The former heavyweight champion did not accept a $ 25 million guaranteed contract to complete the trilogy in Miami.
The team of the former world weight champion Cruise Yes Hard, Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, revealed that once called “World’s Baddest Man”, “Iron” Mike Tyson, turned down a $ 25 million offer to face a third game scheduled for May 29 at South Florida’s Hard Rock Stadium.
“I thought this business was closed, but everything fell apart when people from Tyson he turned down all offers, “said Kris Lawrence, the manager Evander Holyfield, by a statement distributed by Swanson Communications. “We negotiated in good faith all the time and it seems we ended up wasting our time.”
There was a lot of talk for the third time in the ring Evander Holyfield Yes Mike Tyson. The only man capable of winning twice ‘Iron’ on a professional boxing ring it was right “The real deal”The first of them by TKO in 11 rounds in 1996 and then by a scandalous disqualification in three episodes in 1997 after a mentioned ear bite.
“Representatives Evander Holyfield expressed frustration at the rejection of the representatives of Mike Tyson to a $ 25 million guarantee from the Holyfield team to participate Tyson vs Holyfield 3 at Hard Rock Stadium to commemorate Memorial Day weekend, “the statement said.
“Both sides have been negotiating intensely for several months, and the Holyfield team sincerely believed that the deal was imminent, especially after Hard Rock supported their project and there were other offers for the Holyfield team. Tyson. However, the requirements Tyson they were unsustainable and far from it Mike Tyson had agreed directly with Holyfield“They added.
Mike Tyson revealed a few days ago that he was ready to return to the ring at the end of May, after playing in a best-selling professional boxing pay-per-view match in 2020, reaching 1.6 millions of houses in an agreed battle for 8 two-minute rounds against the legendary Roy Jones.
A few days ago, Mike said on his Instagram account that he would no longer work with the company Triller, with whom he collaborated for the exhibition in November last year, before Jones. He said that his return to the ring will be in the hands of Legends Only League, waiting to have information soon about his return to the ring.
Holyfield, 58 years old, four more than Tyson, trained with some solidity and excellent pace in South Florida, waiting for the third fight with Mike; However, it is not known if he is willing to make any other exposure or confrontation with another fighter, apart from his victim twice on the ensogado.