In two months, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr will meet in an unconventional exhibition bout in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ahead of the clash, recently retired pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford has admitted he sees only one possible winner.
With Floyd Mayweather’s professional comeback on the horizon, many fans are intrigued to see how the undefeated 49-year-old will look in his ring return against the once ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’.
Whilst Mayweather has been officially inactive for almost 11 years as a professional, ‘TBE’ has kept himself in shape through the use of many lucrative exhibition contests, this being his ninth non-sanctioned appearance since hanging up the gloves.
Meanwhile, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson retired from the sport after defeat to Kevin McBride in 2005, but he made a controversial return in November 2024, when he was outboxed by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, suffering a seventh professional defeat.
Now, despite Mayweather having reigned as a super-featherweight world champion and Mike Tyson spending his entire career at heavyweight, the two are set to meet in Kinshasa — the site of the iconic “Rumble in the Jungle,” where Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman.
Speaking on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience‘ podcast ahead of the fight, five-division world champion Crawford revealed that, despite his physical disadvantages, he is expecting Mayweather to dominate proceedings, due to Tyson’s performance against Paul.
“He [Mike Tyson] is not going to land a fist on [Mayweather], not after his last performance.”