Andre Ward warns Floyd Mayweather ahead of pro return against Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather is poised to return to the skilled scene in September, as he takes on rival Manny Pacquiao for a second time, and super-middleweight legend Andre Ward has issued ‘TBE’ with a warning forward of that combat.

Mayweather famously boasts knowledgeable document of 50-0, having retired off the again of a victory in his profitable showdown with Conor McGregor in 2017, combating solely in exhibition bouts within the years which have adopted.

But, over a decade on from his overcome Pacquiao of their first assembly in 2015, the 2 pound-for-pound superstars are set to run it again in Mayweather’s skilled comeback, on the respective ages of 49 and 47 years previous.

Talking on the ‘All The Smoke Battle’ YouTube channel, Corridor of Fame fighter Ward, who additionally retired undefeated, defined why he believes Mayweather ought to resist the urge to proceed to field after his rematch with ‘Pac Man’.

“Floyd Mayweather’s return is bitter candy to me. I don’t thoughts Floyd and Manny [fighting each other], but when Floyd begins to marketing campaign, which it looks as if he’s, as knowledgeable fighter doing actual sanctioned fights, I’m battling that.

“I don’t need to see Floyd take a loss in opposition to a man that we’ve by no means heard of. I don’t need to see Floyd take a loss in opposition to a youthful fighter, as a result of the youthful fighters, lately, they play for retains.

“They aren’t so enamoured with Floyd, the place they received’t attempt to beat him up. They don’t love Floyd a lot the place they don’t need that ‘0’ on their document. They need to have the ability to say, ‘I did that to Floyd’, as a result of then their title is ceaselessly etched in historical past.

“There’s nothing that they will do, earlier than or after that, that’s going to be greater than them giving Floyd his first loss.”

Earlier than Mayweather can totally deal with his Filipino foe, he first takes on heavyweight icon Mike Tyson in an exhibition contest, which is reported to happen within the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, April 25.