BEIJING: Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson, his finances down for the count, may fight in China this year for a purse of some US$3mil, a sports promoter and state media said yesterday.
Zhang Heng, head of the Beijing Competition Administration Centre, said the centre was working with an agent of Tyson's to organise the October bout, but it had not yet been approved by the Beijing sports authority.
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