hey guys there's so much excitement that's mike tyson come back there's so
many potential opponents so many guys that threw their name out there that
wants a piece of him. this is a money fight for them this is like a UFC
fighter fighting conor mcgregor, so of course they want a piece of Mike Tyson
we're all excited, Bella's excited you're excited I'm excited today's video
we're gonna talk about some of these potential fights but before we do that
let's keep one thing in mind and not get too far ahead of ourselves
Oh make sure to stay till the end by the way as I'll be talking about a very
bizarre challenger so the first offer thrown Mike Tyson's way was a pretty low
ball one from Australian boxing promoter Brian Armatruda, he offered Mike Tyson
to take on one of three potential ex-rugby players turned professional boxers
whom I've covered in a previous video Paul Gallen Barry Hall or Sonny Williams
Brian Armatruda says when speaking of Mike Tyson, he might be 53 years old
but he's still a huge name now I think we can all agree on that. Armatruda's
fight will likely not materialize as the offer just seems too low for someone
like Mike Tyson haha just the curiosity factor alone to see
him back in the range should garner him much larger payday Brian Armatruda
clearly did not provide Mike Tyson with "An offer he can't refuse".
speaking of larger paydays david feldman president of bare-knuckle fighting
championship has reportedly offered Tyson a twenty million dollar per fight deal
Mike Tyson would not only get that large sum for every fight he participates in
but he also have the right to choose his opponents from those currently on the
BKFC roster now whether this is a legitimate offer or not or if it's just
a way to help put bare-knuckle fighting championship on the map it does at least
provide clues as to what Mike Tyson's market value could be. One the names
thrown out there from this promotion by the way is none other than Hector
Lombard former UFC fighter andOlympian that man is known to throw bombs a well,
but a pure fist fight with or without gloves
he'd like me to be no match for Mike Tyson. Speaking of the UFC and MMA
fighters, there are quite a few of them who wants a shot at Mike Tyson and why wouldn't they?
this is the kind of potential payday that onewould expect by getting a fight with the
likes of the megastar such as Conor McGregor one potential challenger is forty
five-year-old Tito Ortiz who is still actively taking part in MMA bouts and
has a current three fight win streak fellow combatant and MMA
commentator Chael Sonnen and does not think too kindly in this potential fight or
Tito Ortiz in general. "Legend versus legend". so I'm looking at iron Mike and
go okay well that that's one legend but the vs. part I'm a little bit confused
because the only other the guy in the photo is Tito like who is coming that is the
other legend to. another ex-UFC fighter who threw his name in the ring is
Ken Shamrock whose most recent fight was a 2016 loss to Royce Gracie so fun
trivia by the way these were the two men that fought for the first UFC
championship all the way back in 1993 a fight shamrock also lost. Ken Shamrock
says I'm always hungry to fight that's in my DNA I love doing it
I've always loved doing it at the same time I've also got to be smart to
understand that has to be something that makes sense if I'm going to get in the
ring I'm not going to fight some 27 year old in his prime would be ridiculous for
me to do that. well one could argue it also be
ridiculous for him to fight a 53 year old Mike Tyson moving the way he does in
that viral training footage. ken Shamrock goes on to say but if something made
sense I would do it I love competing I've always loved competing someone like
Mike Tyson would be a perfect fight for me because it's something I love doing I
love competing and I love competing against the best so it'd be a perfect
scenario for me probably not a perfect starter for the fans though. another MMA
fighter Andrei Arlovski a former heavyweight champion in the UFC
the man who just came off a win by a unanimous decision in the UFC on May
13th 2020, put forth his own stipulations for a match with Mike Tyson Arlovski
believes that he's not ready to take on Tyson in a boxing match so instead he
wants to fight Tyson under special rules with one round is boxing one round is
MMA then he'd be open to it now this makes absolutely no sense at all and
will definitely not happen there's just way too much interest to see Mike Tyson
box in the box alone there's no reason for Tyson to start learning a new skill
set at 53 when there are opponents aplenty and a public eager watch pure
boxing exhibition or not speaking of pure boxing of course we have to bring
up the potential Evander Holyfield trilogy match Evander's looked all right
in the training recently but not only is he older than Tyson he
clearly looks older in the training as well but he's got a good team behind him
two former boxing champs in fact Vladimir Klitschko and Anthony Tarver
speaking of Anthony Tarver I do want to point out that he was the opponent in
Rocky Balboa when rocky made his comeback in that film this whole Mike
Tyson comeback reminds me a lot of that story playing out in real life
it's bigger than boxing, this is skill versus will, with part of the proceeds
going to charity.
Why risk the danger and embarrassment the smart money says you have virtually no
chance. "A puncher always has a chance this fight will be competitive." There's
another ex heavyweight champ that wantsto be included in the discussion as well
James lights out Toney who's currently 51 so he's a couple of years younger than
Tyson even fought as recently as 2017 which he had a TKO victory against Mike
Sheppard James Toney says to all those bringing
up my name in these exhibition fights count me in they want to do it give me a
call I ain't going nowhere. James Toney is a former three division world
champion and even has a win over of Evander Holyfield in 2003. yet another former
heavyweight champ Shannon the cannon Briggs claims it's a done deal now he and
Tyson will be partaking in a charity bout according to Briggs the former
heavyweight champions are committed to partake in an exhibition that would help
raise money to fund a boxing gym in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn Briggs
and Tyson are both Brownsville natives and friends so hoping to raise money for
a boxing gym the neighborhood makes a lot of sense Briggs said "It's for charity
it's fun we're gonna have some fun we're gonna move around but he's Mike Tyson
we're talking about Mike Tyson, he might flip, Mike might hit a switch when the bell
rings he might be like he might think it's something else and he naturally
hits hard so he might hit me and break my ribs I gotta be fully prepared if
this happens." Shannon Briggs last fought in 2016, is currently on a nine fight
win streak with his last loss coming in 2010 against Vitali Klitschko. boxing
promoter Bob Arum probably has the best idea for Mike Tyson
he said he'd back a Tyson versus Fury bout for charity
Tyson vs. Tyson is probably the ideal scenario the way Bob Arum would have a
play out exhibition bout for charity with headgear and big gloves the 89 year old
promoter said he was approached by a member of Team Tyson about getting
involved in an exhibition match feature in the former heavyweight champion
speaking of Tyson Fury the most bizarre call out so far is by none other than
the man who named Tyson Fury after Mike Tyson, yes, I'm talking about Tyson Fury's own dad. "Let me tell you something, I'll fight Mike Tyson in this comeback...".
of course no one's gonna take that one seriously or even care.
speaking of caring there's one more name i'd like to point out because i've
received a ton of comments from my other tyson videos about it. seems a lot of you
would like to see Mike Tyson vs. David Tua, a man known for his formidable punching power especially his
devastating left hook. David Tua competed from 1992 to 2013 New Zealand Samoan
professional boxer standing 5'10", 238 pounds he matches up very well against
Tyson there are several people even claim that that could have been the
dream fight of the 90s now David Tua as far as I know has not expressed any
interest in a comeback but if he did you'd bet it'd probably be against Mike
Tyson why not that's a fight people always wanted to see and maybe it can
still happen but anyway let me know in the comments below what you think of
Mike Tyson, about the 2020 comeback and who he'll fight against
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