There will be no Mike Tyson, but the former Pesado and member of the Salon de la Fama, Evander Holyfield, of 54 years of age, is ready to go to the quarterfinals.
Holyfield (44-10-2) saldría from his retreat of 11 years to meet Kevin McBride at a showdown next June 5th.
The game was first reported by Sports Illustrated.
The play between Holyfield and McBride is part of the role that Teófimo López will play, defending his title as Ligero ante George Kambosos.
In these passages, Holyfield and Tyson negotiate the possibility of a third game, lie of the ones protagonized in the decade of the 90s, the last boxing match by the final polemic in which Tyson murdered and arranged a part of the island of Holyfield.
The third plot was not completed, alleging that Tyson received a $ 25 million offer to go to the ring with Holyfield.
In November, Tyson, former champion of Peso Pesado, won an exhibition plaque ante Roy Jones Jr.
By his lad, McBride (35-10-1), 47 years old, was reconciled by having sent Tyson to the retreat across the street in 2005. También also retired from boxing in 2011.