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Mike Tyson's coming back
THE news that Mike Tyson has begun serious training with a view to returning to the ring has, unsurprisingly, set the boxing fraternity abuzz — all the more so given the footage the former heavyweight champion recently posted on social media, showing him hitting the pads with the kind of explosive speed and power that was his trademark in his pomp.
The good news is that his intention is not to return to top level heavyweight boxing, but to fight four round exhibition fights for charity, presumably and hopefully involving sparring gloves and headguards.
As to possible opponents, Australian rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams, someone no-one in boxing has ever heard of but who, it seems, has fought a few professional bouts, is being lined up in what is being mooted as a pay-per-view match-up at some point towards the end of 2020.
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