My Comeback Fight Will Be Vs John Gotti III – Floyd Mayweather

Popular boxing icon, Floyd Mayweather has come out to announce his next fight against John Gotti III.

The match is set to take place on Saturday, February 10 – a day before Superbowl LVIII in Las Vegas, and fans have been reacting.

Announcing the event via his social media page, he wrote, “Kicking Off Super Bowl Weekend – Unfinished Business. See You Guys In Las Vegas. More Details Coming Soon!”

Mayweather has had seven exhibition fights since retiring from professional boxing in 2017.

WOW.

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships from super featherweight to light middleweight.

This includes the Ring magazine title in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight). As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships.

Mayweather was born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, into a family of boxers. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., is a former welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard.

His uncles Jeff and the late Roger Mayweather were professional boxers, with the latter—Floyd’s former trainer—winning two world championships, as well as fighting Hall of Famers Julio César Chávez, Pernell Whitaker, and Kostya Tszyu. Mayweather was born with his mother’s last name, but his last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. His maternal grandfather was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He attended Ottawa Hills High School before dropping out.