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Even after retiring, Floyd Mayweather Jr. hasn’t been able to leave boxing. Though the professional boxer has retired from boxing, he continues to fight in exhibitions. Even though his most recent bout against Aaron Chalmers didn’t garner that much attention, Floyd’s influence in the sport of boxing is still the same. Besides boxing, Mayweather is also quite smart in the business aspect of the sport. And his goal has been to focus on increasing his brand’s influence. He even tried his hands on Crypto.

Floyd Mayweather has even shown his interest in the video games market. His close aide Nate Jones recently shared some major news regarding the progress of the game. In a recent video on his channel, The Nate Jones Story, he revealed that the game is on its way to coming out. Jones shared Floyd’s vision for the game, amongst other things. Jones also talked about Gervonta Davis in one of his recent videos.

Floyd Mayweather to Enter the Video Game Ring with Upcoming Boxing Game

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Nate Jones, a close aide to Floyd Mayweather, recently shared some major news about the boxing legend’s plans to release his own video game. During a Q&A session on his YouTube channel, a fan asked why Mayweather had never appeared in any boxing video games. Jones replied that Mayweather had already created his own game and was simply biding his time before releasing it. According to Jones, Mayweather said, “I’m gonna make ’em wait… Trust and believe that Floyd got a boxing game coming out.”

Jones also claimed that Mayweather had told him that he would be featured in the game as well. While Jones did not know how much progress Floyd Mayweather has made so far in the game. Jones was confident that it would be a huge success because Mayweather knows his worth and would only release the game when the time was right.

“He just knows his worth, and he knows what to do with it and the right time to get his best money out of it. He is doing what it takes to make it a big success, and hopefully it works out for him”.

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With this exciting news, fans of both Mayweather and video games can look forward to what promises to be an exciting addition to the gaming world.

Floyd Mayweather’s previous statement regarding the game

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The news of Floyd Mayweather working on a boxing game first came out 5 years ago. In a video posted by TMZ, Floyd revealed at that time that work on the game is still in progress. Mayweather claimed that he had an active involvement in the project. He revealed the reason for him not being in the Fight Night franchise.

He said, “I’m working on my video game as we speak,” Mayweather said. “You know I couldn’t go on [Fight Night] because, remember, before I do anything, I have to have some ownership”.

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It was unclear at the time whether the game will be a major console release or a simple mobile game. Jones’ comment has once again ignited fans’ excitement toward the game.