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Eddie Hearn says Mike Tyson ‘put the fear of Christ in me’ when they met in Las Vegas club, promoter feared heavyweight legend was going to KO him
Eddie Hearn was afraid Mike Tyson could be about to knock him out when they first met in a Las Vegas club over a decade ago.
The famed promoter was yet to enter the boxing business at the time, but took the chance to speak to his idol having watched him while growing up.
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Hearn said of Tyson on : "I met him in a club once - in Vegas.
"We were up in this VIP bit and he was up on his own - really sad.
"He had a lot of people around but you could tell he was actually on his own.
"I sort of went over to him and I'm like, 'Hey, mate! How are you doing?'
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"At the time I don't even think I was promoting boxing. I was like, 'Yeah, my dad's Barry Hearn.'
"And he's thinking, 'One, who the f*** are you? And two, who's Barry Hearn?'
"So I'm like, yeah, yeah. And he's looking at me and he put the fear of Christ in me.
"I'm looking at him and thinking, 'I don't know whether this geezer is going to give me a hug or chin me now.'"
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Fast forward several years, Tyson made a 2020 comeback against Roy Jones Jr with Hearn having been approached about promoting it.
Hearn told last year: “They reached out to me. I had a message the other day from someone.
“I would probably like to see it, but I kinda feel like, ‘Is it a bit irresponsible to let a 53-year-old legend back in the ring?’
“He looks pretty dangerous. It’s the fascination of could he actually go in at 53 and do some damage in the division?
“Maybe, maybe not. But should we be encouraging that from someone who is an all-time-great?”
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