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11-02-2009, 01:41 PM
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Mike Tyson hints at return to the ring
Mike Tyson hints at return to the ring | Sport | guardian.co.uk
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As if his life were not already a recurring nightmare, Mike Tyson – 43, four years out of the ring and at least four stone above his best fighting weight – has hinted he would consider making a comeback.
Standing beside his long-time nemesis Don King at the promoter's sell-out show in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Tyson told the Showtime announcer, Jim Gray; "If this guy is going to pay for my training – my training team costs a lot of money – anything is possible. I don't see it happening, but anything is possible."
King, the master of the impossible, said, "I think Mike's one of the greatest fighters that ever lived. I think he can still be a fighter if he wants to be a fighter. Listen, whatever it is between Mike, it ain't about the bankroll. We gonna do what has to be done ... so, whatever we have to do, we'll do."
They were reunited after many acrimonious years apart for King's promotion of the IBF bantamweight title fight between the defending, and losing, champion Joseph Agbeko and Yohnny Perez.
Tyson last fought in 2005, knocked down and exhausted in the sixth round, and refusing to come out for the seventh against the Irishman Kevin McBride. A year earlier, Danny Williams knocked him out in the fourth round of a non-title fight in Louisville.
Tyson begins a short UK speaking tour at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, on Thursday night. "I just want to meet and greet as many of the ordinary fans as I can," he said last month, "the fans who rooted for me when I was up and rooted for me when I was down."
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11-02-2009, 01:50 PM
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mike should stay retired. whats the point of coming back? he is way past his prime.
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11-02-2009, 01:57 PM
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I don't even know what to say anymore.... Yeah ok, let's get the fight made.
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11-02-2009, 02:07 PM
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It's called bullshitting the media, and Mike's a Master at it.
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11-02-2009, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pinoy ninja
mike should stay retired. whats the point of coming back? he is way past his prime.
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Like anything else, money.
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11-02-2009, 02:15 PM
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He's not coming out of retirement.
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11-02-2009, 02:16 PM
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money talks and old Mikey needs it
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11-02-2009, 02:49 PM
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Tyson KO 1 Klitchsko
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11-02-2009, 02:52 PM
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I would like to watch if he wanted to come back, not because he needs money, but because he wants it. Now he didn´t really want it back then, what would make him want it now right?
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11-02-2009, 02:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo Slice
Mike Tyson hints at return to the ring
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Or is it ...the octagon?
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