Holyfield-Tyson III rumor is back again

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.