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I told you it was happening, thanks for staying tuned…
Mike Tyson today announced his own “World Tour” on Thursday, a series of four-round exhibitions fights that will hopefully help to decrease some of the debt he is in.
“If I don’t get out of this financial quagmire there’s a possibility I may have to be a punching bag for somebody,” Tyson said Thursday at a news conference in Youngstown, Ohio. “The money I make here isn’t going to help any of my bills really from a tremendous standpoint, but I’m going to feel better about myself. I’m not going to be depressed.”
Tyson announced that he will be taking on Corey Sanders on October 20th as part of a PPV card that will feature many other bouts.
So how did the idea for this come about?
“I was a little overweight, smoking too much, and I started to get in shape,” said Tyson, who announced his retirement after quitting on his stool after six rounds against Kevin McBride in June 2005. “I was training in Las Vegas and 2,000 people a day were there. Why not do an exhibition? [Promoter] Sterling [McPherson] suggested we do a world tour. Once I started training, the stress left. I can’t believe I’m not slurring. I’m not angry. Life’s lessons are priceless.”
Sanders is a longtime sparring partner of Tyson’s and both know each other pretty well, it should make for an interesting bout. Will they both decide to just go all-out and swing away? I guess we will find out when the fight starts…
General • Heavyweight • Corey Sanders • Mike Tyson
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Posted by Dave on Oct 09, 2006 at 02:33 PM
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