{"id":570979,"date":"2026-03-30T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570979\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:37:10","slug":"floyd-mayweather-finally-confirms-whether-mike-tyson-fight-is-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570979\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather finally confirms whether Mike Tyson fight is still on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floyd Mayweather is set for a lucrative year, but his planned exhibition with Mike Tyson has gone quiet, casting doubt over the bout \u2013 though \u2018TBE\u2019 has now confirmed whether the fight will still go ahead.<\/p>\n

Mayweather and Tyson announced earlier this year that they would collide on Saturday, April 25, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bizarre exhibition contest. However, the lack of promotion and discussion has led to doubts as to whether the bout will take place.<\/p>\n

Since then, 47-year-old Mayweather has also confirmed fights with Mike Zambidis in Greece and a shock rematch with professional rival Manny Pacquiao, which was believed to be an official comeback but may now only be an exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the April date for Mayweather-Tyson looks to be a no-go, with that event understood to have been postponed<\/a>, but with no new date announced.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Vegas Sports Today<\/a>, Mayweather confirmed that he still plans to proceed with his showdown against \u2018Iron\u2019 Mike, but did not provide an update on the location or date.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have got an exhibition with Mike Tyson also, another exhibition in Greece. So, if I am just sitting at home, working out every day, spending time with my grandson, spending time with my children, I said \u2018why not go out, have a little fun, entertain and put on some exhibitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outings will generate additional wealth for the finance-obsessed pound-for-pound superstar, although a professional encounter with Pacquiao would surely prove more fruitful, if Mayweather dares to risk his fabled 50-0 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather is set for a lucrative year, but his planned exhibition with Mike Tyson has gone quiet,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-570979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570979","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=570979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570979\/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=570979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}