Tyson Comeback?

Ringsidereport.com is reporting that Mike Tyson, formerly the Baddest Man on the Planet, is going to return to the ring for a fight with Evander Holyfield. Seriously.

Never mind that his last fight was in 2005, a sixth round loss to someone named Keith McBride, the guy needs cash and he knows that Evander is willing. At this point in his “career”, Holyfield was probably in negotiations to fight a kangaroo, and he will jump at the chance to fight a real live, washed up, human fighter.

They both need money, they are both insane, this will happen and you will watch.

Don’t laugh, you’ll watch. You’ll say you won’t, you’ll say it’s a joke, you’ll make your comments, and then you’ll get an invitation to watch it and you will jump in your car, grab a 6-pack and start making more bad jokes in front of your buddies' TV. Admit it. You want to see it.

The rest of the heavyweight division, the Euros and human Wookies that make it up, could not be less interesting to even hard core fight fans. But put a crazy, face-tatted, Hangover co-star into a ring against perhaps the most delusional man of all-time, a boxing/non-bill paying/baby-making machine, and that’s something we need to see.

Tyson-Holyfield III. The first fight was a classic where Evander exposed Tyson as a fraud. The second one a complete debacle when Tyson tried to eat Evander’s head, which resulted in a casino riot. God only knows what the third one will be like. Will they box? Will they hit each other with a subscription to AARP magazines? Will they throw their walkers with the tennis balls on the ends at each other?

Mike could show up with the other half of his face inked. Evander could show up with 14 more kids and Benny Hinn in his corner. The possibilities are endless. The only thing that we are guaranteed not to see is a great fight between two great athletes.

It will be a circus, it will be a horrible fight, and you are lying to yourself if you say that you won’t find a way to see it.

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