Data map: The 2017 China WBC World Champions Championship started in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The organizers of the event specially invited Tyson and Holyfield, two world-class boxing champions, to come as guests to "help out" the match.
Sun Quanshe
China News Service, March 24. According to foreign media reports, the famous boxer Holyfield's team stated that Tyson had rejected the $25 million deposit for three battles with Holyfield.
Prior to this, the two sides had been in negotiations for several months.
According to reports, Holyfield’s agent Lawrence said in a statement: “We thought that the deal had been nailed down, but when Tyson’s people rejected all the offers, the deal soon fell through.” "We have always negotiated in good faith. It seems that we are just wasting time."
Screenshots of foreign media reports.
Both Tyson and Holyfield are legends in the world of boxing.
In 1996, when the two met in the ring for the first time, Holyfield knocked out Tyson in the 11th round.
A year later, in their second battle, there was an "earth-biting incident" that shocked the boxing world.
Tyson bit Holyfield's ear during the match. After that match Tyson was revoked his boxing license and fined $3 million.
Tyson announced the end of his boxing career in 2005, but last year, at the age of 54 Tyson returned, he and the 52-year-old first four-level boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. had an eight-round exhibition match.
The game ended in a tie with a certain performance nature, but the game had a great influence.
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