MIKE TYSON admitted there is an unbeaten boxing star even he would be afraid to fight.
Tyson well and truly lived up to his Baddest Man on The Planet moniker throughout his frightening prime.
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David Benavidez with Mike TysonCredit: @benavidez300
But admittedly he would have been wary of fighting David Benavidez if he was a super-middleweight of today.
He told ES NEWS: “He’s so underrated but so over-polarised here.
“Listen, I’d be afraid to fight him too if I was in that division. No one even has a chance against him, and I’m talking facts.”
Benavidez, 27, has twice reigned as 168lb champion but lost the belt for missing weight and failing a drug test for cocaine use.
He has since moved up to light-heavyweight and defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 37, for the WBC interim title.
It followed failed attempts to fight Canelo Alvarez, 34, at super-middleweight after the Mexican publicly demanded a huge £160million purse.
Benavidez is renowend for is blistering hand speed, knockout power and huge frame.
Tyson, 58, meanwhile is set for a controversial clash against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 27, on November 15 in Texas.
Iron Mike was initially forced to pull out of the July 20 date after suffering an ulcer flare up in his stomach.
But he has been passed medically fit to fight although he will be subjected to drug testing as well as additional heart and brain exams.
Tyson retired in 2005 but did come back in 2020 for an exhibition over eight rounds with Roy Jones Jr.
But his bout with Paul is to be professionally sanctioned with professional records on the line and knockouts permitted.
