{"id":278535,"date":"2025-11-12T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278535\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:37:07","slug":"mike-tyson-reacts-to-reports-of-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-2-after-announcing-own-fight-with-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278535\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson Reacts To Reports Of Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 After Announcing Own Fight With Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heavyweight legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/mike-tyson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a> has shared his thoughts on a potential rematch between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/floyd-mayweather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/manny-pacquiao\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month it was reported that retired five-weight world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46767641\/manny-pacquiao-hints-possible-floyd-mayweather-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather is in the process of negotiating a second encounter with Filipino icon Pacquiao, over ten years on from their first meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the only fight Mayweather has been linked to, as it was announced back in September that former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson had reportedly agreed a deal to face Mayweather in an exhibition clash next year, although an official fight date and venue is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson, who is approaching his 60th birthday, made a sensational return to the sport in November 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/mike-tyson-wants-to-return-for-rematch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when he suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Jake Paul at the conclusion of their controversial eight round bout in Texas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardrock.bet\/news\/mike-tyson-talks-mayweather-paul-usyk-crawford-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In an interview with Hardrock Bet<\/a>, Tyson claimed that he \u2018had no idea\u2019 that Mayweather and Pacquiao were in negotiations for a rematch, before admitting that he believes the retired American superstar is \u2018one of the greats\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I could give you some input, but I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about as far as those two guys fighting. He definitely reigns with the greats, there\u2019s no doubt. He put in his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather has not fought as a professional since he faced former UFC world champion Conor McGregor in his 50th and final career bout in August of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old from Michigan has been involved in a number of exhibition bouts since then however, although it remains to be seen whether the five-division champion will be tempted by the prospect of making a return to the sport against either \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 or Pacquiao in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson has shared his thoughts on a potential rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-278535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}