Floyd Mayweather hints at comeback, possibly against Danny Garcia

Though he said he’s enjoying his time as a boxing promoter, Floyd Mayweather explained what it would take to get him return to the ring.

Leave it to Jim Gray to get right to the point. During Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday night, Gray couldn’t resist asking Floyd Mayweather about the chances of ending his retirement and returning to the boxing ring.

Mayweather gave Gray more ammo to keep pressing by admitting that he was talking to Showtime and CBS about that possibility. Though he repeatedly returned to his line about how much he’s enjoying being a promoter — Mayweather was in Washington D.C. to promote one of his fighters, WBC super-middleweight champion Badou Jack — he left the door more than a little open for a comeback.

He even answered questions about a potential opponent. Mayweather seemed dismissive about a potential mega-fight against middleweight sensation Gennady Golovkin, asking rhetorically how he could fight at 160 pounds when he could barely even get to 154.

Money also didn’t seem interested in the winner of the upcoming Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter bout, though he called both of them exciting fighters. Who could get the big payday against Mayweather? Possibly Danny Garcia, the 32-0 WBC welterweight titleholder.

Mayweather closed his discussion with Gray by explaining exactly what it would take to get him back to the ring: a nine-figure payday, and “probably a championship fight.” He’s also currently 49-0 and seemed at least a little intrigued about getting to 50 wins.

Regardless of what he said, the boxing world would no doubt keep expecting that Mayweather would be lured back to the sport by the chance to grab one more huge sum of money. Interviews like the one he gave Saturday aren’t going to do anything but keep that speculation running at full throttle.

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