Promoter CSI Entertainment is planning to stage an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson on Sept. 26 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, according to a new court filing.
The event was initially targeted for May 30 until an injury to Tyson, 60, forced the show to be postponed. Under the terms of its agreement, CSI had a six-month window from May 30 to reschedule the exhibition, and now it intends to do so at the end of September.
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Mayweather, 49, was sued last month in federal court in New York by CSI, which claims the Hall of Fame boxer pocketed $4.65 million in advances to fight Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, but then walked away from the deal.
CSI asked the court to grant an injunction stopping Mayweather from facing Mike Zambidis for a planned June 27 exhibition bout and preventing Mayweather from taking any fight other than against Tyson next with CSI, and for Mayweather to face Pacquiao — or another opponent of CSI’s approval — immediately after Tyson.
By the time fight week had arrived for Mayweather vs. Zambidis, the legal dispute remained unresolved. After DAZN and Ticketmaster were hit with legal notices, the event was eventually canceled.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick finally made a ruling — he denied CSI’s request for a temporary restraining order, finding the company had not demonstrated irreparable harm, but left its request for a preliminary injunction pending.
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Broderick then directed the parties to meet and confer on a schedule for discovery and briefing on CSI’s request for a preliminary injunction. Unable to reach an agreement, CSI’s and Mayweather’s legal team each submitted separate proposals to the court.
In a letter sent Thursday to Broderick, CSI attorney Judd Burstein asked the court to expedite proceedings on the company’s request for a preliminary injunction against Mayweather, arguing a quicker ruling is necessary if it is to have any chance of staging the Sept. 26 event.
Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition match against kickboxer Mike Zambidis was canceled in June.
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Burstein wrote:
“First, Plaintiffs believe that a preliminary injunction hearing will require two to three days of testimony and request that the Court schedule the hearing on August 26 to 28, 2026 — dates on which David Jonelis, lead counsel for Defendant Floyd Mayweather Jr. (“Mayweather”), has told me that he is available.
“I ask for these dates because, as the proof will show, Plaintiffs intend to go forward with the “Tyson Fight” on September 26, 2026 if Mr. Mayweather agrees to participate in that Fight.
“To that end: CSI has the American Airlines Center in Dallas “on hold”; Mike Tyson is willing and able to fight on that date; and CSI will either (i) secure any required promoter’s license, or (ii) retain a licensed promoter to promote the Fight.
“However, delay of the hearing until September will make it impossible for the Tyson Fight to go forward on September 26 even if, by reason of a preliminary injunction, Mayweather agrees to participate in the Fight because CSI will have insufficient lead time to make the event successful.
“Further, a September hearing will give Mayweather even more of an opportunity to enter into an agreement for a bout after the as yet unscheduled “Zambidis Fight.”
Uncrowned will continue to update this situation as it develops.
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