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Welcome, sounds like Mike Tyson Vs. Evander Holyfield Dead … Evander’s camp says negotiations for a 3rd fight between boxing Xing legends have fallen apart.
“We thought it was a deal but it quickly fell apart when Tyson’s people turned down all offers.” Chris Larens Said.
“We were all negotiating with good faith and it looks like we’ve just wasted our time.”
As we reported earlier, the 54-year-old Tyson announced on his podcast last week that he would become Back to the ring At a huge event at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on May 29th.
Tyson did not name his opponent – but all indications point to his old nemesis, 58-year-old Evander Holyfield.
Now, Evander’s camp confirms that both sides were in serious negotiations – “intense negotiations for several months” – but the deal eventually went south.
“Team Holyfield sincerely believed the deal was imminent, especially after its support was thrown behind the project by Hard Rock, and many other offers were offered to Team Tyson,” Holyfield’s camp said in a statement. .
“However, Team Tyson’s demand has recently become ineffective, and not as Mike Tyson originally agreed in a direct conversation with Holyfield.”
Our source tells us … Evander claims he spoke to Mike in person on the phone at the beginning of the negotiations and they agreed to a 50/50 split in profits.
But, things changed … with Evender’s camp, claiming that Team Tyson just wanted a big cut.
The Holyfield team says they tried to make a deal in which Tyson would be guaranteed માટે 25 million for the fight – but Mike rejected it.
Now, it looks like both sides are on loggerheads – and ready to walk away from the deal.
Our source on the Holyfield side tells us that Evander still wants to fight – if Mike’s people come back to the table with a better offer fur.
So, still hope … but for now, it doesn’t look good.
Evander and Mike last fought in 1997 … and it ended with a bite from Tyson Evander’s ear. Holyfield’s last pro fight was in 2011, when he won the TCO Brian Nielsen.
