WWE star Bobby Lashley approached to fight legendary boxer Mike Tyson at Madison Square Garden-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Bobby Lashley is up for boxing Mike Tyson (Picture: WWE)

WWE superstar Bobby Lashley has revealed he was being lined up to fight Mike Tyson at Madison Square Garden.

The current United States Champion – who successfully defended his title against Ciampa on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw – has plenty of combat sports experience from his stints with the likes of Strikeforce and Bellator, and a promoter was keen for him to face the legendary boxer.

He teased: ‘I have a great boxing coach and we’ve talked about some different things. Some names have been thrown out there. I want to start getting some names out there. There was one that I got approached a few months ago to box Mike Tyson.’

The All Mighty admitted he would love to get into boxing, and the proposed fight could have taken place at the World’s Most Famous Arena.

He told Fightful: ‘Somebody came up to me. It was a bare-knuckles organization, but they were gonna do some boxing stuff or one of those other companies. Somebody came to me and said, ‘Would you box Mike Tyson?’ I was like, ‘Hell yeah, I would box Mike Tyson.’

The discussions were at more of a ‘feeling out’ stage, and while Lashley knows facing Iron Mike wouldn’t be easy, he felt up to the challenge.

‘It wasn’t the top guy, it was a guy that does some of his promoting and some of his stuff. I think it was one of the money guys that linked up to through my college or something like that,’ he explained.

‘But he approached me and he said, “We’re looking for a big fight in Madison Square Garden. Would you be interested in fighting Mike Tyson?” At first I was thinking Iron Mike and I was like, “Damn, that would hurt.”

‘But then I thought, you know what? I’ve been boxing for a long time. I got a little size on him. I don’t have nearly the skills that he has, but it’s definitely something that I would be interested in.’

And while some people might shy away from the idea or need a huge payday to consider it, Lashley insisted the potential fight would be ‘an honour’.

‘It’s astronomical numbers for most people. For me? It would be an honour to fight Mike Tyson and I would like to be able to do it,’ he said. ‘Might be a little tough. I’m a wrestler. But I’ve been boxing for a long time. So I would definitely like to take that fight.’

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