Mayweather Announces Dec. 19 Exhibition vs. Matt Floyd in Bangkok as a 'Tune Up' for Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia gave Floyd Mayweather a deadline. Mayweather answered with a different opponent, a different continent and a different Floyd.

Mayweather, 49, announced Sunday that he'll face Australian Matt "The Jedi" Floyd in an exhibition on Dec. 19 in Bangkok, Thailand. In his Instagram post announcing it, Mayweather wrote: "This is a lil tune up before me and Ryan Garcia lock up," according to talkSPORT and Boxing News.

Who is Matt Floyd?

Floyd, 37, is 15-2 as a pro since debuting in 2021, mostly at light heavyweight, per talkSPORT. He lost a decision to former super middleweight champion James DeGale at BKFC in September 2025, then beat Anthony Taylor on a Misfits Boxing card in June. That Taylor result came with an asterisk: it was first called a no contest after Taylor's eye injury and was later changed to a win for Floyd. Yahoo Sports' Uncrowned put it bluntly: 15-2 "with no wins of note."

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Floyd's crowded, empty calendar

Mayweather hasn't been in the ring since his August 2024 exhibition rematch with John Gotti III. Planned bouts with Mike Zambidis and Manny Pacquiao both fell through this year (talkSPORT), and he's also agreed to an exhibition with Mike Tyson that hasn't happened. BoxingScene says it's unclear whether Mayweather got permission from CSI and MP Promotions, the organizers of the Tyson and Pacquiao events, to go ahead in Bangkok. Yahoo adds that CSI is suing Mayweather in federal court in New York, and that case is what stopped the Zambidis exhibition.

So far there's no venue, no broadcaster and no announced rules (rounds, gloves) for Dec. 19.

And Garcia?

On Oct. 30, Garcia gave Mayweather a "final warning" on X: make it happen for Feb. 6 or the fight is gone, and it would be a sanctioned pro fight for Garcia's WBC welterweight title. We covered that in Ryan Garcia to Floyd Mayweather: Feb. 6 or Bust, after Garcia had already floated Feb. 6 against Teofimo Lopez or Floyd. Yahoo reports Garcia's team is in advanced talks for Teofimo on that date. Mayweather calling Bangkok a "tune up" sounds like a yes to Garcia. A tune-up seven weeks before a Feb. 6 deadline he hasn't signed for sounds like something else.

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