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Mike Tyson Reportedly Offered More Than $20M To Fight In His First Single Match Since 2005

<p>TSR Coinz&colon; TSR Sports &&num;8212&semi; Roommates&comma; it has been 15 years since Mike Tyson stepped in the boxing ring&comma; but organizations are offering him a heavy bag to do it all over again&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;sports&sol;mike-tyson-offered-more-than-20-million-to-fight-again&sol;"> PEOPLE&comma;<&sol;a> Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship offered Mike a whopping &dollar;20 million to compete in a single fight for the organization earlier this month&period; The MMA company is now doubling down on that offer&comma; and is planning on increasing that figure by offering Mike new incentives to step in the ring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I think I know what we need to do to make this things happen&comma;&&num;8221&semi; BKFC President David Feldeman says&period; &&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re not successful yet in making that Mike thing happen&period; But I don&&num;8217&semi;t think the door&&num;8217&semi;s shut&period; He did say no immediately&comma; but I think there&&num;8217&semi;s room there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mike has not yet agreed to the fight&comma; but it is possible he may change his mind&period; He previously spoke about his desire to return to boxing in a potential charity match while speaking with T&period;I&period; on Instagram live&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve been working out&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve been trying to get in the ring&period; I think I&&num;8217&semi;m going to box some exhibitions and get in shape&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mike told T&period;I&period; &&num;8220&semi;I want to go to the gym and get in shape to be able to box three or foul-round exhibitions for some charities and stuff&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As far as opponents go&comma; Evander Holyfield&comma; a former rival of Mike Tyson&comma; says he may consider taking Mike on one more time for charity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t ask nobody to do anything they don&&num;8217&semi;t want to do&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Holyfield told Sky Sports&period; &&num;8220&semi;But it&&num;8217&semi;s for charity&period; If we can work something out that works for everybody&comma; then its a win-win-win&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Feldman&comma; however&comma; says his main focus right now is securing Mike for the fight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;First&comma; I want to see if we can make the Mike thing happen&comma; period&comma; and then we&&num;8217&semi;ll start taking opponents&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"61031" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mike-tyson-reportedly-offered-more-than-20m-to-fight-in-his-first-single-match-since-2005&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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