Comments Thread For: Dana White Pleads With Mike Tyson: You're 53, Please Don't Do It!

[Curtis2]

Mike won't do what Floyd did, fight a 16 year old Japanese sushi chef...

[Breno G]

First time I have ever agreed with Dana

[MexicanStyle#1]

Go for it Mike. It will be an exhibition fight. Chavez Sr. Has done it. Mike can easily do it too.

[taste]

Please don’t do it Mike unless it’s in the Octagon.

For **** sake...

'Only do it Mike if its a discipline you've never competed in before. You'll do great!!!'

[muzzo]

Mike won't do what Floyd did, fight a 16 year old Japanese sushi chef...

Haha,thats a change to some1 being called a cab driver

[pugil1st]

Mike won't do what Floyd did, fight a 16 year old Japanese sushi chef...

While I don't agree with the fight, Tenshin Nasukawa is hardly that. Have you seen any of his other fights outside of that one?

[fernandovergara]

Can't take Dana white serious

So he doesnt want a 53 yr old Tyson to comeback but he doesnt have an issue letting guys in their late 40s well over their prime fight in his cards. Whatever Dana

[creekrat77]

I highly doubt Tyson will actually come back and fight any current guys. He has too many well meaning people around him now that will explain the amount of good he can do and the massive amounts of money he can raise by just doing exhibitions against the like of Holyfield, hell even John Fury would be a blast. Maybe even give that Silva guy a shot. I remember he was hoping to do a boxing fight with Jones before his leg injury. From a business and relevance point of view, doing some exhibitions with Holyfield, Silva or Jones would make more sense. I think Tyson is in too great of shape physically and skill wise to want to entertain a Bowe, John Fury or Toney bout.

[creekrat77]

Shannon Briggs would be perfect! I can see it now, The Grand Master Series for fighters over 50.

[Silver Spear]

Yes, Mike was a warrior decades ago and he's not Formam. Formam is huge while Mike is small guy for a heavy weight . That makes a big deferenc at hw.

I know small and short can mean the same thing depending on what you refer to but I doubt you are actually claiming that Mike was a small HW. Mike is short for a HW sure but he was solid muscle from head to toe and weighed around 230 for his fights give or take. 230 is not small for a HW even by today's standards. But I would agree that he is short for a HW. But this fight is an exhibition bout and being done for charity, this is not a full sanctioned bout. They will most likely be using head gear and bigger gloves with more padding.