At 53, Tyson's impressive speed and ferocity in filmed pad workouts have fuelled the speculation. However, the last time someone was punching back Tyson quit on his stool against Kevin McBride in his last bout in 2005. "There are probably hundreds of men above 14 stone that are boxing around the world that would easily beat Tyson now," says 5 Live Boxing's Steve Bunce. Unless he fights another 53-year-old where they are both walking through treacle, after a minute it will be horrible. I can assure you, within 30 seconds of a real fight with anything like real gloves on, no matter what the opposition is in the other corner, he will become a 53-year-old man again.

Source: BBC May 12, 2020 15:22 UTC