Five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather is being linked to a shocking bid for Ryan Garcia’s WBC welterweight title at the age of 49 years old, and three-division world champion James Toney has shared his thoughts on the proposed fight.
Mayweather’s last professional contest came almost a decade ago, when he halted Conor McGregor in Las Vegas to reach a fiftieth career win whilst maintaining his fabled undefeated record.
Throughout 2026, ‘TBE’ has been linked to a return, with a mammoth rematch with Manny Pacquiao being whispered all year round, but now that talks for that meeting have been ‘indefinitely postponed’, it seems as though Mayweather has moved onto Garcia.
This week, Garcia confirmed plans to take on Mayweather on Saturday, February 6, in Las Vegas, where the latter could break Bernard Hopkins’ record and become the oldest world champion in the history of boxing.
Although, speaking to FightHype, Toney declared that Garcia will put Mayweather to sleep, if the veteran no longer possesses the heart of a world champion.
“It is the battle of the ages! Put it this way, If Floyd don’t have no fight, at 49 [years old], it could be night night.”
Garcia has also been mooted for a clash with reigning WBA champion Teofimo Lopez, with May 11 having supposedly been the targeted date.
However, ‘The Takeover’ has now been informed that he must first defend his belt against mandatory challenger Jack Catterall, who could scupper Lopez’s unification plans and potentially take his place in a showdown with Garcia in May.
