Mike Tyson Making a comeback? – Boxing News
November 1st, 2009
By Eric Thomas: Last night between bouts at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Showtime announcer Jim Gray interviewed Mike Tyson and promoter Don King. Tyson, 43, and overweight, was asked by Gray if he would consider making a boxing comeback. Tyson had this to say: “If this guy (Don King) is going to pay for my training — my training team costs a lot of money — anything is possible. I don’t see it happening but anything is possible.’’
There it is. It appears that King might be in the process of helping the 43-year-old Tyson stage yet another comeback. Obviously, Tyson, who hasn’t boxed for four long years, will have to be matched carefully because they’ve made mistakes in the past by putting him in with Danny Williams and the huge hulking 271 pound Kevin McBride in Tyson’s last two bouts. Those were the wrong opponents for Tyson on a comeback and it’s shocking that Tyson was put in with them. McBride was certainly a beatable fighter, but he used his size to rough Tyson up in their fight.
Tyson might be better off forgetting a tune-up bout altogether because there’s too much risk involved. Unless he’s conditioned well and gets in the best shape possible and shows good form in his sparring, he needs to be steered clear of any tune-up bouts. What Don King needs to do is match him up with Evander Holyfield for a third match between them. That’s a fight that the boxing public would likely be interested in seeing if they believe that Tyson is serious about the comeback and in good condition.
That’s the real question. People won’t want to watch the bout if Tyson is unable to lose weight and get himself in good shape. Tyson looks to be in the 260 range, possible 270 right now. He’ll need to lose at least 40 pounds for him to have a chance at beating the 46-year-old Holyfield. I think Tyson can do it because Holyfield looked terrible in his last fight against Nikolay Valuev last year. All Tyson has to do is stay upright and remember to throw at least 15-20 hard punches per round and he’ll win the fight.
Tyson doesn’t have to try and knock Holyfield out, although that would be great if he could do that. But the main thing is for Tyson to fight for 10 rounds without tiring out again and being stopped. His conditioning is what failed him in his last two fights of his career against Williams and McBride. This is something that Tyson will have to work on because Holyfield will be in good shape as he always is and will be ready to fight however many rounds he needs to.
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Mike will always have what it takes to be a champion. When Kevin R. left him, that’s when the problems began. With the right amount of training, we can be champs again! Tyson fan for life.
Tyson lost his last 2 fights bc he didn’t want to win that bad. If he would push himself to train and have a passion for boxing again then he would be furocious. Period. If Cus stayed alive Tyson would be undefeated
Listen…. Tyson if comitted could be world champ again , i personally think he would destroy haye , and for all those who are saying on here, o hes to old , think again…. just look at george foreman , if tyson gets that fire in his belly again , and with propper management he wil do it .
If Tyson does fight again he should do it under Kevin Rooney the trainer who trained him under Cus D’Mato and then the focus is there Tyson is a hell of a boxer and we all know that the people that beat him Holyfield and Lewis would not even get into the ring with him when they should have. they both ran and now when you look at the Heavyweight Division Hell tyson and Lewis would actually be the ones to bring life back to it.
When Tyson is on focus No One Can Beat Him even at 43 years old!
Don King If You Love Tyson Give him that One Last Chance At Glory Like ALi Had
One Time!
I’ve just been to Derby, saw and took a picture with Tyson: he doesn’t look that overweight. He didn’t mention anything about coming back to boxing.
He looked too relaxed to get in training again
if tyson trains well it will be a good fight all he need is ti get his thing together and God give talent will be back on top, if he train well he can beat those two ukrainian brothers including haye , boy this dude go talents.
the only way it would be worth it for him to return is if haye beats valuev and he gets the next fight against haye,this way he could make big money in a title fight and it would be quite possible for him to win by knockout.i bet thats what don king is aiming for.but i see valuev beating haye with his jab and finishing the job late anyway.
iron mike is at least a dozen years past his prime…he would make an awsom commentater thou !!!
MAYBE HE WANTS TO PROVE TO HIMSELF HE IS STILL A CHAMPION. IF HE BELIEVES HE CAN DO IT HE SHOULD GO A HEAD WITH IT.
dont turn boxing into a circus holyfield would murder tyson within 3 rounds hes finished now just forget about him
seeing tyson on wednseday night at wolverhampton, mabe he’ll drop some hints at what he’ll be doin next.personally I think he should stay retired, he’s done more than enough for boxing GOOD AND BAD!!!
i dont think it will ever happin,but id like to see a tyson holyfeild 4
Both Tyson and Holyfield are way past their primes and probably shouldn’t be fighting at all anymore. Still, a third match between them really would be a big draw, and would be an interesting story. I’d watch it.
Tyson & Holyfield fight then back to retirement
the best boxer in the last 40 years! but this is from the past. Stay retired Mike. You were the best!
Please no. Stay retired my man.
Forget it Mike, boxing is a young man’s game. A few dollars isnt worth it. Okay even a few millions dollars isnt woreth it.
it would take tyson atleast 7 months to get back in fighting shape,
9months if he wants to win,
if he wants a comeback, he need the catskill team with him, and freddy roachs team.
but it will not happen
reality check, i hate to say this but haye will beat tyson, if he plains to come back.
but lets get one thing straight,
TYSON would and could of destroyed any opponent, in his prime, – period
tyson should of stayed active after the clifford eitenne fight,
he should have been fighting every 3-4 weeks when he satrted his pro career.
i love tyson, the best fighter ever, but he cannot fight no more.
although mike tyson has one of the hardest chins ever in this sport, i would hate to see him lose.
mcbride wrestled tyson, 271 lbs on tyson,
WHat the hell is going on. Tyson was finished as a top level boxer a long time ago.
Just because theres boxers out there of a similar age doesnt mean Tyson could still do it.
Hes a legend in my eyes, i hated seeing him gettin knocked out in fights against people like Dann Williams and that Irish nobody. I dont want to see it again.
tyson is completely shot as a boxer , tyson hit williams and mcbride with that many clean punches to the head and could’nt bowl them over – he must know hes finished . the bloke can still make truckloads of money if he gets out there and works his fans worldwide – tyson fans everywhere would pay big money just to see and meet him in person – forget about boxing and getting flogged again ,use your head mate and tuck into the real gravy.
You are all dreamers mike will never ever get anywhere near what he was..
Leave the man alone to live his life you yanks have had your pound of flesh.
keep dreamin boys keep dreamin…
A good article. I also agree that Kevin Rooney must be the trainer for Tyson.
A good article. There is some fellow out there, quite tall, a professional at motivating people that could also get involved.
The writer is correct. If Tyson is serious then he must be in the same good condition that would be equal to Vitali Klitschko, or Evander Holyfield.
But I take nothing from Mike Tyson as he is one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Hell Yeah!
A Tyson vs Holyfield would be a brilliant war..
They both similar age.
That could get the attention of the boxing public world wide!
If Tyson could lose weight and fight with the spirit of his daughter and team up with Kevin Rooney again then yea lets do it!