YouTube<\/a> channel. \u201cMaybe they don\u2019t, though. Mike is saying he can give us what we want, but what is it that they can give us without promising violence? Because one thing I know we won\u2019t see is Mike just starch Floyd Mayweather. Could you imagine if he just knocks out Floyd and Floyd\u2019s that much smaller, the visual? Hell, it would be the most viewed thing you ever see on TV. The clips would be the most viral shit you\u2019ve ever seen in your entire life. But I can\u2019t imagine Floyd would sign up for that knowing that that was a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\nMayweather retired in 2017 with a 50-0 pro record following a win over UFC star Conor McGregor. He has participated in several exhibition bouts since, squaring off against the likes of influencer Logan Paul and Japanese kickboxing standout Tenshin Nasukawa.<\/p>\n
Tyson has also dabbled in the exhibition bout world, going to an eight-round draw with fellow former heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. in 2020 and then returning to the pro ranks for a widely watched fight with Jake Paul in 2024.<\/p>\n
Even knowing they\u2019re at a different stage of their illustrious careers, Cormier could think of one word to describe the prospective superfight.<\/p>\n
\u201cRidiculous,\u201d Cormier said. \u201c200 pounds. 140. Floyd Mayweather was fighting at 154 and he was severely undersized at 154. Floyd Mayweather was a guy that fought in the 130s to start his career and then fought up as high as 160 maybe? Floyd Maywather was a small guy. He\u2019s now going to fight Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight champion of the world. \u2026 I don\u2019t get this. I don\u2019t get this for the life of me because by all accounts, Mike Tyson started his new business, got his life on track, has a great wife that helps him manage all those things, made a boatload of money to fight Jake Paul last year. It\u2019s not a money play.<\/p>\n
\u201cFloyd, I saw a thing this morning him talking about him keeping his money clean, stuffing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a plastic bag. These guys don\u2019t need money. A lot of times when you get these great champions fighting well past their prime, it\u2019s to make cash. We see it a lot. These two don\u2019t seem to need the money. So I don\u2019t understand the need to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though Tyson\u2019s bout with Paul broke streaming viewership records airing live on Netflix, the fight was heavily criticized for a lack of action as Paul went on to win a forgettable decision. Now, it appears fans are possibly being sold a bill of goods again and Cormier wonders how long the athletes involved can string them along without actually delivering on fight night.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy biggest question always around these things is how do guys, especially the greats, explain to the general public you\u2019re going to watch a fight between Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather but it\u2019s not going to be an actual fight, it\u2019s going to be an exhibition,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cHow much in that exhibition are supposed to believe that they\u2019re actually fighting? \u2026 Can Floyd and Mike fight at 100 percent when there\u2019s that big a difference in size? Can Mike Tyson hit Floyd Mayweather?<\/p>\n
\u201cFloyd Mayweather, when you look at him, never took much damage in his career. Floyd hasn\u2019t been hit much. Floyd has all of his faculties about himself. He\u2019s still fine. Would he be willing to risk all that to go fight Mike Tyson in an \u2018exhibition,\u2019 but the exhibition actually fought at a pace and an intensity level that makes people go, \u2018I want to watch this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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