Floyd Mayweather teasingly indicated on Saturday that he may be enticed to come back to the ring, yet said just a "nine-figure" payday could bait him out of retirement.
The 39-year-old, who left boxing eight months prior with an impeccable 49-0 record, was close by as a promoter of Badou Jack's larger part draw with Lucian Bute in a super middleweight world title battle at the DC Armory in Washington.
He told Showtime TV questioner Jim Gray that he'd had converses with CBS and Showtime, keeping in mind he said he's glad in retirement he additionally didn't altogether close the entryway on an arrival to the ring.
Would that be for the cash or an opportunity to take his record to a cycle 50-0, Gray inquired.
"Both," Mayweather said.
"Yes, I'm glad to be the place I'm at," Mayweather said.
"Everybody is asking me 'is Floyd Mayweather returning?' Right now, I'm glad on this side, yet I've been conversing with CBS and Showtime and you never know. However, until further notice, I'm glad on this side."
"In the event that I returned, obviously, it would need to be a nine-figure payday and most likely a title battle," he said.
Dim didn't get some information about a conceivable rematch with Manny Pacquiao, whom Mayweather beat a year ago in the most lucrative session in boxing history.
He left after out-directing Andre Berto in September, and until Saturday had given no sign that he may alter his opinion.
Pacquiao won the battle charged as his goodbye, beating Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas prior this prior month turning his consideration regarding his race to pick up a seat in the Philippines Senate.
"I'm currently a full-time legislator," Pacquiao said for the current week.
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