{"id":38367,"date":"2026-05-20T21:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Floyd-MayweatherMike-Tyson-exhibition-bout-postponed-until-fall-2026-201272"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:22:26","slug":"floyd-mayweather-mike-tyson-exhibition-bout-postponed-until-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/floyd-mayweather-mike-tyson-exhibition-bout-postponed-until-fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather-Mike Tyson exhibition bout postponed until fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/floyd-mayweather-mike-tyson-exhibition-bout-postponed-until-fall-2026.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Floyd Mayweather has a couple of pending fall dates. | Sean<br \/>\nMichael Ham\/Mayweather Promotions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Floyd-Mayweather-257601\">Floyd<br \/>\nMayweather<\/a> and Mike Tyson are still expected to square off this<br \/>\nyear, but the exhibition boxing match will take place later than<br \/>\nanticipated.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to a press release from CSI Sport\/Fight Sports,<br \/>\nwhich claims to have secured agreements from both boxers. While<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Report-Mike-Tyson-vs-Floyd-Mayweather-Slated-for-April-25-in-Africa-200153\"><br \/>\nprevious reports<\/a> had Mayweather vs. Tyson scheduled for April<br \/>\n25 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the release states that the<br \/>\nbout was slated for May 30. However, the booking was postponed as<br \/>\nTyson recovers from a broken hand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <center readability=\"0.53211009174312\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.6605504587156\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Tyson Vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Floyd-Mayweather-257601\">Floyd<br \/>\nMayweather<\/a> Jr. Is On<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xiKjv5BApV\">https:\/\/t.co\/xiKjv5BApV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIGHT SPORTS (@FIGHTSPORTS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIGHTSPORTS\/status\/2057162778779988350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A date, venue and broadcast plans are expected to be announced<br \/>\nsoon.<\/p>\n<h2>Complications Abound<\/h2>\n<p>There could be a conflict with the exhibition, as Mayweather is<br \/>\nalso supposed to face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Manny-Pacquiao-451008\">Manny<br \/>\nPacquiao<\/a> in a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Floyd-MayweatherManny-Pacquiao-2-set-for-Sept-19-at-the-Sphere-200231\"><br \/>\nrematch<\/a> this fall. That matchup, assuming it holds up, will be<br \/>\nbroadcast on Netflix. However, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/news\/mayweather-pacquiao-rematch-sphere-venue\">lost its venue<\/a> at the Sphere due to The Eagles<br \/>\ntaking up residency there on the bout\u2019s original Sept. 19 date.<br \/>\nThere have also been disputes over the terms of the bout:<br \/>\nMayweather reportedly wants it to be billed as an exhibition, while<br \/>\nPacquiao would prefer that it proceed as a professional fight.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather, 49, hasn\u2019t fought professionally since defeating former<br \/>\nUFC two-division champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a> via 10th-round TKO in August 2017. However, the former<br \/>\nchampion has competed in a number of exhibitions, facing the likes<br \/>\nof <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tenshin-Nasukawa-241529\">Tenshin<br \/>\nNasukawa<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Logan-Paul-385380\">Logan Paul<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mikuru-Asakura-113195\">Mikuru<br \/>\nAsakura<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Gotti-III-264785\">John Gotti<br \/>\nIII<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old Tyson hasn\u2019t fought professionally since 2005.<br \/>\nHowever, the legendary former world champion returned to battled<br \/>\nRoy Jones to a draw in 2020 before falling to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jake-Paul-385381\">Jake Paul<\/a> via<br \/>\nunanimous decision in 2024. Both of those bouts were classified as<br \/>\nexhibitions, and the clash with Paul drew massive ratings on<br \/>\nNetflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Mayweather has a couple of pending fall dates. | Sean Michael Ham\/Mayweather Promotions Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson are still expected to square off this year, but the exhibition boxing match will take place later than anticipated. That\u2019s according to a press release from CSI Sport\/Fight Sports, which claims to have secured agreements from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}