I apologize that I’m late on this. Floyd tweeted this 2 days ago and I’m not sure how I missed it, but still wanted to share the story.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. caused a stir late Tuesday night when he tweeted who he would likely face for his next fight. Details & tweet after the jump…

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According to Dan Rafael at ESPN.com:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. tweeted that he likely would face fellow welterweight titlist Devon Alexander in his next fight, even though his name comes out of the blue.

Mayweather is scheduled to be back in the ring for his first fight in a year — and since his two-month jail term last summer for domestic abuse — on May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

While his opponent has not been formally announced, it has been an open secret in the boxing industry that interim welterweight titlist Robert Guerrero is the leading candidate to get the pay-per-view main event fight.

However, on Tuesday night, Mayweather tweeted, “The negotiations for my fight are almost done. The front runner is IBF Champion Devon Alexander. It’d be a unification bout at welterweight.”

Mayweather’s comment caught many by surprise, especially considering that Alexander was scheduled to defend his title against mandatory challenger Kell Brook of England on Feb. 23 in Detroit before postponing the fight on Monday, citing a severely strained right biceps that he injured hitting the heavy bag during a training session a few days ago.

It would be quite a surprise for Mayweather to go with Alexander, who, according to trainer and manager Kevin Cunningham, will be sidelined for six to eight weeks because of the injury. That would mean if Mayweather was going to fight him, Alexander would spend much of the promotion for a major pay-per-view fight injured, which is a far-fetched scenario when trying to market a fight.

“Devon is focused on getting his biceps 100 percent. That is all we are focused on,” Cunningham told ESPN.com.

Cunningham declined to discuss whether he has been negotiating a fight with Mayweather.

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