OK, I'll watch...

Mike Tyson returns to boxing at 54 on Saturday looking and sounding different

"I thought I had to tell him at this point, because if it was me and that money was available, honestly I would want to know regardless of what I had to do for it. So I told Mike, and Mike said, 'I'm not fighting again.'

"So then Mike called me back five minutes later and was like, 'How much were they offering?' "

About $20 million, Spicer said.

"Then he called me back maybe 10 minutes later and said, 'And who do they want me to fight?' And I told him Bob Sapp. And he started laughing hysterically."

Sapp, 47, has a combined fight record of 24-39-1. He also has worked as a professional wrestler and actor. But Spicer said Sapp's people failed to deliver on promises, and so the fight was off – but the idea of a Tyson comeback was gaining momentum.

Through a business partner, Spicer said, they got connected with Sophie Watts, a media executive from London who has worked with the likes of Elton John, Beyonce, Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey.

Watts agreed to be the financier, and the search for someone to fight Tyson continued.

A Whole lot Moe....

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2020/11/25/mike-tyson-returns-boxing-54-saturday-different-man/6407614002/

I've got plans to watch this fight. A buddy just sent me the weighing video boy do these guys look terrible compared to the old days 

I'm still going to watch it, though 

Quote from: ModelCitizen on November 27, 2020, 02:23:12 PM
I've got plans to watch this fight. A buddy just sent me the weighing video boy do these guys look terrible compared to the old days 

I'm still going to watch it, though 

Yeah, I hit my strength peak at their age, so it will be interesting to see who kills who, but after 3 rnds, it'll be a lot of heavy breathing and leaning on one another.

 

I'm glad I caught the fight on YouTube instead.

It was not very good. I thought Tyson won, though.

That undercard fight was hilarious, though. The NBA player getting knocked out and Snoop Doggs commentary were really funny

There was three great fights on the undercard......otherwise they made a mockery out of the art of boxing....they lost a bigtime fan...I'll stick to UFC until they pull stunts like this one.

Quote from: Bronx on November 29, 2020, 05:49:25 PM
There was three great fights on the undercard......otherwise they made a mockery out of the art of boxing....they lost a bigtime fan...I'll stick to UFC until they pull stunts like this one.

Well this was an exhibition bout between two old men. You can't judge boxing because of it.