Is Mike Tyson boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr.? What we know about exhibition

It was last September that boxing hall of famers Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced an agreement to face off in an exhibition fight. Seven months later the fight is no closer to materializing.

The announcement drew the ire of boxing fans, with both fighters long removed from their best days in the ring and showing as much in recent bouts against the likes of Jake Paul and John Gotti III.

Tyson proved little of his star power had diminished when he returned to face Paul at AT&T Stadium in 2024, breaking gate records in Texas while drawing 108 million live global viewers on Netflix. But while the fight was a commercial success, many viewers were left with a sour taste watching a 58-year-old Tyson unsuccessfully try and replicate his former success in the ring.

Mayweather Jr. last fought in an unscored exhibition against Gotti III in 2024 and this year set plans to burst back onto the scene, announcing exhibitions against Tyson and kickboxer Mike Zambidis, as well as a professional bout against Manny Pacquiao in September set to air on Netflix.

While doubt has been cast over the fate of his bout against Pacquiao, both Mayweather Jr. and Tyson have reaffirmed the validity of their exhibition in the months since the announcement, but when will the former superstars finally share the ring?

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Is Mike Tyson fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr.?

Tyson and Mayweather Jr. have each agreed to face each other in the ring, according to a release from CSI Sports/Fight Sports, but when or where that fight may take place remains undetermined.

It was reported by The Ring in February that the exhibition would take place on April 25 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but that soon proved untrue, with details on the bout's date and venue still unannounced nearly two weeks out from the purported fight date.

Boxing insider Dan Rafael soon after reported that the fight would not take place in April and while the DR Congo was still an option to host the event, the site had not been determined.

Beyond confirming the plans to face each other, there have been no further rumblings from Mayweather Jr. or Tyson indicating any specific details on their exhibition, so the wait continues for when and if the boxing legends will indeed go head-to-head.

Harrison Campbell covers boxing for The Tennessean and high school sports for The Daily Herald. Email him at hcampbell@usatodayco.com and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @hccamp.

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