{"id":533351,"date":"2026-03-13T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533351\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:55:08","slug":"mike-tyson-appears-in-cast-ahead-of-floyd-mayweather-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533351\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson appears in cast ahead of Floyd Mayweather fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson<\/a> appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show on March 12 wearing a visible cast on his right hand, confirmed he suffered a training-camp sprain, and offered conflicting answers about whether his exhibition bout with Floyd Mayweather will proceed as planned.<\/p>\n

The injury adds uncertainty to an event that was already facing delays. The \u201cLegend vs. Legend\u201d exhibition was tentatively scheduled for April 25 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but multiple reports in early March indicated that date was no longer viable, and Tyson\u2019s own words on the show did little to settle the question.<\/p>\n

Asked directly whether the fight was still happening, Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs) sounded broadly positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe so.\u201d<\/p>\n

But when pressed on whether the hand sprain could push the date back, the 59-year-old was far less definitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Boxing journalist Dan Rafael reported on March 4<\/a> that April 25 was dead as a date, writing that \u201cper source with knowledge of the plans, it definitely won\u2019t be that date. It will move to a later date & while it might be in Congo no site is set.\u201d Michael J. Babcock of TMZ Sports said on March 2 that he was told the fight was \u201cmost likely May in Congo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyson\u2019s sprain, with a cast visible roughly six weeks before even the tentative April target, raises questions about his ability to maintain a full training schedule. He has released very little training footage compared to his 2024 return against Jake Paul, and his most recent health-related social media post, on February 19, was captioned \u201cLet\u2019s get healthy again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyson\u2019s tone just weeks earlier was more certain. In a mid-February interview with TMZ Sports, he said: \u201cYeah it\u2019s happening. You think I\u2019d give that up? I was minding my business. He challenged me.\u201d<\/p>\n

No Weight Limit Confirmed<\/p>\n

Tyson also confirmed during the interview that there will be no weight restriction for the bout, emphasizing the weight difference between the fighters. Tyson weighed 228.4 lbs for his fight with Jake Paul in 2024. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) last weighed in at 160.8 lbs for his exhibition against John Gotti III that same year. That puts the projected gap somewhere around 70 to 80 lbs.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is set for eight two-minute rounds with heavier gloves and will not count on either fighter\u2019s professional record. It is being organized by CSI Sports and Fight Sports.<\/p>\n

Mayweather\u2019s Schedule on Hold<\/p>\n

Any delay has consequences beyond this one event. Rafael reported that Mayweather is contractually obligated to complete the Tyson exhibition before he can proceed with other planned bouts, including a June exhibition against Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis in Athens and a reported September professional fight against Manny Pacquiao at The Sphere in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

For now, the fight has no confirmed date, no locked venue, and one participant in a cast. Promoters have not issued an updated timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show on March 12 wearing a visible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,30209,706,82],"class_list":["post-533351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-mike-tyson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533351","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=533351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}