Mayweather event off after UAE president dies

Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition occasion on Saturday in Dubai was postponed following the demise of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday.

The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs introduced a three-day suspension of labor in all ministries and the non-public sector, which compelled the cancelation of the occasion. World Titans, the promoter of the occasion, introduced that the occasion might be rescheduled.

“Sending my condolences to the whole UAE,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram. “RIP Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed.”

Mayweather, the Corridor of Famer boxer who retired from the game in 2017, nonetheless partakes in exhibition occasions, most just lately towards Logan Paul in June. The most recent occasion was set to happen on a helipad in Dubai towards Don Moore, an undefeated boxer who largely competed in four-round bouts till his ultimate battle in 2016.

Mayweather, 45, is ready to advertise a Showtime PPV battle between Gervonta Davis and Rolly Romero on Might 29 in Brooklyn, New York.