Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Old heavyweight rivals help promote fight card Former world heavyweight champions were out in force on Friday night as three-time title holder Mike Tyson met up with former conquerer James ‘Buster’ Douglas to help promote fight nights in Cincinnati. Nate Tubbs, brother of former WBA heavyweight champion Tony, drafted in the pair to help him draw attention to the six-bout card at the Grand Victoria Casino. 44 year-old Tyson and Douglas, 41, met for the first time since 1990, when Douglas became the first man to beat Tyson and made himself a household name in the process. ‘Buster’ would lose the unified titles just eight months later against Evander Holyfield and would subsequently retire for six years, before making an unsuccessful three-year comeback in 1996. Tyson’s fortunes over the years that followed that night in Tokyo have been much publicised since then, but it shows the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ has mellowed over the years and is willing to give...
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