Tyson-Holyfield III Could Be a Sad, Embarrassing Reality

It’s a depressing commentary on the state of boxing when I am actually able to write about the possibility of a 47-year-old Evander Holyfield stepping into the ring against a 44-year-old Mike Tyson, for a third, and hopefully final time.  A match between these two dinosaurs would be akin to watching a couple of old codgers square off at the nursing home over the last bowl of pudding. If this comes to fruition, I may just crawl into a bottle of scotch and never be seen from again.

Tyson’s troubled life is well chronicled, as is Holyfield’s, albeit to a lesser extent.  While Holyfield has continued to fight, against the advice of pretty well everyone in the free world, Tyson has stayed away from the ring since quitting against Kevin McBride.

Until now.

Rumor has it that our man Don King has a tentative deal in place for Tyson to get back into the ring sometime this year, and that they’re hoping that Tyson’s first match is against Holyfield.

Hoo boy.

Listen, I was a fan of boxing back when these two were kings of the ring.  Tyson in his prime was as ferocious and talented a boxer as there ever was, and Holyfield was a masterful tactician with the body of Adonis.  But hell, that was 15 years, and a billion brain cells ago.  Now they’re just two worn-out, pathetic, aged fighters looking for a payday–which is sad, because it shows just how ill-prepared these guys were for life outside of boxing.

No word yet on when, or if this will happen–but safe to say that if a deal does get done, it will be a fairly profitable Pay-Per-View event, and the winner (and loser) should both receive a lifetime supply of Geritol.

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