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Floyd Mayweather reportedly looking to fight twice in 2020

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is looking to fight twice in 2020, according to TMZ Sports. One versus a pro boxer and the other an MMA fighter.

Say it isn’t so.

In a span of 72 hours, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has gone from telling the world that he’s permanently retired to putting up an Instagram post teasing at a possible ring return in 2020.

And now, according to TMZ, Mayweather is currently mulling two fights for 2020, “one against a pro boxer and another against a UFC star.”

Mayweather made a fortune for facing UFC’s Conor McGregor under boxing rules, which obviously is an incentive to pursue another crossover fight with an MMA fighter.

On Thursday, Mayweather was spotted courtside at Staples Center next to Dana White at a L.A. Clippers-Boston Celtics game. Shortly thereafter, Mayweather posted a picture of the two sitting next to each other on Instagram, with the caption, “@danawhite and I working together to bring the world another spectacular event in 2020.

According to TMZ, Mayweather prefers to face a UFC fighter who has standout striking skills, which may rule out a fight with current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, whose strength is grappling.

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As for facing a boxer, one natural option is Manny Pacquiao, who has been actively campaigning for a rematch against Mayweather since their 2015 box office extravaganza. Pacquiao is coming off a vintage win over Keith Thurman in July. Recently, Pacquiao appeared in an Instagram skit with Chinese billionaire Jack Ma in an attempt to lure Mayweather into a fight

Lance Pugmire of The Athletic informed Pacquiao of Mayweather’s comments. Pacquiao’s response: “Hahahaha really? I don’t know of his plan. But I’m just here still active and willing to fight anybody in the welterweight division.”

TMZ’s source claims that Mayweather is looking to fight in May and September,

Floyd Mayweather says he’s coming back. Boxing fans, you don’t have to do this again.

Mayweather, 42, says he is coming out of retirement in 2020. Boxing fans: You can ignore him. There are other things to watch.

Floyd Mayweather posted to his Instagram this week that he was coming out of retirement in 2020.

There’s nothing in there about who he will be fighting or when, though Michael Rosenthal over at Boxing Junkie floated the idea that perhaps he and Dana White could organize another exhibition against a UFC fighter a la his fight with Conor McGregor.

Maybe they’ll dust off Manny Pacquiao and let the two of them go at it for nostalgia purposes.

Whatever it is: Boxing fans, you don’t have to do this anymore.

You don’t have to talk yourself into watching this. You don’t have to convince yourself that watching a 42-year-old Mayweather dodge punches and do enough to win on the scorecard is entertaining, especially if he’s going up against a UFC fighter with an iota of the technical skill he has.

Mayweather was one of the best to ever do it, and in his prime, watching him was thrilling. He was so technically gifted, and so quick, that watching great fighters try to hit him was to see them rendered useless. It was an acquired taste, but once you saw his brilliance, it became hard not to want to see him work.

Now? I mean, what are we watching? The McGregor fight had a certain sideshow appeal, and it was funny watching Mayweather try to figure out what to do with McGregor’s undeveloped style, but come on. At a certain point, watching an aging man dodge punches isn’t all that thrilling anymore. It becomes rote.

Not to mention he’s a reprehensible person, an annoyance, and is starting to get to the point where boxing is struggling to move on from him. Every time he comes around it’s another media circus that sucks oxygen out of the room that other young boxers might consume.

I realize the central irony in the fact that I’m writing about him right now, and making an argument by giving coverage to someone I’m saying shouldn’t get coverage. But let this be the end of it. Let us move on from this.

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WATCH: Tom Brady’s ‘body coach’ says the QB wants to play until he’s 47

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.

Brady’s personal trainer and business partner, Alex Guerrero, revealed what the conversation about potential retirement is like between the two men on a regular basis.

Speaking to WEEI Thursday, Guerrero said, “I certainly do believe that 45 is a very realistic goal. We talk about it all the time. Every year he just adds another year. He goes in and he’s like, ‘Guys, I feel so good still. I think I am going to go till 45.’ I am like, ‘OK.’ Now he’s like, ‘Alex, I think I can go like 46 or 47.’”

Guerrero explained that it all comes down to commitment and recalled how many skeptics there were about the Patriot playing at an elite level in his late 30s and early 40s.

New England’s perfect record is no longer intact, as the Ravens spoiled that before the Pats (8-1) entered their bye week during Week 10. Heading into Week 11, Brady has completed 230 of 355 pass attempts for 2,536 passing yards and 14 touchdowns this season.

Brady’s ‘body coach,’ says ’45 is a very realistic goal,’ for Pats QB to retire

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.

Brady’s ‘body coach,’ says ’45 is a very realistic goal,’ for Pats QB to retire (Patriotswire)

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.

The conversation around when Tom Brady will retire is perpetual at this point. The 42-year-old shows no relative signs of age, seemingly getting better on the gridiron with age.