Boxing today and in what could well be the competitive eating rematch of the century, news from the Grauniad that boxing legend Evander Holyfield is considering a rematch with Mad ‘Mike’ Tyson.Cast your mind back over a decade for it was as long ago as that, when Holyfield and Tyson clashed in an epic World Title rematch, which saw Mad Mike bite Holyfield not once, but twice, the second time removing a large chunk of Holyfield’s ear which he spat out onto the canvas.
The Real Deal becoming the Real Meal as referee Mills Lane famously observed.
The most notorious night from the world’s most notorious sport and it was a real low point for the Noble Art and the beginning of the end for Mad Mike as a credible pugilist.
It’s not often we’re the voice of reason here on World of Spurt, but c’mon guys. Tyson’s 41 and needs the money, Holyfield’s 45 and most certainly doesn’t (he was paid £17m for that ‘97 rematch, purportedly the single biggest sporting fee in history).
Holyfield may still yearn after a record fifth world title, but the truth is he’s past it and when he says of Tyson ‘I feel compassion for him’ it’s certainly easy to sympathise, given the vertiginous plummet of one of the greatest fighters the world’s ever seen.
Holyfield could do himself and indeed Tyson a favour by saying ‘no deal from the Real Deal’ rather than ‘I would if the money was right.’
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