“I’m the best ever, nobody can beat me,” Floyd Mayweather once declared. With his mastery of the Philly shell and the shoulder roll, Mayweather retired from the professional boxing scene with an undefeated record of 50-0. Many have tried to breach the impregnable fortress, including Manny Pacquiao and Canelo Alvarez, but none have succeeded. Mayweather made even the greatest fighters look like amateurs.

Astonishingly, he has never been knocked down by an opponent’s punch. But now, the big question is: can the new generation of boxers take him down?

But it wasn’t meant to be. Although they parted ways on friendly terms in 2022, bitterness crept in when Davis alleged that Floyd Mayweather stopped him from training in his gym before his fight against Ryan Garcia. But, later, the duo was seen celebrating in the ring after Gervonta Davis beat King Ry.

It is safe to say that it has been a rocky on-again, off-again professional relationship between them, with unresolved issues coming to the fore in the last couple of months. Of late, Davis even warned fighters not to sign with Floyd’s promotional company. “If you sign with this fraud..he will…[mess] up ya career…he’s not a good businessman at all,” he wrote on his Instagram story.

Accusations have been coming in thick and fast from both sides, with Floyd reportedly taking a dig at Davis indirectly, claiming that fighters nowadays spend their money on frivolous things rather than saving it for a rainy day or investing it. To that, Gervonta Davis responded by revealing that Floyd was held hostage in Dubai because of unpaid debts.

All things considered, the backstory is enticing enough to make for a blockbuster PPV draw. Moreover, it gives Floyd a chance to break another record. Assuming he takes up the challenge against the current WBA lightweight world title holder, he would have the chance to become the oldest world champion in the sport, joining the esteemed company of Bernard Hopkins and George Foreman.

Will the 47-year-old fighter dare to make it 51-0 on the professional circuit? Or will he proceed to duck the 29-year-old Davis and stick to lucrative exhibition fights against opponents who are of no match to him? Nevertheless, one can only imagine what would happen when an unstoppable force like Gervonta Davis, with 28 KOs in 30 fights, goes up against an immovable veteran like Floyd Mayweather.