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EVANDER HOLYFIELD has hinted at a surprising boxing comeback at age 57 after Mike Tyson announced plans to return to the ring.
Holyfield, who has two wins against Tyson, last fought in 2011 and, despite wanting to contest the heavyweight title, officially announced his retirement in 2014.
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But now it has sparked rumors that he will return after tweeting a photo of himself with the words “return.”
The post was subtitled: “A setback only paves the way for a comeback.”
Holyfield revealed plans last year to retire to compete in exhibition fights in Japan, as did Floyd Mayweather against kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in late 2018.
And his longtime heavyweight rival Tyson appears to have the same plan, after announcing that he would return to compete in charity exhibition bouts.
The reformed Baddest Man on the Planet has gone back to training for three weeks, doing daily cardio sessions and boxing workouts at his California home with MMA mastermind Rafael Cordeiro.
And Cordeiro, the Kings MMA head coach in California, believes Tyson would only need another five months to get ready for a true pay-per-event return fight.
The trainer, who had pads in the recent training clip that went viral, told ESPN: “Mike hadn’t hit the gloves in 10 years, but as soon as we started I thought” oh sir! “
“I didn’t expect to see what I saw and that was a boy of the same speed and power as a 23-year-old.
“I don’t know if he wants to fight again, but he can do whatever he wants.
“I am 46 years old and I can say that I could fight anyone. If he wanted to go back, he could do boxing or MMA, he can use the same mindset for any sport or combat, the spirit is there.
“It would only take him six months to come back and box with someone. These were our first glove sessions, imagine after six months. “
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Cordeiro said he would be interested in Tyson fighting Holyfield for the third time, and fans agreed.
Tyson won the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, but in the same year lost to Holyfield and infamously he tore off a piece of his ear in his rematch a year later.
Despite their history, they have since reconciled and been in the front row in February when Tyson Fury dethroned Deontay Wilder from the heavyweight crown.
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