Floyd Mayweather Jr. has confirmed he will end his retirement and resume his professional boxing career following his scheduled spring 2026 exhibition bout with Mike Tyson.
Mayweather has signed an exclusive agreement with CSI Sports/Fight Sports to serve as his promoter for this next chapter. “I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing,” Mayweather said in a statement to ESPN. “From my upcoming Mike Tyson event to my next professional fight afterwards - no one will generate a bigger gate, have a larger global broadcast audience and generate more money with each event - than my events.”
The former five-division world champion retired in August 2017 at 50-0 following his 10th-round stoppage of Conor McGregor. Since then, he has participated in multiple exhibition bouts against Logan Paul, Mikuru Asakura and John Gotti III. His upcoming exhibition with Tyson was announced last September, with reports suggesting an April 25 date in the Democratic Republic of Congo, though ESPN has not confirmed the date or broadcast details.
Mayweather’s return would place him back into a vastly different competitive landscape, potentially opening the door to a long-discussed rematch with Manny Pacquiao, who has also recently returned to the professional ranks. Meanwhile, Mayweather has been in the headlines for filing a lawsuit against Showtime, claiming he is owed “at least” $340 million from his reported $1.2 billion in career purses.
CSI Sports co-founders Richard and Craig Miele hailed the signing as a major statement. “Floyd will once again continue to dominate boxing with the biggest audience and highest gross events of all time,” they said.
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