{"id":495944,"date":"2025-10-13T09:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495944"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:52:28","slug":"mike-tyson-is-motivated-to-do-better-against-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mike-tyson-is-motivated-to-do-better-against-floyd-mayweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson is motivated to &#8216;do better&#8217; against Floyd Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Tyson is preparing for one of the most unexpected fights in modern boxing history \u2014 showdown clash with Floyd Mayweather next spring. As the 59-year-old legend steps back into the ring spotlight, he\u2019s taking lessons from his recent defeat to Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it until he signed,\u201d Tyson said of Mayweather\u2019s confirmation. \u201cHe signed it, so I believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on his loss to Jake Paul, Tyson said the most important lesson wasn\u2019t about physical preparation but mental focus. \u201cI wasn\u2019t as focused as I should have been,\u201d he admitted. \u201cThis moment\u2019s going to be over. Just enjoy it \u2014 it doesn\u2019t last forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, as he trains for his much-anticipated clash with Mayweather, Tyson says his motivation comes from gratitude rather than rivalry. \u201cI\u2019m just preparing and looking forward,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful thing that could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Tyson will fight Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing match in 2026 \ud83e\udd4a\ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iTB2z8jL6p\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/iTB2z8jL6p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1963877573949079847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tyson described the fight as \u201csomething neither the world nor I ever thought would or could happen,\u201d calling it part of \u201ca new era of the unpredictable\u201d in boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Tyson is preparing for one of the most unexpected fights in modern boxing history \u2014 showdown clash with Floyd Mayweather next spring. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":495945,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18144,26891,17789],"news_category":[20045,16715],"gn_keywords":[18146,19825,20758],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Tyson says he took a lot from his Jake Paul fight and admitted he wasn't as concentrated as he should've been","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495946,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495944\/revisions\/495946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495944"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495944"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}