Floyd Mayweather Jnr, an undefeated five-time division champion and 2021 Hall of Famer, plans to end his retirement of more than eight years.

Mayweather, 50-0 (27 KOs), who has not fought since his 10th-round stoppage of former MMA superstar Conor McGregor in August 2017, recently agreed to a spring 2026 exhibition match against Mike Tyson. According to an announcement released by CSI Sports and Fight Sports, Mayweather, who turns 49 next week, has signed an exclusive agreement with the organizations and will resume his boxing career after the Tyson exhibition.

The release indicated Mayweather’s first non-exhibition in his return to professional prizefighting will come later this summer, against an opponent to be announced. 

“I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing,” Mayweather said in a statement. “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.”

Mayweather was a combatant in the top three highest-grossing boxing events ever – including a 2013 majority decision over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, a 2015 unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao and the McGregor win – and, according to the release, has earned well over $1 billion in professional boxing.

Whether Mayweather – who earlier this month filed a lawsuit against former associates Showtime and former president Stephen Espinoza and was described as maintaining “a lavish, debt-filled post-boxing life” in a recent Business Insider report – is returning to boxing to fill a hole in his competitor’s soul or his bankbook is unclear, but he likely stands to make top-end paydays through the Tyson exhibition and then in a fourth decade of professional prizefighting.

CSI Sports and Fight Sports noted that additional details about Mayweather’s sanctioned summer return – including event dates, broadcast information and opponent – will be announced in the coming weeks.

Jason Langendorf is the former Boxing Editor of ESPN.com, was a contributor to Ringside Seat and the Queensberry Rules, and has written about boxing for Vice, The Guardian, Sun-Times and other publications. A member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, he can be found at LinkedIn and followed on X and Bluesky.