Zambidis to meet US ring great Mayweather in Athens showdown exhibition

Former multi-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather will take connected Greek kickboxing star Mike Zambidis successful a “full-contact accumulation showdown” successful Athens connected June 27, promoters confirmed connected Thursday.

The pay-per-view lawsuit will beryllium held astatine the Telekon Center astatine the OAKA Olympic Complex successful Athens.

Mayweather, 49, retired from boxing successful 2017 with a cleanable 50-0 record.

He has appeared successful aggregate accumulation bouts since then, but an accumulation announced precocious past year against erstwhile heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has ne'er materialized and plans for a authoritative rematch with Philippines ringing icon Manny Pacquiao — announced by Netflix for September — person besides tally into trouble.

That bout, announced for the Sphere successful Las Vegas, would person been a rematch of the highest-grossing clash successful boxing history.

But aft Mayweather said the combat would beryllium an accumulation only, Pacquiao insisted helium had signed a declaration for an authoritative bout.

Whatever the destiny of that contest, it won’t take spot astatine the Sphere connected September 19 arsenic primitively announced with the venue present acceptable to big a performance by the Eagles connected that date.

Mayweather said successful a statement connected Thursday that the clash with Zambidis “is an accidental for maine to sharpen my skills for what’s to travel this year.”

Zambidis, 45, is an 18-time world champion champion known for his vocation successful K-1 MAX.

Source: AFP