FLOYD MAYWEATHER has reportedly agreed to take part in a boxing event for charity and will judge fights between celebrities.
A fundraising event for US Military and Covid-19 relief charities is said to be taking place by the end of June.
Floyd Mayweather has reportedly agreed to take part in a boxing event for charity and will judge fights between celebritiesCredit: Getty
According to TMZ, Mayweather has agreed to judge fights.
Two other boxers are due to be involved as well as stars from NBA, Hollywood, comedy and MMA.
But as of yet not everyone linked with the event has officially signed up.
Organisers are hopping to stage the show in Las Vegas and are working with health and wellness website Celebrity Sweat to put it together.
It comes after casinos and venues were allowed to open again for the first time amid the coronavirus pandemic.
US boxing promotion Top Rank and the UFC are now putting plans together to stage events in Vegas, behind closed doors.
Mayweather, who officially retired from professional boxing in 2017 after beating Conor McGregor, has spent much of the crisis training in his gym.
It sparked rumours he would make yet another comeback, having announced last November that he was “coming out of retirement in 2020”.
American protege Devin Haney – who was recently taken on the pads by Mayweather – insisted the 43-year-old has made no moves to organise a return fight, but would be fit enough to do so.
Haney told iFL TV: “As of now we haven’t spoken about that. I mean is he in shape to come back? Of course!
“You know we trained for so long, we go 30, 40 minutes on the pads straight.
“Is Floyd ready to come back, could he come back? Of course. I think just because of his IQ and how much IQ he has I think he could come back. Will he? I don’t know.”
Floyd Mayweather puts boxing world champ Devin Haney through his paces
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
