Foreman’s Promoter Willing To Step Aside For Shot At Tyson Fight

Bob Arum, the promoter for George Foreman, proposed Monday that Foreman and Mike Tyson meet in what he believes would be “the biggest fight by far of all time” with a neutral party handling the money.

The winner, Arum said, could conceivably earn $80 million or more.

Foreman said in an interview last May he wouldn’t fight Tyson if Don King was the promoter, and Arum and King have been bitter rivals for many years. King has been Tyson’s promoter since 1988.

“The guy that we would suggest does that is Henry Gluck, the former chairman of the board of Caesars World, who’s recently resigned,” Arum said. “Tyson knows him, Tyson’s fought there, King knows him, George knows him. We would certainly accept him as the neutral party to handle all the finances.”

Tyson’s comeback fight against Pete McNeeley Saturday night was purchased by 1 million American homes on pay-per-view and will gross an estimated $80 million or more worldwide.