Mike Tyson vs. Anthony Joshua? Never say never.
Tyson, 54, was being interviewed for a TMZ sports show when he was asked who he might face after his pay-per-view exhibition with Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28 in Carson, Calif. The interviewer threw out the name of Joshua, who holds three of the four major heavyweight titles.
“Listen, I’m very interested,” Tyson said. “If doing that means we can have a bigger charity exponent, well so be it, I’m down to do that, too.”
“… I would love to [fight Joshua]. That would be mind-blowing.”
Tyson’s trainer, Rafael Cordero, recently said he believes his fighter could compete with the top young heavyweights but no one expects it to really happen, at least not in a sanctioned bout.
Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) last fought in 2005, when he was knocked out in six rounds by Kevin McBride.
Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) is 30 years old and about the size of Lennox Lewis, who stopped Tyson in eight rounds in 2002. That was “Iron Mike’s” last title fight.
Joshua is expected to defend his titles against Kubrat Pulev before the end of the year. If he wins, he could face the winner of the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship.
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