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Floyd Mayweather planning UK training date

Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor

Five-weight world champ to visit Britain for exhibition

Future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr is set to bring his preparations for his upcoming fight with WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz to Great Britain. The 34 year-old eight-time world champion takes on the new title holder in September at a venue yet o be decided and will make a visit to the UK one of his top priorities.

‘Money’ has made no secret in the past of his love for the UK fans and has posted tweets in the past weeks declaring his love for the European island. The Las Vegas resident is now planning to give his British fans a glimpse of one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

“We’re getting a press tour together,” Mayweather told fighthype.com.

“Me and Ortiz will be having a press conference in the UK and I will also be doing a training exhibition over there.”


@FloydMayweatherFloyd Mayweather

My favorite fans in the world are in the UK. I love everyone in the UK. God Bless The United Kingdom.

(Floyd Mayweather tweet - 7 June)


It is a welcome return to the sport of boxing for one the greatest talents to grace the ring. Mayweather will hopefully be using Ortiz as a benchmark to test himself in a 2012 mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao and give fight fans all of the world the ‘Fighf of our Generation’ Before its too late.
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