{"id":459568,"date":"2026-03-05T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:54:10","slug":"update-provided-on-mayweather-vs-mike-tyson-following-pacquiao-rematch-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459568\/","title":{"rendered":"Update provided on Mayweather vs Mike Tyson following Pacquiao rematch announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Floyd Mayweather announced a pro return against Manny Pacquiao for later this year, many felt his exhibition with Mike Tyson<\/a> would be cancelled.<\/p>\n

The bizarre clash between Mayweather and Tyson was announced in September 2025.<\/a> Things went quiet in the months that followed, until it was recently reported that the legendary duo were set set to clash in the Congo on April 25.<\/p>\n

Last month it was then announced that Mayweather was set for a professional battle against former rival Pacquiao at the Sphere in Las Vegas in September, whilst an exhibition against Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis<\/a> has also been pencilled in for June.<\/p>\n

It means that some boxing fans began to raise doubts over whether or not the Mayweather vs. Tyson fight would indeed go ahead, but boxing journalist Dan Rafael has posted on social media<\/a> to confirm it will still be happening, though it won\u2019t be in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeen much discussion about the Mike Tyson-Floyd Mayweather exhibition taking place April 25 in Congo but, per 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<\/p>\n

Rafael also confirmed<\/a> that Mayweather can\u2019t go ahead with any other fight unless he goes through with the Tyson battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cFloyd is contractually obligated to the Tyson even before he can do anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whilst no new date has yet been released for the Tyson match-up, TMZ Sports executive producer Michael J. Babcock posted on social media<\/a> to state he has been informed it will be in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told Floyd Mayweather vs. Mike Tyson is still happening \u2014 most likely May in Congo. Floyd is training\u2026 sparring, running daily. He\u2019s also started filming a countdown show, Living With The Legend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a busy year for the boxing legend \u2014 Tyson in May, Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis in June, and Manny Pacquiao in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

With three fights lined up, Mayweather is set to be more active in 2026 at the age of 49, than he arguably was during the peak of his own iconic career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Floyd Mayweather announced a pro return against Manny Pacquiao for later this year, many felt his exhibition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-459568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}