Tyson And Mayweather To Fight In Exhibition Match

Former world champions Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are group to compete successful an accumulation bout adjacent year.

The arena will beryllium put connected by CSI Sports/Fight Sports but specifications regarding nan date, location, broadcasters and rules of nan arena are yet to beryllium announced.

Tyson, 59, is simply a erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champion while Mayweather, 48, retired undefeated aft 50 fights, winning aggregate titles crossed a number of weight classes.

"This conflict is thing neither nan world nor I ever thought would aliases could happen. However, boxing has entered a caller era of nan unpredictable and this conflict is arsenic unpredictable arsenic it gets," said Tyson.

Tyson is competing for nan first clip since ending his 19-year status successful November successful a controversial conclusion by Jake Paul.

He spent nan entirety of his career, which yielded 50 wins from 59 fights, astatine heavyweight while nan second stages of Mayweather's profession were astatine welterweight.

Mayweather, who has won titles crossed 5 weight classes, has competed successful a number of accumulation bouts since retiring successful 2017 pinch his past outing coming against John Gotti III past August.

Formal winners are not usually declared successful exhibitions and nan results do not count towards either fighter's profession record.

"You already cognize that if I americium going to do something, it's going to beryllium large and it's going to beryllium legendary," said Mayweather.

"I'm nan champion successful nan business of boxing. This accumulation will springiness nan fans what they want."