Holyfield-Tyson III rumor is back again
by Scott Christ on Jun 15, 2010 6:21 PM EDT
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Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole has this today:
[T]here has been talk that [Mike] Tyson will fight Evander Holyfield again, a match that shouldn’t happen but might because of the money involved.
This has been rumored and discussed for years now. At one point, Tyson was clearly in no shape to be fighting anyone, but with his recent found-again celebrity, he's gotten into better shape, and probably could get into good enough shape for a farce of a fight like this one would be.
I think there's a gross overestimation of the interest in Holyfield-Tyson III, at least from some folks. Evander hasn't sold a show in about a decade and is 47 years old now. Tyson turns 44 in a couple weeks and there's no way, even if he can get in shape (relatively speaking), that he's a fighter mentally. He wasn't there mentally five years ago when Kevin McBride beat him, or six years ago when Danny Williams beat him, or eight years ago when Lennox Lewis beat him.
It's been 13 years since Holyfield and Tyson fought a second time. The world has changed, both fighters have long since lost credibility as current boxers, and I have to believe that the general public is smart enough to know a complete sham of this magnitude when they see one, no matter what the names are. It's fun to see Mike in The Hangover or doing his random TV appearances, because we see a new side of Mike Tyson. I think everyone knows the fighter is long gone.
If the fight does happen, it will be because it's the sort of money Tyson can't pass up. And with that, I think whoever might foot the bill would lose their ass in the process. There is not any demand for this fight.
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Oh The Humanity
What’s next Ali – Frazier 4 ?
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
I don’t know. This one will have the ‘freakshow’ factor plus every possible media outlet buzzing with the lead-up.
However, I can’t see HBO (or even Showtime) backing this. That means almost zero chance of PPV success.
I don’t know. This one will have the ‘freakshow’ factor plus every possible media outlet buzzing with the lead-up.
I will guarantee you 90% of media coverage, if this fight happens, will essentially amount to making fun of them and pointing out that the fight is a joke.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 15, 2010 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
If this is the fight that finally gets Don King to crawl into his hole and disappear
then I’m all for it.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Bert Cooper gets the winner.
Don't pick a fight with an old man, If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
So that's why he's got a fight scheduled for Friday night.
No time to waste on shaking off those 8 years of rust.
At least Oliver McCall is out of the mix
After losing to Timur Ibragimov tonight
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
As long as whoever foots the bill loses their ass I’m all for it. That said, I certainly won’t watch it.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
by FRANKIE on Jun 16, 2010 1:49 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I can't lie
As ashamed as I am to admit it, I’d watch it. Those were two of my favorite boxers in my childhood & I’d watch it. Would the outcome have any significance? Of course not. Would a third bout endanger both fighters? Unfortunately. Would the fight even be any good? I doubt it. But if they’re gonna put aside their health & dignity to do a third fight I have to admit I’d watch it just to see what happens.
by soulrise on Jun 16, 2010 3:03 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Me too. I must confess.
Don't pick a fight with an old man, If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
I really enjoyed your photography by the way
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jun 16, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Tyson has an 0-2 (2) KO losses to
Holyfield already……… Holy has also been active while Tyson has been jerkin’ off since 2005…….. Tyson would need at least 3 good fights to prepare the newly acquired WBF champion……….. Christ, Holy will be near or at age 50 by then………… Odd are this rumor is merely just that—a rumor……..
MR.BILL
Bill Petersen
MR.BILL
Raleigh, N.C.
aND ACTUALLY, i THOUGH tYSON WAS STARING TO COME ON.
Don't pick a fight with an old man, If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
If not, Holly slaughters him in two rounds.
Don't pick a fight with an old man, If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
this is gross
But I’d still watch it. Ugh.
Mike did look great at UFC 114, though.
BTW, here’s Rashad Evans doing a spot-on Mike Tyson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-2G54V5iUo&feature=related
Inhale deep, like the words of my breath—I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
They both deserve each other. In fact, if it’s not against the law in Vegas, they should get married. At least it wouldn’t increase Holy’s brood.
classic Frank
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
I smell a self parody
Nonetheless, it should earn the winner a shot at Vitali.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y77n—Af1qo&feature=related
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Iron Mike vs Holyfield
Let ’em fight.
Poor Mike, got head butted
Some many times I lost count.
by HoboMullen on Jun 17, 2010 9:26 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Holyfield is the WBF Heavyweight Champion of the World and he plans on becoming unified world champ again…ok that’s my daily minimum amount of sarcasm out of the way. On a serious note, this would be a terrible fight, anyone responsible for making it happen should be ashamed of themselves, Holyfield and especially Tyson would be putting themselves in danger. BUT, I’d have to admit, curiosity would get the better of me and i would watch this fight.. It’s like if there was a Seinfeld reunion movie, even if the critics said it was the worst movie ever I would still watch for old time’s sake
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