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Former world champions Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are set to compete in an exhibition bout next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will be put on by CSI Sports\/Fight Sports but details regarding the date, location, broadcasters and rules are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyson, 59, is a former undisputed heavyweight champion while Mayweather, 48, retired undefeated after 50 fights, winning multiple titles across a number of weight classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This fight is something neither the world nor I ever thought would or could happen. However, boxing has entered a new era of the unpredictable and this fight is as unpredictable as it gets,” said Tyson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyson is competing for the first time since ending his 19-year retirement in November in a\u00a0controversial defeat by Jake Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spent the entirety of his career, which yielded 50 wins from 59 fights, at heavyweight while the latter stages of Mayweather’s career were at welterweight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayweather, who has won titles across five weight classes, has competed in a number of exhibition bouts since retiring in 2017 with his last outing coming against John Gotti III last August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formal winners are not usually declared in exhibitions and the results do not count towards either fighter’s career record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You already know that if I am going to do something, it’s going to be big and it’s going to be legendary,” said Mayweather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m the best in the business of boxing. This exhibition will give the fans what they want.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business, not boxing – do fans really want to see this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They are two of the biggest names boxing has known: Tyson, the youngest heavyweight champion in history, and Mayweather, the unbeaten five-weight king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On paper, a match-up between the pair sounds like the stuff of fantasy. But in reality it’s a very different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayweather says he is giving the fans what they want. But is this really it? One man is pushing 60, the other was competing several divisions below Tyson’s heavyweight frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Tyson-Mayweather isn’t a pro fight. Yes, there won’t be an official winner. But does that justify the spectacle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These exhibitions, like Jake Paul v Gervonta Davis or Tyson v Mayweather, continue to blur the lines between competition and entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time Tyson stepped into a ring, he was beaten by Paul – a former Disney Channel star turned YouTuber turned boxer. That was billed as a professional contest and left many wondering if this is how one of the sport’s most feared champions should be remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyson-Paul was streamed on Netflix and did huge numbers – the main event peaked at 65 million concurrent streams – so it’s obvious what is driving this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayweather’s words say it all – “business”, not boxing, is the key term here. And if there’s one thing he knows how to do, it is make money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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