Tyson has not signed for the fight, In talks with on King!!! 26th April 2003
MIKE Tyson is listening to offers from Don King, the promoterwho Tyson said he never to work with again, and his status is questionable for a June 22 fight card here that also includes Lennox Lewis.
Tyson was to have signed a deal to face Oleg Maskaev of Kazakhstan at the 18,000-seat Staples Center on the same night Britain's Lewis makes a return to the ring after more than a year's layoff to face Canadian Kirk Johnson.
But Shelly Finkel, Tyson's manager, confirmed to boxing web site MaxBoxing that Tyson was listening to offers from King despite the fact Tyson is suing King for $US100 million ) in a case scheduled to go to trial in September.
King reportedly has offered Tyson up to $US20 million ($32.55 million) to drop the lawsuit and renew their alliance from a decade ago, one that ended with Tyson suing King over money he says was wrongfully taken from 1990s purses. King is clearly worried about losing the courtcase which could be disasterous for him.
Losing Tyson would take much of the lustre from the Lewis-Johnson clash, which the Staples Center in LA reportedly paid more than seven million dollars to land. Tyson, reportedly set to receive seven million dollars to fight there, said he needs at least another tuneup fight before considering a big-money rematch with Lewis, who knocked him out in the eighth round last June.
Ticket prices were not announced for the fight because they will rise if Tyson is added to the card. Those sales are set to begin May 4. Tyson's fate must be decided within a week.
If Tyson does sign with King, one thing is certain, he MUST keep trainer Frediie Roach, and not allow King to take over. If Tyson does figfht King, this could pave way for some of the most exiting heavyweight fights of the last decade such as fights against Rahman, Byrd, Holyfield as well as Lewis again.Team Tyson will make an announcement within the week. Tyson may well still fight on the Lewis card, even as a part of a Don King Promotion.
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