Full details of the historic fight will be
announced on Feb. 1. It is understood that the bout will be held at the open air
Zayed Sports City Stadium in front of 25,000 boxing fans, with sources
indicating it will be the “richest fight in history.”
The
Tyson/Holyfield fight will be the finale to an evening that will first feature
two separate world title bouts. One tentative date is Oct. 31, the night before
the first ever Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Tyson, the 42 year old former
world heavyweight champion - facing financial troubles - last stepped into the
ring in November 2005, when he lost to
Holyfield, now 46 years old, fought for the WBO
heayweight belt in October 2007 when he was outpointed by Russian holder Sultan
Ibragimov.
Holyfield won both the previous two encounters with Tyson,
including the famous “bitten ear” incident during their second meeting in
1997.
Holyfield, who knocked out Tyson when they first met in 1996, was
paid a record $34 million for their second meeting. Sources suggest that each
fighter will earn more than $34 million for the
It is also understood that a chunk of the earnings
from the October event will be donated to an Autism charity.
The fight
is being put together by Hydra Properties CEO, Sulaiman Al Fahim, who said in a
telephone interview on Sunday: “We have agreement from everyone needed and will
make the official announcement next week.
The idea is to stage the
biggest ever fight in boxing history and to do it in
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/544592-tyson-and-holyfield-to-fight-in-abu-dhabi
LOL if this is real.
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