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Mike Tyson said fans should not expect much of a fight when he steps back into the ring.

But the 40-year-old former heavyweight boxing champ promised an entertaining show Friday night when he launches the "Mike Tyson's World Tour" in Youngstown.

At a news conference at an Italian restaurant, Tyson said he would likely go just four rounds and that future stops on the tour might include bouts with women, possibly professional boxer Ann Wolfe.

Wolfe, from Waco, Texas, is 21-1 with 15 knockouts.
"She's such a prominent, dominant woman in the boxing field," Tyson said.
When asked if he was joking about fighting women, Tyson said, "I'm very serious."
Russ Young, a promoter for Wolfe, said such a bout will never happen.
"That's the first we've heard of it," Young said. "No state would sanction that. She would be outweighed by 60 to 70 pounds (27-32 kilos). Ann would never entertain the idea."
Tyson said the tour was meant to be fun and raise money for charity.
"It's all fun. I'm not Mike Tyson," he said, referring to the fierce boxer whose career was upended by a prison term. "I'm not 20 years old. I'm not going to smash anybody. I'm not going to talk about smashing anybody's brains. You're not going to see that guy no more."
At the press conference, Tyson posed for photos with fans, signed autographs and campaigned for Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Michael Steele.
Tyson, wearing a white and blue Steele for U.S. Senate T-shirt, said he used to believe black Republicans were "sellouts." But Tyson said he changed his mind after researching the Maryland lieutenant governor.
"We have to open our eyes more," Tyson said, as he pointed to his T-shirt.
His recent years have been marked by embarrassing fights - inside and out of the ring - and staggering debt. Tyson last fought in June 2005, losing to the unheralded Kevin McBride.
He will return to the ring Friday at the 6,000-seat Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown for a pay-per-view television event against former sparring partner Corey "T-Rex" Sanders.
Tyson had said he was finished with boxing after his bout with McBride, which he quit after six rounds.
The man who vowed to eat Lennox Lewis' children and bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear has said he's in no mood for a comeback.
He recently trained in a makeshift ring at a Las Vegas hotel. Tyson shot to fame by knocking out Trevor Berbick in 1986 to become the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age 20. He was knocked out by James "Buster" Douglas in 1990 and lost his world heavyweight title. He later served prison time for rape, returned to fighting and infamously bit Holyfield's ear in a 1997 fight.


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Lol, he returns to fight women.

wm_hunter

Tyson has to face the music and know he is done. This is not like Cher or some other artist that can do a "farewell tour" 20 times. In boxing, when your done, your done. Nice publicty stunt, but come on Tyson we all know it's over.

Phallock

Pathetic

Z3R0

He is out of his league now. He is getting older and isn't a young energetic boxer anymore.

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A.D.

He's staying in boxing for the same reason that Brett Farve is staying in football, he needs money

Z3R0

He gets money every time his face is on a magazine or they run a docuetary on him. If he needs the money that bad, he can go to college like a lot of middle aged people are doing right now.

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hellsing293

yeah um...he's not that smart. and he's in debt so what else is he gonna do right?

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Z3R0

Well he doesn't make money by losing fights either.

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PoTatoes

$$ for him

Tap

id much like to see him return to boxing, maybe he can be in the next rocky movie :/

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Z3R0

Are they still making those?

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slashbomb

Yea. The final movie labeled "Rocky Balboa", is schedueled to be released on Christmas of this year. Go to yahoo.com and you can find a trailer of the movie there.

Also, I think its good Tyson is boxing again but yes, no $ because he is just going to fight exhibition matches.

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Fuggle

You forget all the people who will be paying them for advertisements at his "tour". He'll be making some nice money, even though he says it's going to charity (Most likely the ticket sales go to Charity if anything)

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Z3R0

If he is unfit to box now and "supposably" isn't making money from boxing, then why is he doing it?

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yes.interesting

B/c he gets money from the publicity (advertisements, etc). Give the guy a break. Even media whores need to make a living.

Plus, he can't go back to school b/c he was probably dumb to begin with, and especially with all that boxing brain damage.

Z3R0

But he can't box anymore either. So why continue this charade?

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yes.interesting

Are you seriously that dumb? Everyone has been repeating it a thousand times. I'm not even going to waste my time quoting everything.

I know you're just spamming, so shut the **** up.

Z3R0

Quite tryin to sound hard. He doesn't make much if he loses a fight, and if it is exhibition and he loses, it goes against his rep.

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I think you and mathalamus would make really good friends.

Nobody's talking about prize money. He gets paid more to simply fight than to win a fight. Ticket sales, television advertisements, tv stations, etc. are all going to give him money. Is it that hard to understand?

Yes, losing a fight's really going to do so much damage to Tyson, especially when compared to his ear biting, attempt at pro-wrestling, and prison.