This has been rumored and discussed for years now. At one point, Tyson was clearly in no shape to be fighting anyone, but with his recent found-again celebrity, he's gotten into better shape, and probably could get into good enough shape for a farce of a fight like this one would be.
I think there's a gross overestimation of the interest in Holyfield-Tyson III, at least from some folks. Evander hasn't sold a show in about a decade and is 47 years old now. Tyson turns 44 in a couple weeks and there's no way, even if he can get in shape (relatively speaking), that he's a fighter mentally. He wasn't there mentally five years ago when Kevin McBride beat him, or six years ago when Danny Williams beat him, or eight years ago when Lennox Lewis beat him.
It's been 13 years since Holyfield and Tyson fought a second time. The world has changed, both fighters have long since lost credibility as current boxers, and I have to believe that the general public is smart enough to know a complete sham of this magnitude when they see one, no matter what the names are. It's fun to see Mike in The Hangover or doing his random TV appearances, because we see a new side of Mike Tyson. I think everyone knows the fighter is long gone.
If the fight does happen, it will be because it's the sort of money Tyson can't pass up. And with that, I think whoever might foot the bill would lose their ass in the process. There is not any demand for this fight.
Id watch it simply because of the slow trainwreck it would be. Both fighters were beasts in their primes but now, it would be really fun and entertaining but in a nostalgia way and not watcfhing two supreme athletes.
This is only coming from Holyfield's money hungry @ss. Tyson killed any talks of him coming back a week or so ago on Michael Kay's show: Center Stage-Mike Tyson.
Tyson- "I was approached with a large sum of money to fight Holyfield, but there is no way I'm coming back for any amount of money....not 50 million not even 100 million".
Also Tyson lost all of that weight because he is living a clean lifestyle with a combination of exercising and becoming a vegan. Go D/l Centerstage taking on Tyson from the video trading block to see the full Q & A Michael Kay did with him.