Mike Tyson Targets 3 Potential Opponents This Year, One Of Them Tyson Fury With A Contract Offer Of Rp146 Billion
JAKARTA - Mike Tyson is eyeing a fight against current heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury in the near future.
Iron Mike returned to the ring in an eight-round exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr. last year.
The fight seems to have aroused Tyson's appetite. He's looking for more competition in the coming months.
The 54-year-old wants to face his former opponents Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, while he also wants to meet Fury in the ring.
Speaking on his Hotboxin' podcast, Tyson said: "I want Holyfield and Lewis this year. I also want Fury. If I did that, I would say, 'I'm just going to live my life.'"
Fury had previously turned down an offer to meet Tyson in the ring and is now preparing to face Anthony Joshua.
"There's talk of that. I was contacted by Mike Tyson's people, via FaceTime, Zoom call, we made a phone call, it must have been real but it never materialized," Gypsy King reported from the Daily Star, Monday, April 12.
"Whoever offered Mike the comeback money, offered us peanuts. Mike talks about the £500 million (£9.9 trillion) figure but what we get on paper is a joke, it's crazy."
"I did get a $10 million ($146 billion) offer from ESPN to do this exhibition fight but I think everyone has forgotten that now."
While Tyson has previously said of Fury: "I think he's very good.
'He doesn't seem intimidating, but he's very elusive, he really knows how to box, he's very smart and he's very hard to hit and he's 7 feet tall, very close. He's a monster."