GEORGE FOREMAN thinks Mike Tyson’s comeback at the age of 54 this weekend is ‘temporary insanity’.
Tyson faces fellow great Roy Jones Jr, 51, in an exhibition bout in Los Angeles on Saturday night more than 15 years after his last fight.
George Foreman called Mike Tyson’s comeback ‘temporary insanity’Credit: Instagram / @biggeorgeforeman
Mike Tyson faces Roy Jones Jr on Saturday nightCredit: Instagram / @miketyson
Foreman, 71, knows a thing or two about lengthy layoffs having had just under 10 years away from the ring during his career.
And Foreman became the oldest heavyweight champion in history when he won the title aged 45 in 1994.
He was 48 years old when he last fought in 1997 against Shannon Briggs.
Foreman told Yahoo Sports: “It’s temporary insanity.
“I liken it to a guy who wants to get on a boat and go out to sea. It seems like so much fun, so peaceful, so he wants to get out there and do it.
“Then he gets out there and the big waves start coming and the sea is rough and it’s raining and the wind is blowing and he asks himself, ‘Lord, why did I ever do this?’
“It’s happened to so many of us. And you realise you should have stayed home on the dry land where everything is nice and safe.
“The thing that is hard when you start to think of coming back, you remember what you could do back in the day.
George Foreman was 48 when he last fought against Shannon Briggs in 1997Credit: AP:Associated Press
“But you have to reclaim that hardness you once had and the timing. That’s what you lose after so many years away and it’s so hard to get back.”
Tyson looks in incredible shape having shed seven stone for the bout with Jones Jr.
He’s been seen ripping off his shirt during TV interviews to flex his muscles and show off his new physique.
Foreman added: “He’s coming back in an exhibition with hardly any consequences.
“I wish I could have had the privilege of doing it that way. I came back and they were real fights that meant something.
“I was off for 10 years and then I came back and said, ‘I’m back to become the heavyweight champ of the world again.’
“He’s back in an exhibition and he’s not going to have it as difficult.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
