{"id":764986,"date":"2026-02-14T23:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/764986\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T23:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:52:16","slug":"mike-tyson-insists-floyd-mayweather-fight-isnt-cancelled-in-update-as-he-responds-to-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/764986\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson insists Floyd Mayweather fight isn’t cancelled in update as he responds to health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Tyson is certain that the Floyd Mayweather exhibition will take place, and believes he is fantastic physical condition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American heavyweight legend stunningly announced he would face fellow boxing royalty Floyd Mayweather<\/a> in an exhibition fight.<\/p>\n

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Tyson and Mayweather were astonishingly announced to face each other, but the contest has been placed into doubtCredit: Getty\/talkSPORT<\/p>\n

It was originally touted for spring of this year, but things quickly went quiet.<\/p>\n

Tyson then suggested the bout was indeed set to take place, with venues in Africa being considered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But 18-time kickboxing champion Mike Zambidis then stunningly appeared to announce<\/a> he would be facing Mayweather on June 27 in Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n

That appeared to be the damaging final nail in the coffin of the clash.<\/p>\n

Read More In Boxing<\/p>\n

But a confident Tyson still thinks it will materialise, insisting it was ‘Money’ who made the first call.<\/p>\n

He told TMZ: \u201cYeah, it\u2019s happening. S***t, yeah, it\u2019s happening! <\/p>\n

“You think I\u2019d give that up?! I was minding my business! He challenged me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to party afterwards, baby! We\u2019ll have a ball afterwards!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyson’s physical concerns and Jake Paul defeat<\/p>\n

Naturally there are fears now any time the veteran laces up his gloves again.<\/p>\n

Tyson claimed he ‘nearly died’<\/a> while preparing for his professional comeback clash in 2024 with Jake Paul.<\/p>\n

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Tyson believes he is in great shape and is still ready to face MayweatherCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

‘Iron Mike’ looked a complete shadow of himself during the clash, scarcely landing a punch, and putting a horrible defeat on his record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is now 59-years-old and in declining physical condition, but a bout with Mayweather under exhibition rules may not prove the biggest risk.<\/p>\n

And the former Brooklyn brawler has suggested he is actually in fantastic shape right now.<\/p>\n

He added: “I feel incredible.<\/p>\n

“Listen I was an extra large [pulls at t-shirt] but we are a large now.”<\/p>\n

Tyson did look in good shape and has clearly remained in light training.<\/p>\n

\"ARLINGTON,<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tyson has struggled with his health but is still intent on fightingCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n

But it is unclear if he can go through any rigours of a full training camp again to try and step back in the ring.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

Given the enormous weight disparity, he would likely be comforted by knowing the bout won’t be sanctioned.<\/p>\n

Tyson is also unlikely to be sanctioned to fight as a pro again after his worrying admissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson is certain that the Floyd Mayweather exhibition will take place, and believes he is fantastic physical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,34978,5121,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-764986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-mike-tyson","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116071677873334897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}