Two boxing legends, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather agreed to participate in a performance match next spring. The event will be organized by CSI Sports/Fight Sports, but the details of the location, date and time as well as the broadcast have not been announced.
Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOS) declared in the press release: “I have done this for 30 years, and there has never been any boxer who can tarnish my heritage. You know, if I do something, it will have to be big and legendary. I am the best in the boxing industry.
Mayweather, 48, has retired after the knockout victory against MMA star MMA Conor McGregor in 2017. Since then, he has participated in 8 performances, the closest to John Gotti III in August 2024.
Although the match against Logan Paul was once the most popular performance of the UK so far, the confrontation with the former heavy champion Mike Tyson (59-7, 44 KOS) will surely go far every time before.
Tyson, 59 years old, the last time Thuong Dai was the match against Jake Paul in November 2024 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was the first time the former heavy championship returned to the ring after nearly two decades. This event was successful, attracting 65 million viewers simultaneously on Netflix, becoming the most online sporting event ever. Tyson lost to Paul with a consensus score and showed that he was very far away from the peak of destruction.
Tyson recently shared with ESPN that he was willing to play another match if he had an appropriate opportunity: “When CSI came and asked me to be with Floyd Mayweather, I thought 'There's no life this happened', but Floyd agreed. This is the match that both the world and myself have never thought I will have.
However, boxing has now entered a new era of unpredictable, and this match is the culmination of that unpredictable. I still can't believe Floyd really wants to do this. It will seriously affect his health, but he wants, so we signed and it will take place! “.
Detailed information about the half, weight class and other factors will be published later.