Ryan Garcia did the announcing. Floyd Mayweather, for now, is doing the listening.

The WBC welterweight champion told viewers of his Kick stream that he will defend his title against Mayweather in Las Vegas on February 6, 2027, insisting the bout will be a professional contest rather than an exhibition.

“We have an announcement, we are going to be fighting Floyd Mayweather on February 6. This is not an exhibition, this is a real fight,” Garcia said, in comments reported by Boxing News.

What Garcia did not have was a signed Mayweather side. No contract has been published and no Mayweather statement issued; the February 6 date is, for the moment, an announcement from one of the two camps rather than a deal between them.

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The 253-day gap on Hopkins’ record

If the fight happens and Mayweather wins, he would be 49 years and 347 days old on February 6, 2027, exactly 253 days older than Bernard Hopkins was when he set the current mark.

Guinness World Records lists Hopkins as the oldest male boxing world champion at 49 years and 94 days, dated April 19, 2014, when he outpointed Beibut Shumenov at the DC Armory in Washington to unify the WBA (super) and IBF light-heavyweight titles.

A professional win over a reigning WBC welterweight champion 18 days before his 50th birthday would move the oldest-champion line by more than eight months. Mayweather has not fought a sanctioned professional bout since defeating Conor McGregor in August 2017, and his pro record stands at 50-0.

License and lawsuit still to clear

The WBC has opened the door but not walked through it. President Mauricio Sulaiman told Boxing News that Mayweather is eligible for a title shot provided he clears medicals and holds a boxing license.

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“It is a matter of evaluating if Floyd has full medicals and has a boxing license. The rules of the WBC rule book allow him to fight for the title,” Sulaiman said.

Nevada regulators would have to grant that license before February 6, 2027. A separate obstacle sits in civil court: CSI Sports is suing Mayweather over roughly $4.65m it says it paid for exclusive promotional rights to bouts against Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, with the company alleging he accepted a Netflix advance tied to the Pacquiao rematch without authorization.

Garcia is not waiting politely for any of that to resolve.

“I am coming to really hurt Floyd. I want to hurt him bad,” he told viewers of the same stream.

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