26 years ago, it was on a night of September when Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield met for the first time in the ring. With domination over Tyson, Holyfield clinched victory via TKO in the 11th round of this match. Only a year later, the duo met for the second time and the result was even more gruesome than their last fight. In an infamous incident, Tyson bit Holyfield’s ear, and the referee disqualified the furious Tyson.

Almost 26 years later, their first fight and 25 from their second, there was a prospect of Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield III. Recently, ES News caught up with the former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and asked the same about his exhibition with Mike. In response to the question, Holyfield said,

“He [Mike Tyson] don’t really wanna do it. So, yeah, getting the people all excited. It will gon’ be an exhibition. The whole big thing, the whole get go. Anything we do gon’ be an exhibition. If a person don’t wanna do it, it’s fine. Ain’t no sense of talking about it.”

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According to Holyfield, Tyson isn’t really interested in an exhibition with him. He is simply getting the people excited at the idea of the fight.

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Tyson retired from boxing in 2005 but Holyfield in 2011. Two years ago, Tyson made a comeback to boxing in an exhibition with Roy Jones Jr. billed as Lockdown Knockdown. Lately, Tyson was diagnosed with sciatica and is not in a position to take part in a fight. Two weeks back, TMZ had an encounter with Holyfield and enquired the same question.

In one sentence, Holyfield replied saying, “It’s too late. I’m done now.” In his boxing career, Holyfield had a record of 44 wins and 10 losses. On the other hand, Mike Tyson held the record of 50 wins and only 6 losses. Should Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield take place, it will nonetheless sell. However, looking at Holyfield’s statement, it seems the Tyson vs Holyfield III is far from coming to fruition.

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