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Four-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield says he’s prepared to fight Mike Tyson a third time if the money is right.
Holyfield, 57, has followed Tyson, 53, in announcing a comeback to the ring for exhibition matches.
That raises the possibility of the two continuing their heated rivalry at this veteran stage of their careers.
The pair have made us wait more than two decades since Holyfield claimed wins over ‘the baddest man on the planet’ in 1996 and 1997 but suddenly there is hope of a third hard-hitting and probably controversial affair.
Tyson, 53, wants to box again in charity matches and Holyfield, 57, has announced he will make a similar move.
Holyfield, a former undisputed champion at cruiserweight and heavyweight, is raising money for Unite4OurFight, a charity that helps learning and emotional development projects aimed at children whose schooling was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Champ is back! ? I’d like to announce that I will be making a comeback to the ring. I will be fighting in exhibition matches for a great cause: #Unite4OurFight. Learn more: https://t.co/dfSo0HvV2O pic.twitter.com/8PfrzalHty— Evander Holyfield (@holyfield) May 6, 2020
Tyson, the youngest heavyweight world champion in history, revealed he is planning his own return to the ring for charity in a podcast with rapper T.I.
Holyfield beat Tyson twice, the second fight ending with Tyson being disqualified for biting Holyfield’s ear.
He was cleared to continue and Tyson was deducted two points before eventually being disqualified in round three… for taking another nibble.
Holyfield just wanted to restart the fight so he could at least land one on Tyson.
“When we went back in, he thought I was going to be scared, but I caught him with a couple of shots and he bit me again! I was just getting ready to kick him in the balls and the bell rung.
“I was so mad in the corner, then they stopped the fight and I was mad [at that]!”
However Holyfield,said despite his initial fury, revealed he’d forgiven Tyson by the time he’d reached the MGM Grand’s locker room and joked his mangled ear was now a form of identification.
“Mike and I do a lot of things together [now] because of that.
Source: News Agencies.