Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson’s planned exhibition could also be dead within the water because the legendary champion appears to have moved on to a brand new bout.
The boxing icons were resulting from meet this 12 months in what would have been one of the vital intriguing – if bizarre and dangerous – match-ups in recent memory. Nonetheless, word from each men has gone quiet since December, and now there appears to be a brand new fight on the table.
After retiring in 2017, Mayweather spent the next seven years taking over exhibition bouts with MMA fighters, celebrities and even an old sparring partner during a world tour of sorts. Meanwhile, Tyson returned to skilled boxing on the age of 57 to face Jake Paul in a record-breaking 2024 fight.
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Kickboxing legend Mike Zambidis claims he’s fighting Floyd Mayweather in June
After it was announced last 12 months that Floyd Mayweather would fight Mike Tyson in an exhibition, boxing fans remained sceptical about whether or not it might occur. ‘Iron Mike’ will turn 60 this summer, not to say the pair’s last two weigh-ins were almost 68lb apart.
Now, the bout seems even less likely, as 18-time kickboxing champion Mike Zambidis has released a fight poster that appears to point that he’s fighting Mayweather this summer. The kickboxer even has a date; June 27, and a venue; The OAKA Arena in Athens, Greece.
The fight is being branded ‘Battle of the Legends’, with Zambidis writing on Instagram that “history is about to be made.” His poster indicates that Mayweather Promotions can be working with their partners at Front Row Fight Series, who helped to placed on his bouts with John Gotti III and Aaron Chalmers.
Nonetheless, Mayweather has not yet commented on this announcement, nor have Mayweather Promotions or Front Row Fight Series.
Floyd Mayweather vs Mike Tyson was resulting from occur next month
While appearing at a speaking event in Dublin back in December, Tyson claimed that his bout with Mayweather can be happening in Africa. He also declared that the fight would happen in March, which is now only a matter of weeks away.
He told a raucous crowd on the time: “It’s going to be in March and it’s going to be in Africa. It’s going to be incredible, it’s going to interrupt all of the records and it’s going to be one among the most important events within the history of the game.”
The fight had been announced by CSI Sports in September, with a vague mention of a 2026 fight date and a worldwide broadcast plan. And while it’s possible that Mayweather could tackle two events in a matter of months, it seems implausible.
Back in 2022, he did tackle two fights in only 50 days, knocking out MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in Japan before stopping YouTuber Deji seven weeks later in Dubai.