Evander Holyfield has been watching the recent exhibition match with Mike Tyson, but when it comes to money, the $25 million amount directly breaks down the preliminary negotiations for the game.
Hollyfield has now reached a real match deal with the last man who beat Tyson.
Hollyfield will face Kevin McBride in an eight-round exhibition match on June 5 that will be the most watchable match between current professional boxing champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. before Triller's paid PPV battle.
"We considered all the heavyweights, but in the end, who could be better than the guy who got Mike Tyson to retire," Triller boss Ryan Kavanaugh told an interview.
Kavanaugh said Roy Jones Jr jr. and Shannon Briggs were just two other opponents that Evand Hollyfield was considering.
The match against McBride will begin in a two-minute single-legged match with no head guard. The location has not been announced, but is scheduled to be held somewhere in the Miami area.
Hollyfield (44-10-2), a former undisputed second-heavyweight champion and four-time heavyweight boxer, has not played since TKO beat Brian Nielson in 2011. The Hall of Fame boxer's fierce duel with Tyson is also known as a "good story" in the professional boxing world, although a piece of meat on the ear was bitten off, but time also allowed the two heavyweight leaders to shake hands on the same stage in the future, and after Tyson's comeback last year and Roy Jones Jr. staged a wave of "exhibition matches", the old enemy also smelled "business opportunities".
The two have met again in the ring, but Tyson still has some contract issues to be finalized with Triller after the exhibition match with Jones in November, plus the two have not been able to agree on the related costs, and this battle is officially concluded today.
Tyson publicly distanced himself from Triller last month and claimed he would not work with them again. However, Triller said it had the right to refuse Tyson's first and last game before November 2023.
Kevin McBride (35-10-1, 29KO) had his best moment as a pro in 2005, when he defeated Tyson, who was already in his twilight years, in the sixth leg.
The previously unknown McBride did not maintain the same form he was in against Tyson in the future game, ending his career with a 2-6 record before retiring. He hasn't played as a professional boxer since losing to Mariusz Wach in 2011 as a KO.
McBride will turn 48 on May 10. Hollyfield turned 58 in October.