Tyson-Holyfield III?? ( "The Dessert in the Desert" )
 

Tyson gave up his last fight and he was winning.. Holyfield got killed his last fight..

I dunno about this and growing up as a huge fan of both fighters I hate to see this kind of thing..

:(

It'll be horrible, this is a sympton of heavyweight boxing's decline since Lewis and Klitschko the older called it a day, two old dogs having a horrible brawl is the only thing certain promotors can think to put on instead of promoting new talent, doesn't help that most average fans only care about heavyweight because they think its the epitome of the sport:-\

lol, will be terrible.

I'll watch it and I don't watch boxing.

yawn

I'm looking forward to Calzaghe vs Hopkins and Woods vs Tarver far too much to be bothered tbh

Fine waste your money:foc:

A Muhammad Ali/Michael J. Fox fight at this point would be better.

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Fuck Holyfield, I just wanna see Tyson.

This would be hilarious.

Tyson vs. Kimbo would be better.

IMO boxing is already dead, and MMA is starting to become the dominate fight sport. Boxing kind of needs gimmicks for attention at this point.

Boxing is dead because it has been promoted awfully for over a decade now. If boxing were to promote some fighters that appeal to the crowds, then it can revive itself as a popular fighting sport once again. Boxing has a history with fighters like Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, etc. That is something that MMA does not have. To me MMA has to prove that it can maintain its popularity for another few years before it can considered anything more than a fad.

Of course there is a certain bias with me, as I was a boxing fan for much of my life. Boxing has a sort of class to it, almost a certain culture. MMA seems to just be a bunch of former high school jocks who go strutting around thinking they can beat the crap out of anybody. That seems to be much of its fanbase, at least.

Well considering boxing is a huge joke anyway, why the hell not.. besides it would be funny to see Tyson spaz out and like eat his nose.

Kimbo would KO him in under a minute..

...Probably. But just imagine Tyson when he was younger and in his prime going up against Kimbo. I actually think Tyson would have won. But now that Tyson is no longer young or in his prime, it might make for an interesting fight. But it probably needed to take place sooner then later. Tyson's not getting any younger. As each second goes by, he gets older and older, and like you said Kimbo would probably end it quickly.

Although I'm talking about an actual boxing match. No MMA or street fight stuff. Just good, old-fashion boxing with rules. I think if Tyson were to stay away from him, and not stand toe-to-toe...he might be able to wear Kimbo down, then go for the kill. Assuming Tyson doesn't wear himself down first.

MMA has rules..

O_o

Even in a boxing match, Kimbo would still destroy Tyson ATM.. I mean, Kimbo is in the best fighting shape of his life and is training with one of the greatest fighters of all time, Bas Rutten.. Tyson is well past his prime and Kimbo, even though he's like 33, hasn't near reached his yet..

Maccarinelli vs. Haye is next week mate. Will be better than those two.

Absolutely no way would Kimbo knock out Tyson.

Holy shit I forgot about Macca and Haye:D

David Haye is the future, he might just be the guy to bring some credibility back to the HW division when he inevitably steps up

But yeah, boxing is not dead and probably never will be, but that doesn't mean MMA isn't here to stay either, I dunno why people want it to be some battle of disciplines.

This would generate more buzz than any other boxing match they could put together

Buzz counts for shit if the fight is terrible, its a quick fix for the promotors but it'll do nothing for the sport, Infact I'd say watching two bloated old bruisers will do it harm, it's gonna be such an innacurate snapshot of what boxing is all about.

LOL

Is there anyone you think Kimbo Slice wouldn't utterly destroy in a fight, Krispy?

Yeah, a bunch..

But a former pro boxer who's last "real" fight was almost 11 years ago, and even then he was outmatched to the point of biting his opponent, is not one of them..

Kimbo is in the best fighting shape of his life.. Tyson is over a decade removed from his..

But yeah, I'm just a silly Kimbo mark..

Kinda agree with Krispy here actually Rob, if Kevin McBride can knock Tyson out I see absolutely no reason why Kimbo couldn't

He didn't knock him out. Tyson quit on the stool.

And in a boxing match, Kimbo would be exposed. It's like saying Chuck Liddell or someone could hang in boxing matches against top guys.

Mike Tyson is not a top guy anymore

Not to mention Danny Williams beat him too almost at his fattest, although granted Tyson was way injured...:p

But still, Tyson is way way past his prime, he has no discipline and his heart just isn't in it, and at the end of the day this is the real world not the 'on paper' world, Kimbo could definitely KO him

Exactly the point..

I very much disagree still. Kimbo is fucking hugely over rated. He didn't knock out Sean Gannon.

As far as Holyfield/Tyson 3? Well considering what I said about Tyson, ie his heart not being in it anymore etc, gotta favour Holyfield who still seems to have the hunger for it. Still can't imagine its gonna be very entertaining.

Well when one of top boxers is making appearances at fake fight events its kinda tough to pick and choose your spots really. I mean the sport of boxing is on the decline and will continue to decline, this will at least get some buzz around the sport for just a little bit.

Maybe a couple fighters can come through and spark interest, but I highly doubt that. Personally I think MMA is just going to get bigger and bigger and take more and more fans from boxing. Its somewhat a safer sport too, I mean its definitely dangerous obviously but its not like in boxing where you repeatedly take blows to your head over and over throughout your career.

