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Promoter Don King shot down a rumor making the rounds Friday that he had a deal to promote former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a third fight with Evander Holyfield, but he was evasive about whether he was in talks with Tyson about a comeback against somebody else.

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By Geno McGahee

 The heavyweight division has been considered boring by most boxing fans. The safety first, big European heavyweights have not captured the imagination of the American public, and neither have the challengers from the states that have given non-efforts or have been mediocrities to begin with.  The 1990s was a great and exciting time for heavyweight boxing, and now a man that made that decade and the one before it incredibly exciting is coming back to boxing.

 Iron Mike Tyson, 50-6, 44 KO’s, has been out of the ring since an embarrassing sixth round TKO loss to Kevin McBride in 2005.  Prior to that defeat, he was stopped by Danny Williams and a couple fights before that, he was demolished by Lennox Lewis.  Times have changed, however, and Iron Mike is coming back to the sport that he helped flourish when he was mopping the floors with heavyweights in the 1980s and 90s. 

According to a source close to Tyson, former Promoter Don King has a tentative deal for Tyson to return to the ring in late 2010.  The initial plan is to have Tyson-Holyfield III, but there is rumored hesitation on the part of Iron Mike, and there is a plan B.

A Connecticut heavyweight named Tony Grano, former cruiserweight champ, Jean Marc Mormeck, Vinny Maddalone, and Derric Rossy have all been mentioned as potential first or second comeback opponents for Tyson. 

A recent wrench may have been thrown in the works of the Tyson comeback when Don King Aide, Craig Jones, was accused of having sex with a 13 year old girl after taking pornographic pictures of her.  He apparently has a history of sexual misconduct.  This was important mainly because Jones was working with Tyson and King, planning the comeback tour.  His removal from the plan or assumed removal, may mean that the comeback pushes to the beginning of 2011. 

The King-Tyson combination is a winner, despite the fact that King fighters have reported to be losers financially in the long run.  When Tyson was imprisoned for rape, he was losing popularity.  His defeat to Buster Douglas and mediocre performances against Razor Ruddock took away the invincibility belief that the public had.  After four years in prison, King resumed control of Tyson and promoted a Pay Per View showdown with Peter McNeeley.

McNeeley did not belong in the ring with a top 50 fighter, let alone Mike Tyson, but the promotion was one of the top promotions in boxing history and it was in large part due to the genius of Don King.  Even rival promoter, Bob Arum, noted that King’s handling of the promotion was “genius.” 

King knew matchmaking and put Tyson in with Frank Bruno (WBC Champ) and quickly got a title around the waist of his popular power-house.  Instead of taking on Lennox Lewis, a fight that Tyson, at that stage, would have probably lost, King would set up a match with Bruce Seldon, the WBA titlist.

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Mike Tyson appeared on Italian television’s version of Dancing With The Stars as a special guest at the weekend.
The dancing performance together with partner Elena Coniglio scored well with the judges in the Strictly-style contest.

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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson reacts during the taping of the 'Chiambretti Night' television show in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.

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