Floyd Mayweather says he'll return to the ring and fight on top of an iconic $2,000 per night hotel in Dubai

• Floyd Mayweather may box once again.
• The former five-weight champion retired in 2017 but has taken part in two exhibitions since then.

Floyd Mayweather announced this week that he'll return to the ring at a luxury and exclusive location, on the helipad that straddles the $2,000 per night Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.

"February 20th, we haven't chosen an opponent yet but I look forward to it and hopefully we give you guys something to see," Mayweather said recently, according to Boxing Junkie.

Mayweather retired from pro boxing in 2017 after stopping the former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor on his feet in the 10th round of a landmark, crossover bout.

It brought to an end a Hall of Fame career in which Mayweather toppled many of his sport's biggest names, including Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Oscar de la Hoya, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Saul Alvarez, Marcos Maidana, and Manny Pacquiao.

Despite hanging up the gloves in an official capacity, Mayweather found a way to remain in the limelight as a part-time fighter. First, he took part in an exhibition that involved a young kickboxer called Tenshin Nasukawa during a New Year's Eve show in Japan, in 2018.

Having made $9 million for making Nasukawa cry after knocking him down three times, Mayweather made an announcement months later that he'd box up to five exhibitions in 2019.

None of these bouts came to fruition, however.

Mayweather was not seen in the ring again until 2021 when he fought Logan Paul in an eight-round exhibition held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

"I'm retired from the sport of boxing," Mayweather said after the show.

It will be an exclusive event

"As far as me coming back in the sport of boxing, absolutely not," he added at the time. "As far as me doing an exhibition again, probably not."

The former boxer, who owns Mayweather Promotions and the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, seems to have changed his tune in 2022 after claiming to have a date reserved for the exhibition next month.

"It's going to be a very special crowd, not too many people," Mayweather said."So if you get the chance to come here, you must know, you're very, very special for this event."

Mayweather spent the holiday period on vacation, traveling to Russia, according to geo-stamps on his Instagram account, before flying to the United Arab Emirates.

In Dubai, he's been promoting NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and has even been seen advising the former two-time heavyweight world boxing champion Anthony Joshua.

It is unclear who Mayweather will box in his February 20 exhibition, but speculation suggests Reshad 'Money Kicks' Belhasa, a YouTube creator, could be an option.

Should it happen, Mayweather's helipad showdown won't be the first time there has been sport on top of the Burj Al Arab. It has previously hosted a workout by Joshua, and famously, a tennis match between Roger Federer and Andre Agassi in 2005.