Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring for February 2021 Tokyo Bout, organizers said Monday.
The former champion had already dropped hints about the fight, which follows a widely ridiculed 2018 exhibition match against a Japanese kickboxer, but organizers offered more details on Monday. It will be part of an event dubbed Mega 2021, being hosted at the Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on February 28, the production committee said in a press release.
They said it would feature champion-class fighters, including Mayweather, but gave no further details — including who the welterweight star will face, and under what conditions.
Mayweather shared a video last week on Instagram teasing the fight. Saying, “Tokyo, Japan, I’m coming back, in 2021.”
“I know the Olympics is in Japan in 2021, but me, myself, Floyd Money Mayweather and my team will be doing something big in Tokyo Dome… Japan, I’m on my way.”
Mayweather retired three years ago, and although he had previously announced he was coming out of retirement in 2020, he hasn’t been seen in action this year.
