{"id":488201,"date":"2026-02-18T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/488201\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:58:10","slug":"mike-tyson-vs-floyd-mayweather-set-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/488201\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson vs. Floyd Mayweather set for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Two of the greatest boxers to ever lace up gloves \u2014 Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr. \u2014 have officially agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/387101\/fans-react-to-shocking-mike-tyson-vs-floyd-mayweather-spectacle-no-one-asked-for-this\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meet in an exhibition boxing match<\/a> on Sat., April 25, 2026, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The location is no accident. The bout will take place in the same country that hosted the legendary \u201cRumble in the Jungle\u201d between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on Oct. 30, 1974, in Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s according to The Ring\u2019s Mike Coppinger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for the actual fight details? They\u2019re still pretty thin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Early reports suggest the exhibition will consist of eight two-minute rounds with heavier gloves \u2014 likely 14- or 16-ounce \u2014 and no official broadcast partner has been announced just yet. But let\u2019s be honest: this thing won\u2019t struggle to find a home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The biggest question, though, is weight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tyson tipped the scales at 228 pounds for his 2024 exhibition against Jake Paul, while Mayweather came in around 160 pounds for his clash with John Gotti III that same year. That\u2019s nearly a 70-pound gap \u2014 not exactly ideal, even in an exhibition setting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s also the age factor. Tyson will be 59 years old by fight night \u2014 something fight fans find concerning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more Tyson, Mayweather and boxing-related coverage click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the greatest boxers to ever lace up gloves \u2014 Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,43957,85],"class_list":["post-488201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488201","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=488201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}