Four months after his epic comeback against Roy Jones, Mike Tyson is planning to return to the boxing ring and this time he want to give it all as he was held back by amateur rules in last fight.
Tyson made the announcement informally when he appeared alongside Canelo Alvarez and former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo on his “Hotboxin” Podcast.
While he did not reveal who would be his opponent, he has given out both date and location for his anticipated fight. Mike said that his next bout will take place on Memorial Day weekend at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The likely date is Saturday, May 29.
Along with this he also mentioned that he held back in his recent fight against Jones, which ultimately ended in an unofficial draw.
“I felt better than I anticipated,” Tyson, referring to the Jones fight, said on his podcast. “I thought I would be a little more nervous than I was, but I was relaxed. I felt like, wow, I could do some more, I could punch more combinations, I could do this and do that. I said, ‘Wow, this is interesting.’ And I want to do it again, and I want to do it against someone I could go all out on. It made me interested in wanting to do it again.”
“I wanted to go the distance. I didn’t want to knock anybody out. That’s what people expected, but I wanted to go the distance,” he added.
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