Mayweather confirms comeback

Floyd Mayweather Jr has confirmed he is coming out of a 17-month retirement to fight Mexico’s WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.

The unbeaten former pound for pound champion (39-0, 25 KOs) will fight Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 18 with the match made at a catchweight 144 pounds.