Mike Tyson begins his World Tour on Friday with an exhibition against a guy who has lost his last five fights. And it will cost you $29.95 to watch. By GEORGE WILLIS
How about this for building up an event. Mike Tyson will launch what’s being called “Mike Tyson’s World Tour” Friday night when he fights a four-round exhibition at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. It’s a pay-per-view event, charging $29.95 per buy, but it seems Tyson’s opponent, Corey Sanders of Washington D.C. lost a real fight he was using as a tune-up for the exhibition against Tyson. Sanders, whose claim to fame is a victory over current WBC heavyweight Oleg Maskaev in 2002, lost a unanimous decision to someone named Kerston Manswell last weekend in Tobago, Trinidad. Sanders has now lost five straight since beating Maskaev. So the question becomes, why would anybody pay $29.95 to watch a washed-up Tyson fight a cheap-talent like Sanders in an exhibition. I won’t. Will you?