Mike Tyson rejects Evander Holyfield’s challenge to third fight

Evander Holyfield wants a piece of his aged rival, Iron Mike Tyson. But Tyson isn’t biting.

Holyfield, 62, extended the situation to the 58-year-old erstwhile champion Monday connected Instagram.

“The fans privation it,” Holyfield wrote alongside an advertisement promoting “The Trilogy” with a doctored photograph of himself and Tyson successful their prime.

He added the hashtag “unfinished business.”

Tyson laced up the gloves for what appears to beryllium the past clip implicit the play for a lucifer with 27-year-old societal media influencer Jake Paul. The erstwhile heavyweight champ was successful large shape, but lone a shadiness of his erstwhile aforesaid successful that uneventful eight-round bout.

Former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield (L) is inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame by Mike Tyson successful Las Vegas connected Aug. 9, 2014 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Holyfield, who was besides a heavyweight champion, first fought Tyson successful 1996. That highly anticipated lucifer ended with the referee stopped the combat successful the 11th circular erstwhile it became wide Tyson was outmatched. The brace met up again successful 1997. That rematch famously ended with Tyson biting disconnected a chunk of Holyfield’s receptor and losing by disqualification. Though the brace person since patched things up, Tyson declined Holyfield’s situation to a 3rd bout.

“I emotion you brother, but the trilogy is our friendship,” helium replied connected Instagram.

The absorption connected societal media was a operation of combat fans wanting to spot Holyfield and Tyson successful the ringing a 3rd clip and fans of the brace agreeing with Tyson that capable is enough.

Tyson appears contented to extremity his boxing vocation with the nonaccomplishment to Paul.

“This is 1 of those situations erstwhile you mislaid but inactive won,” helium posted aft Friday night’s fight. “No regrets to get successful [the] ringing 1 past time.”

Tyson added that helium was blessed his six children got to spot their dada combat successful beforehand of a soldout crowd. Celebrities including martial arts prima Chuck Norris besides watched Tyson premix it up with Paul.

“We’re each arrogant of you, Mike,” Norris posted connected Instagram. “Once a warrior, ever a warrior.”

Actor Jamie Foxx, who signed connected to play Tyson successful a movie task that’s presumption is unclear, besides weighed successful to praise the celebrated combatant connected Instagram wherever helium simply wrote “icon” adjacent to Tyson’s posting.

Fortune said Tyson likely earned astir $20 cardinal from his combat with Paul.