Tyson says he’ll fight old foe Lewis in September – despite combined age of 111
MIKE TYSON has claimed that he has certain Lennox Lewis to deal with him in an exhibition combat – irrespective of the pair having a merged age of 111.
The Baddest Man on the Planet is now 55-decades-old and earns a whopping £500k-a-thirty day period from his hashish empire.
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But the entice of boxing, and the large sums of dollars on offer you, led to the heavyweight legend producing a breathtaking return to the ring in November 2020 in excess of 15 years after retiring.
Ex-globe champion Tyson drew in an eight-spherical exhibition with fellow American excellent Roy Jones Jr, 53, on a Triller pay out-per-look at which bought a described 1.6million offers.
Now he says that fans will get to see him in action again – only this time it will be versus the British icon.
The two adult males at first arrived encounter-to-experience 20 a long time back and had a heated and infamous make-up to their blockbuster struggle.
But it was Lewis who stood tall immediately after a gorgeous eighth-spherical knockout earn over the American superstar.
Tyson instructed TMZ as he remaining a cafe in Los Angeles on Tuesday: “I’m gonna struggle Lennox Lewis.”
The only other aspects that he presented was stating that the bout will choose location in “September” this yr.
Fellow former entire world title holder Lewis, 55, retired from boxing in 2004.
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He did expose again in 2019 that he would take into account getting on Tyson in an exhibition clash – but only for a $100 million purse.
Lewis has but to publicly reply to Iron Mike’s opinions.
Tyson had previously disclosed that he would like to go a person-on-one with Evander Holyfield, the male whose ear he infamously little bit a chunk out of, a person very last time right before he officially wraps up his famous occupation.
He explained: “I want Holyfield and I want Lennox Lewis this yr.
“I want both of those of them, I want to get them both this 12 months. I also want to box an exhibition with Tyson Fury.
“If I do that — even if I can get those two men [Lewis and Holyfield], I’ll say, ‘This is a wrap, I’m just gonna reside life’.”
