Two world boxing legends, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, will meet in the third match, which will be held in the capital of Abu Dhabi in October this year.
As it became known, a boxing match will be held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, which can accommodate 25 thousand boxing fans and fans. The fight between Tyson and Holyfield will be the culmination of the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Boxing Grand Prix, tentatively scheduled for October 31, 2009.
Mike Tyson, nicknamed "Iron Mike", is an American professional boxer who is the world heavyweight champion. At the age of 20, he became the youngest world champion in heavyweight boxing history. Now Tyson is 43 years old, the last time he entered the ring in 2005, where he lost to Irish boxer Kevin McBride by technical knockout in the 6th round in a 10-round fight, when McBride fell on Tyson, and he fell. The referee did not consider this a knockdown. “Iron Mike” refused to hold the seventh round of the fight, announcing the end of his career and saying that he did not want to disgrace boxing, losing to boxers like McBride.
Evander Holyfield (47 years old) - an American professional boxer, performing in the heavy weight category, is the silver medalist of the 1981 Pan American Games, the bronze medalist of the 1984 Olympic light heavyweight champion, and the world champion in the 1st heavy and heavy weight category, and is the only four-time world heavyweight champion in professional boxing history.
Holyfield has won both previous matches with Tyson. One of them was remembered all over the world by the fact that at the end of the 3rd round, during a clinch, Tyson bit Holyfield off the back-upper part of the right auricle, for which he was disqualified. Holyfield received a record $ 34 million in boxing history for winning this fight.
According to unconfirmed reports, each of the boxers will receive more than 34 million US dollars for participating in the battle, which will be broadcast to the whole world. Most of the proceeds from this sporting event will be donated to an autism charity.
The sensational event is organized by Suleyman Al-Fahim, the chief executive officer of the Emirate-based developer of Hydra Properties, who in a telephone interview for the Arabian Business news agency confirmed that the agreement for the fight was received from both parties.
