{"id":351401,"date":"2020-05-26T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=351401"},"modified":"2020-05-26T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:56:10","slug":"coach-refutes-rumors-of-mike-tyson-vs-wanderlei-silva-bkfc-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-tyson-mma-news\/coach-refutes-rumors-of-mike-tyson-vs-wanderlei-silva-bkfc-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach refutes rumors of Mike Tyson vs. Wanderlei Silva BKFC fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long after boxing legend Mike Tyson announced his plans to return to the ring at 53 years of age, he received a lucrative offer from upstart bare-knuckle promotion BKFC\u2014potentially<\/a> for a fight with MMA legend Wanderlei Silva.<\/p>\n

“I think a Wanderlei Silva, someone of that nature,” BKFC boss David Feldman told MMA Fighting<\/a> when discussing potential opponents for Tyson. “No matter how old Silva gets, he\u2019s dangerous, and I think that would be an intriguing matchup. Something like that, but I don\u2019t actually have anything in mind right now.”<\/p>\n

Reports have suggested that Tyson has been offered in excess of $20M for this potential BKFC fight, while Silva told Sherdog<\/a> he was offered $10M for the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey offered me $10 million plus pay-per-view percentage and I accepted immediately. I hope Feldman can make it happen,\u201d Silva said.<\/p>\n

Yet according to Silva’s coach Rafael Cordeiro, who has also worked with Tyson recently, the chances of a BKFC fight between the two combat sports legends are slim.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get any calls from Wand or Tyson, but as far as I know that fight won\u2019t happen,\u201d Cordeiro told Sherdog. \u201cTyson is training to make a boxing fight \u2014 with gloves. It is hard to comment about rumors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wanderlei Silva has yet to make his debut with BKFC, but fought without gloves in the early days of his career, and is regarded as one of the most ferocious fighters in MMA history. He came up short in his last two MMA bouts, losing to Quinton \u201cRampage\u201d Jackson by knockout and Chael Sonnen by decision.<\/p>\n

Mike Tyson has not fought since 2005, when he was defeated by Kevin McBride in what was expected to be the final fight of his career.<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll see Mike Tyson and Wanderlei Silva fight in BKFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not long after boxing legend Mike Tyson announced his plans to return to the ring at 53 years of age, he received a lucrative offer from upstart bare-knuckle promotion BKFC\u2014potentially for a fight with MMA legend Wanderlei Silva. “I think a Wanderlei Silva, someone of that nature,” BKFC boss David Feldman told MMA Fighting when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":349117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39633,10578,10205],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCoach refutes rumors of Mike Tyson vs. Wanderlei Silva BKFC fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coach Rafael Cordeiro addresses rumors of a BKFC fight between combat sports legends "Iron" Mike Tyson and Wanderlei Silva.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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