I dunno, most boxing fans I know are also MMA fans and generally vice versa, they're not exclusive, I know I'm not I'll watch almost any combat sport I can find because I appreciate all disciplines. Casual Lee Hotti type fans will be swayed one way or the other sure, but they're the ones who're going to be buzzing over this joke of a fight not the more hardcore fans who care less about conveying an image of being a fan of something than the discpline itself.

Well there seems to be a lot more UFC fans than boxing fans, so your theory really doesn't apply to everyone. Yeah the hardcore boxing fans won't give a shit about this fight but how many hardcore boxing fans are there at this point?

A lot, far as I can tell they don't tend to congregate in wrestling forums though:p

There are far more boxing fans than UFC fans. Boxing will always be able to attract the casual fan for the big fights. UFC can't right now.

Indeed, although again for some reason people like to pit the two against eachother like a technological format war where one will inevitably die, thats really not gonna happen

I don't necessarily think the two need to be pitted against each other, or are...but from what I've been hearing UFC is a lot more attractive right now than boxing is. I'm probably in one of the most important "demographics" for the 2 sports too. Either way boxing is on the decline, UFC influence or not. Right now I can't think of a casual fan getting too amped up for any boxing match up, outside of a few guys - definitely not any heavyweights either. If this match does happen, it just proves that these promoters are itching for money, if there was a lot of capable guys who could draw big audiences Tyson vs Holyfield probably wouldn't even be suggested (seriously, anyway)

This fight would happen even at the height of popularity, the promotors are swimming in cash but they'll make a heap more putting on this fight, money talks at the end of the day.

Also I think MMA is way way more popular in the states than most other countries, I know various disciplines are popular world wide like K2 and shit but the thing about boxing is there's pretty much a club in every town and city in the world, hell most have them dotted allover in half their neighbourhoods. The old soviet states are pumping out quality boxers in ridiculous numbers right now, and they're by no means the only ones.

Haye vs Maccarinelli toniiiiiiiite

Hoping my boy Haye smacks the shit out of fat Macca. Macca's been doing my head in with his shit, I know he's got a belt and I know this is boxing but he's not the fuckin #1, Haye beat Mormeck, Mormeck beat O'Neil Bell, that makes HAYE the fuckin true world champion.

Fuckin super pissed off that an all british world title fight held in London is being held to suit American times also, fuckin Frank Warren is an arse kissing little faggut

Its on too late is the problem, even a midnight first bell would give the precious Americans a late afternoon/early evening start, ie ideal. I doubt interest in either of the two will be worth a shit over there until after this fight anyway, even though you'd expect them to love David Haye.

Biggest British fight since Benn vs Eubank in 93 and its gonna start between 2 and 3 am:nono:

You wish:p

Could be a lot worse, Hatton/Mayweather was ridiculous, probably the latest I can remember a british fighter going on the telly over here, what was it 4:30 before the bell rang?

Forget about seeing any of Warren's fighters on ITV any time soon other than Amir Khan and that will change the second he fights for the world title.

Indeed even the old bastion Calzaghe is on setanta now for the Hopkins fight

Blame ITV and BBC for that.

BBC doesn't want boxing and wouldn't pay for it anyway. ITV doesn't want anyone in the prime time slot on ITV1 who isn't Amir Khan. They don't want Joe Calzaghe fighting at 3am. And when Amir Khan wins or loses that world title fight, they won't want to pay his price either.

You shoulda gone down earlier for the Mitchell/Johannsen fight, great stuff.

As far as the main event goes, Haye proved exactly what he's made of, Macca matches Haye for power imo but he just didn't have the speed to catch up with him and he certainly didn't have the reflexes or mobility to duck and cover for long when he let his guard down and essentially asked for it.

Haye's gonna clean up the HW division as it stands, Klitschko is the only one there who could possibly challenge him right now, that'd certainly be an interesting fight if it happens down the line.

As far as macca goes, well I think he'd do well in several divisions if he conditioned himself better, if he trimmed the fat to the level Haye has he'd probably be at super-middle, if he puts a little more lean on and drops some of the fat he could be amazing, a lot of speed and power there considering the excess.

No need to worry about all this. David Haye will knock both of them out before they have anything else to fight for.

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He made Macca look second rate, which he most certainly isn't

Aside from a suspect glass jaw, Haye looks unbeatable.

Meh, if he had a glassjaw he wouldn'tve beaten Mormeck after the knock down imo

Hence why I said suspect.

I can't believe a fight that lasted under 6 minutes could bore me so much.. MMA has spoiled me to the point where I can't even watch one boxing match.. And I grew up as a huge boxing fan with my dad and moreso my uncle being huge boxing fans..

:-\

If you're not a fan of either man or familiar with the british boxing scene and the total arsehole that is Frank Warren its understandable that you wouldn't feel the tension Krispy, it wasn't a great fight for sure in any technical sense.

I love MMA fights that are more strike orientated but I find the grapple stuff more boring than a heavyweight jabfest personally:-\

Agree the disagree then..

Haye does has a nice right though..

He's got the total package pretty much, so long as he doesn't sacrifice any of his speed when he steps up to HW he'll clean up, its just a shame he wasn't around doing this 8-10 years ago