Mike Tyson has revealed that his dream opponent from any era of boxing would have been fellow legend Floyd Mayweather.
Both Tyson and Mayweather etched their names in the boxing history books after their illustrious fighting careers.
'Iron' Mike, who retired from boxing in 2005, suggested it was a shame that Mayweather wasn't a heavyweight so he could have fought him inside the squared circle.
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Speaking to Steve Farhood on ShoBox, the 54-year-old American superstar was asked about the fighter he would have wanted to face in a dream super-fight.
The former undisputed world heavyweight champ immediately responded with Mayweather, with a laughing Farhood saying that he 'loved' the answer.
When the 64-year-old boxing historian asked if he wanted to knock out 'Money,' Tyson responded: "Well, I would love to have fought him. I wish he was my weight."
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The 'Baddest Man on the Planet' even dismissed the idea that Mayweather would have beaten him in a fight, but he insisted that it would "be tough to beat him."
However, the boxing Hall of Famer has praised Mayweather for his "masterful" in-ring ability, saying it is "so hard to beat him."
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'Iron' Mike explained: "I would fight a guy like Floyd differently if he was a heavyweight.
"We can never fight, of course, because of the weight difference, but I wouldn't fight him the way they fought him [...].
"I would be mean, I would be dirty. Because you'd have to do everything to fight him because he's just so good. You can't... it's almost impossible to fight him clean.
"It's almost impossible to fight him clean. You can't fight him clean. You can't fight this guy clean.
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"That's a credit for how masterful he is. You have to be dirty, you got to be rough, you have to use the elbows, head, bend it up -- you have to use everything."
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