Floyd Mayweather announces Dec. 19 exhibition as 'tune up' for potential Ryan Garcia title fight

Floyd Mayweather announced Sunday that he will return to the boxing ring for an exhibition match against Australia's Matt "The Jedi" Floyd on Dec. 19 in Bangkok, Thailand."This a lil tune up before me and Ryan Garcia lock up," Mayweather said, announcing the event on social media.Mayweather has not stepped inside the ring since his exhibition rematch with John Gotti III in August 2024, which went the full eight-round distance with no winner declared.The Australian Floyd, 37, was 15-2 as a professional boxer with no wins of note. He lost a wide decision to former super middleweight champion James DeGale in September 2025 in BKFC, and is coming off a Misfits Boxing win over Anthony Taylor in June.View this post on InstagramGarcia, the WBC welterweight champion, claimed last month that he and Mayweather had agreed to fight for his world title in a sanctioned professional fight, which would put Mayweather's perfect 50-0 record on the line. Mayweather, 49, hasn't fought professionally for almost a decade.Uncrowned subsequently reported that claims of such an agreement were premature and that no serious discussions had taken place between the key stakeholders.Garcia issued Mayweather an ultimatum on Friday.ATTENTION RED 🚨 FLOYD MAYWEATHER You called me and wanted this fight and I agree this is a big fight. But I am fighting FEB6th regardless so unless you actually make this happen then this fight is gone You can go fight whoever but this is for a championship. I will TAKE…— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) October 30, 2026"You called me and wanted this fight and I agree this is a big fight. But I am fighting FEB6th regardless so unless you actually make this happen then this fight is gone."Garcia, who has one fight remaining on his promotional agreement with Golden Boy and two fights left with DAZN, is indeed moving toward a Feb. 6 date — just not with Mayweather.The WBC champion's team is in advanced talks to have Garcia unify against WBA (Super) titleholder Teofimo Lopez. Uncrowned understands the WBA is set to rule on or around Nov. 7 whether Lopez can get an exception to fight Garcia or if he has to fulfill his mandatory against Jack Catterall.It is thought that a fight between Garcia and Lopez would proceed in early February — if a deal can be finalized — regardless of the WBA's decision.Mayweather is also being sued by CSI Entertainment in a federal court in New York, presenting another roadblock to Mayweather-Garcia — and likely Mayweather-Floyd as well. CSI's legal case ultimately prevented Mayweather from taking part in an exhibition with Mike Zambidis in June. CSI claims to own the exclusive rights to Mayweather's next two fights — against Mike Tyson and then Manny Pacquiao, or another opponent of CSI's choosing.