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The boxer who ended Mike Tyson's career in 2005 and is now a tree trimmer wants another shot at him after his fight with Roy Jones Jr.

Aug 4, 2020, 01:28 IST
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Mike Tyson quit midway through his fight against Kevin McBride in 2005.Getty/Paul Richards
  • Fifteen years ago, Mike Tyson tried to break Kevin McBride's arm during his final professional fight.
  • Now McBride says he wants revenge after Tyson's exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr., telling TMZ, "Let's get it on!"
  • "Definitely would love to fight him again," McBride, 47, told TMZ on Monday, adding that he "would just love to jump in the ring again with" Tyson.
  • McBride won the fight against Tyson in 2005 when Tyson retired between the sixth and seventh rounds.
  • McBride, now a laborer for a tree-trimming company, said he would use the money from a fight to send his kids to college.
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Fifteen years ago, on June 11, 2005, Mike Tyson tried to break Kevin McBride's arm during his final professional fight.

Now, McBride says he wants revenge after Tyson's exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr.

"Let's get it on!" McBride, 47, told TMZ on Monday.

In 2005, McBride beat Tyson by technical knockout after Tyson withdrew from the fight before the seventh round.

Throughout the bout, McBride frustrated Tyson with his distinct height advantage and numerous clinches — so much so that in the sixth round, Tyson attempted to snap McBride's left arm in a clinch. Tyson then headbutted McBride, leaving a gash above the Irishman's eye.

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McBride told The Sun that Tyson also tried to bite his nipple before he quit.

"Definitely would love to fight him again," McBride told TMZ this week. "Nobody can rule out anything in this world because that's life. It would be explosive to fight Mike Tyson again and I'm sure Mike would love to rectify his loss and I would just love to jump in the ring again with him."

McBride, who retired in 2011, won two more professional fights after beating Tyson. He's now a laborer for a tree-trimming company.

If he were to fight Tyson, he would use the money to send his children to college, he said.

He told TMZ: "After this fight with Roy Jones, if he wants a rematch with me and someone put down a couple of million ... I've got a couple of lovely kids and lovely wife, and I'd love to put my kids through college for free!"

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Tyson is set to face Jones, who retired in 2018, at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, on September 12.

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