The former heavyweight champion did not accept a $ 25 million guaranteed contract to complete the Miami trilogy.
The team of the former world weight champion Cruise Y Heavy Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield, it turned out that the one called once World’s Baddest Man, Iron Mike Tyson, turned down a $ 25 million bid for a third game scheduled for May 29 at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida.
“We thought this deal was closed, but it all fell apart when people got rid of it Tyson all offers declined, ”said Kris Lawrence, manager of Evander Holyfield, through a statement circulated by Swanson Communications“We were negotiating in good faith the whole time and it seems we wasted our time.”
There has long been talk of a third time in the ring Evander Holyfield Y Mike TysonThe only man who can beat twice ‘Iron’ on a professional boxing ring was precise ‘The real deal’The first by TKO in 11 rounds in 1996 and then by an outrageous three-episode disqualification in 1997 after a remembered ear bite.
“Representatives of Evander Holyfield expressed their frustration at the rejection of the representatives of Mike Tyson to a $ 25 million guarantee from the Holyfield team to participate Tyson v Holyfield 3 at Hard Rock Stadium to commemorate Memorial Day weekend, ”the statement read.
Both sides had been negotiating intensively for months and the Holyfield team sincerely thought the deal was imminent, especially after the Hard Rock had given their support to the project and there were other offers for the team from. TysonThe requirements of the Tyson were unsustainable and far from what Mike Tyson had agreed directly with Holyfieldthey added.
Mike Tyson revealed a few days ago that he was ready to return to the ring in late May, after playing in a best-selling professional boxing match pay-per-view in 2020, touching 1.6 million homes in a fight that was agreed with 8 rounds of two minutes against the equally legendary Roy Jones.
A few days ago, Mike said via his Instagram account that he would no longer be working with the Triller company, with whom he collaborated for the exhibit last November, ahead of Jones. He said his return to the ring will be in the hands of the Legends Only League company, pending information on his return to the ring.
Holyfield, 58 years old, four more than Tyson, has trained with some firmness and great rhythm in South Florida, just waiting for the third fight with MikeHowever, it is not known whether he is willing to make another exhibit or showdown with a different hunter than his dual victim on the ensogado.