professional boxer, including boxing news and updates.
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24 Feb 1977
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American Floyd Mayweather (left) beat Manny Pacquiao when they fought in a welterweight unification bout in Las Vegas in May 2015. Photo: AFP
Manny Pacquiao

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao hints at possible rematch with Floyd Mayweather

Filipino former world champion says he is involved in ‘a lot of ongoing negotiations’ and a bout against the unbeaten American is one of them.

Fame and celebrity

Hermès levels up the ‘man purse’ trend – male stars love the Birkin and Kelly

Boxing

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton dies aged 46

ONE Championship

ONE: Rodtang would ‘destroy’ Mayweather in striking contest, Chatri says

CEO Chatri Sityodtong says it would ‘not even be close’ if ONE Championship’s flyweight Muay Thai king took on legendary American boxer – with elbows and kicks allowed.

Floyd Mayweather (left) and Rodtang Jitmuangnon. Photo: AFP/ONE Championship
ONE Championship

Mayweather says he’s fighting ONE’s Harrison, ‘Hitman’ shoots it down

Chatri Sityodtong claims Floyd Mayweather is ‘posting fake news’ and insists Liam Harrison is ‘exclusive to ONE Championship’, but Muay Thai star confirms discussions had started.

Boxing

Mayweather KOs MMA fighter as Japanese fans blast politician’s ‘shameful’ act

Fans slam ‘disgraceful’ Takushi Okuno on social media after leader of Burdock political party throws flowers at Floyd Mayweather’s feet before his boxing bout with Mikuru Asakura.

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Fame and celebrity

Has boxer Floyd Mayweather blown his US$1.2 billion fortune?

The legendary boxer loves to lavish millions on luxury houses, jets, cars, jewellery and bags, as well as betting big on sport – now YouTuber Jake Paul claims he’s broke

Legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather has made more than a billion from his career in the ring – but can he have already spent it all, like Jake Paul says? Photo: @floydmayweather/Instagram

Floyd Mayweather to face Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in exhibition bout

Undefeated American boxer will take on Japanese featherweight in September exhibition, with date, venue and rules to be announced later this month.

YouTube and YouTubers

Tale of the Tape | Why didn’t Mayweather knock out Logan Paul?

Floyd Mayweather’s draw with Logan Paul means nobody wins, nobody is happy, and we have to endure more stupid celebrity boxing matches.

YouTube and YouTubers

Mayweather v Paul: Canelo Alvarez mocks fight, Jake Paul wants fight

‘You can’t sell PPVs,’ younger brother tells Mexican, ‘I would eat you alive’ while KSI claims to be ‘best boxer in the world’

Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Logan Paul in action in their exhibition boxing bout in Miami. Photo: USA Today Sports
YouTube and YouTubers

Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul fight out uneventful exhibition draw

Pair scrap out a dour bout in Miami, Florida, as Mayweather throws a total of 107 punches in the exhibition.

Floyd Mayweather Jnr makes another US$467,250, reportedly, after landing a shot on Logan Paul during their boxing exhibition in Miami, Florida. Photo: USA Today
YouTube and YouTubers

Mayweather unfazed by critics ahead of Paul exhibition bout

Sunday’s bizarre exhibition bout against Logan Paul, with no judges ringside, is scheduled for eight rounds at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Mayweather working on ‘huge deal’ with UFC and Rizin

Retired boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jnr invites MMA promoters Dana White and Nobuyuki Sakakibara to his home as trio tease crossover partnership.

Manny Pacquiao

Who will Manny Pacquiao fight in his boxing comeback?

‘Pac Man’ announces he is in training camp – will it be for a Floyd Mayweather Jnr rematch? A Ryan Garcia – new vs old generation bout? Or is there someone else in mind?

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in a training session at Wild Card Boxing in Los Angeles in 2019. Photo: AFP
MMA

Mayweather and Jake Paul get heated in boxing feud

Floyd Mayweather says he will face ‘fake professional fighter’ Jake Paul if YouTuber beats retired MMA star Ben Askren, as social media exchanges turn sour.

YouTuber Jake Paul and retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jnr are rumoured for an exhibition bout this year. Photo: Instagram/Jake Paul, AFP
Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Mayweather reignites McGregor racism feud

Floyd Mayweather calls Conor McGregor a ‘con artist’ who ‘can steal everything from me and be loved but I’m hated’, then rips into the Irishman’s potential Manny Pacquiao crossover bout.

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US presidential election 2020

Trump counting on backlash against cultural change to earn re-election

Debates about racial equality and police brutality, as well as Supreme Court rulings on gay rights and young immigrants, have created a volatile political environment.

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Conor McGregor

UFC: ‘I will be waiting to punish’ retired McGregor, says Mayweather Jnr

Floyd Mayweather Jnr trolls Conor McGregor, who announced his retirement from MMA on Saturday – ‘didn’t you tell Mike Tyson you could beat me if we fought a second time?’

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Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr and former UFC champion Conor McGregor face off at the official weigh-ins before their super fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2017. Photo: Reuters
George Floyd protests

Boxing legend Mayweather to cover the cost of George Floyd’s funeral

Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe confirms that Floyd Mayweather Jnr is ‘definitely paying for the funeral’ for the late George Floyd on for June 9.

Conor McGregor

McGregor promises to beat Mayweather after Mike Tyson praise

Conor McGregor thanks Mike Tyson for lauding his display against Floyd Mayweather, and says he now has the knowledge to ‘crack the puzzle’ in their ‘inevitable rematch’.

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Conor McGregor

The Takedown | A McGregor-Pacquiao farce would be another swindle

McGregor and Mayweather managed to dupe millions into paying to watch their farcical spectacle three years ago, now history is in danger of repeating itself as the Irishman talks up a similar crossover exhibition with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.

Conor McGregor celebrates his loss to Floyd Mayweather with a dram of his own branded whiskey in Las Vegas. Photo: Getty Images
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Mayweather Jnr ‘didn’t really train’ for McGregor bout

Floyd Mayweather Jnr recalls his lax training schedule ahead of Conor McGregor boxing bout in 2017 – ‘sometimes I wouldn’t go to the gym for a week’.

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Floyd Mayweather Jnr (right) hits Conor McGregor with a right straight during their boxing crossover fight in Las Vegas in 2017. Photo: AP
MMA

UFC: Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fuel rematch

Conor McGregor calls Floyd Mayweather ‘far from retired’ after the undefeated boxer posts mock fight posters with the Irishman and UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

Twitter reacts to the Conor McGregor’s explosive 40-second KO return

McGregor made light work of Donald Cerrone on Saturday night and social media lit up after the brief contest.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Conor McGregor ‘in negotiations’ with Zuffa Boxing

Conor McGregor may ‘kick-start’ Zuffa Boxing if the time is right and is open to fighting Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao on the way to a world boxing title.

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Conor McGregor enters the ring in his super welterweight boxing match against Floyd Mayweather in 2017. Photo: AFP
MMA

Conor McGregor aims to be billionaire by 35, will ‘probably’ fight until 40

Conor McGregor targets ‘a billy’ within four years as he insists he has plenty of years left in his fighting career ahead of UFC 246 comeback vs Donald Cerrone.

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Conor McGregor wants to have a billion in his bank account in the next four years.
Ultimate Fighting Championship

McGregor was ‘messing around’ before Mayweather fight

Conor McGregor insists he had ‘verbal agreement’ to fight Floyd Mayweather in MMA before their 2017 boxing bout.

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Sporting year in review 2019

What were the top 10 SCMP Sport stories of 2019?

Jeremy Lin and Sun Yang are the undoubted personalities of Chinese sport over the last 12 months.

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