{"id":487339,"date":"2026-02-18T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487339\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:11:12","slug":"mayweather-tyson-exhibition-reset-for-april-25-in-the-congo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487339\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayweather-Tyson Exhibition Reset For April 25 In The Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The event featuring arguably boxing\u2019s two top names of the past 40 years was announced last year without any details on a date or site.<\/p>\n

Afterward, The Ring reported that Mayweather<\/a> was in talks for a boxing rematch with Manny Pacquiao<\/a> this spring on Netflix. When those discussions collapsed, the Tyson-Mayweather exhibition was back on track for the spring.<\/p>\n

Formerly known as Zaire, the Congo was the site of one of boxing\u2019s most famous fights. That, of course, is the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, known as \u201cThe Rumble in the Jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyson<\/a>, 59, is a former heavyweight champion who remains a mainstream star two decades after he retired. His fight with Jake Paul in November 2024 attracted over 100 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Mayweather\u2019s last professional bout was a technical-knockout victory over Conor McGregor in August 2017. The all-time great, who will turn 49 next week, won titles in five weight classes, with 154 pounds being the highest. <\/p>\n

The weight limit for this exhibition hasn\u2019t been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Mayweather has held several exhibitions since he retired, including a points win over Logan Paul, Jake\u2019s older brother, in June 2021. He recently made headlines when Mayweather sued former Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza<\/a>, accusing him of a scheme to steal money from the fighter.<\/p>\n

Mike Coppinger is The Ring\u2019s senior insider. He co-hosts \u201cInside the Ring\u201d every Monday with Max Kellerman. Follow him on X\/Instagram: @MikeCoppinger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event featuring arguably boxing\u2019s two top names of the past 40 years was announced last year without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[90965,64,63,802,232239,1920,28241,85,2974],"class_list":{"0":"post-487339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-object-object","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-boxing","12":"tag-boxing-articles","13":"tag-boxing-news","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-the-ring"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}