Mike Tyson has reportedly turned down a chance to face MMA legend Wanderlei Silva in a bare knuckle match. Former heavyweight champion of the world Tyson has been linked with a comeback to professional sport at the age of 53.Recent reports suggested that the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship had offered Tyson $18m (£14m) to face Silva.
Though Marca claim that Tyson has rejected the offer as he wants to return to traditional boxing - a sport he knows well. Tyson has been seen training with Rafael Cordeiro, who also coaches Silva, and Cordeiro has been impressed with the former heavyweight boxing champ."Tyson is getting ready to do a boxing match with gloves," Cordeiro said."As soon as we started training I said 'My Lord'.
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