Floyd Mayweather has hinted he could soon announce a clash between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. to decide the undisputed welterweight status.
Mayweather appeared at a press conference to confirm his exhibition fight with MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura at some point in September.
Following questions about the event, Mayweather also spoke to reporters about a potential fight between WBO champion Crawford, and three-belt titlist Spence.
Reports suggested that a fight would soon be confirmed but Mayweather appeared to believe he would have the details when they were confirmed.
“Errol Spence, hell of a fighter. Terence Crawford, hell of a fighter. I seen, if I am not mistaken, someone threw out a date or a month,” he said, reported BoxingScene.com.
Of an October 29 date, he stated: “Not true. When it is true y’all will hear it from me first or from Fighthype."
Mayweather’s suggestions that he would have the inside track led to speculation that he could sign the free agent to his promotional company.
“It’s so many things that I can really talk about that I’m not going to talk about. Just because - and I love ESPN - they have boxing writers and they are paying them, doesn’t mean they are right. When you see Fighthype post or you see a text message [from me]... and you see I say this [reported information] is not true," he explained.
"This is no different than when Amir Khan was saying, ‘Me and Floyd just talked about doing an exhibition.’ That wasn’t true. Amir Khan saw me in the lobby of the Armani Hotel in Dubai and he said get on my video with me and he was recording when I talked. Next thing you know he said, ‘Me and Mayweather talked about doing an exhibition’ which is not true."