Fedor Emelianenko and Mike Tyson might find yourself preventing each other if some latest bout affords are accepted. A Kazakh-based promotion referred to as Alash Delight League has indicated that they’ve plans to guide a combat between the 2 heavyweight titans of fight sports activities. APL president Alimzhan Bektaev indicated as such whereas addressing media in Astana when Bektaev mentioned [via talkSPORT],
“We’re planning a bout between Mike Tyson and Fedor Emelianenko. Work on this course is already underway… The match, the place we need to invite Mike Tyson, is scheduled for December.”
Following his huge matchup in opposition to Jake Paul final November, it didn’t appear to be Tyson was utterly closing the door on his comptetive endeavours. That Paul bout noticed him combat in solely his second contest within the final twenty some odd years, his first official bout apart from his exhibition contest in opposition to Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, however ‘Iron’ Mike nonetheless appears to have a better need to combat following his resolution loss to ‘The Drawback Little one’ on Netflix.
Whereas it was not specified what ruleset this potential prizefight woud happen below, it will virtually actually be below Queensberry Guidelines. This inference could be made contemplating Tyson’s base skillset clearly but in addition primarily based on feedback Emelianenko made on The MMA Hour in Summer season 2023 relating to desirous to pursue extra boxing bouts since retiring from MMA after his rematch with Ryan Bader.
Mike Tyson and Fedor Emelianenko’s interactions via the years
Mike Tyson preventing Fedor Emelianeko is one thing that has been quasi on the desk for the final twenty plus years should you can consider it. In a translation of a narrative referred to as PRIDE: Secret Recordsdata from MMA-Japan.com, there have been plans for Mike Tyson to combat for Delight FC in opposition to Emelianenko in addition to Mirko Cro Cop. The thought was to closely promote a world tour that includes the fight sports activities icon that Tyson was mentioned to have been very fascinated with. An amalgamation of Tyson’s suspended license, dealings amongs shady characters that didn’t get off the bottom, and a number of things outlined within the translated story result in this dream not changing into a actuality.
Tyson and Emelianenko have interfaced a number of occasions all through the years with a pronounced degree of mutual respect clearly being there. The respect exists to such a scale that Tyson has referred to as Emelianenko his favourite fighter.
