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LAS VEGAS (AP) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. is returning to the ring.
The undefeated six-time world champion says on his Twitter feed Tuesday he will end a 16-month hiatus when he faces WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz on September 17.
Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) hasn’t fought since a unanimous decision over Shane Mosley on May 1, 2010, and has repeatedly declined to accept a bout against WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao — a dream matchup many boxing fans are eager to witness.
Instead, it was Mosley who squared off with Pacquiao in May, losing to the Filipino star in a lopsided 12-round decision.
Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KOs) is riding a six-match win streak, most recently defeating Andre Berto in April to claim the WBO crown.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
5 Comments
This idiot !! Is scared of PAC -MAN
Would not pay to see this fight
He loves hitting woman that’s for sure !!!
June 7, 2011 at 1:06 pm | | Report comment
Good fight, better the fights Pac has been putting on lately.
June 7, 2011 at 1:49 pm | | Report comment
freddy roach never takes a fight where he knows he might loose. He puts pacman up against fighters with no power and no speed so pacman can look like the best boxer ever. personally i think the pacman is overrated. after the first marquez fight a draw he ran from marquez. after his second fight with marquez which could of been another draw or marquez win, he ran again. now that marquez is older and slower now he gives him the third fight. why run from a great fight. to fight david diaz, clottey, or mosley. hand picked fights.
June 8, 2011 at 11:08 am | | Report comment
Mayweather…chicken
June 8, 2011 at 11:43 am | | Report comment
Pacman should agree to drugs testing so we can see him fight Mayweather.
September 19, 2011 at 1:36 pm | | Report comment