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Mike Tyson Meets the Person Who Leaked His Phone Number Online

Published 07/27/2021, 3:13 PM EDT

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In 2020, NELK member Kyle Forgeard mistakenly shared Mike Tyson’s actual contact number on a Twitch stream that had close to 26,000 active viewers. Despite this incident, YouTube sensations ‘NELK Boys’ and Tyson share a collaborative relationship.

In a new video, they revealed a massive new merchandise collaboration with the boxing legend. The YouTubers shared a brand new ‘Full Send’ clothing collection based on a never-before-seen picture of ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’.

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In their new video release, NELK and Mike Tyson also chopped it up with a close friend, Dana White. Kyle Forgeard told the UFC President about their merchandising venture and collaboration with Mike Tyson. White congratulated and wished them well.

Dana we’re doing a merch collab with Tyson on a never-released photo. This is gonna be the design,” said Forgeard. Mike Tyson then told the UFC President about the NELK boys, “They’re cool, they got style, and charisma and s**t, they ain’t f***ing dorky”. 

Dana White, a friend of both Nelk Boys and Tyson, said, “I’m glad you guys hooked up man, you guys will do good shit together.”

What is next for Mike Tyson?

After meeting Roy Jones Jr in the ring in 2020, Tyson immediately showed interest in fighting again. Since then, talks of him possibly facing Shannon Briggs or Roy Jones Jr for a rematch or even 26-year-old Youtuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul have flooded the boxing community. However, boxing purists have always rooted for Tyson to face one opponent in particular- Lennox Lewis.

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The Englishman defeated the boxing legend one year before he announced his interim retirement in 2003. Ever since then, fans of the sport have wanted to see Tyson run it back with Lewis.

In 2019, the 56-year-old Englishman appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast and teased a possibility of a rematch between the two. He said that he would welcome that fight for the right price.

Even Mike Tyson has hinted at booking this fight for September. Since then, talks of this matchup have died down.  However, the tides seem to be turning once again as Lennox Lewis recently shared on a podcast that he wants to fight ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ once again.

While the two shared bad blood back in the day, Lewis recently shared a clip of their 2002 fight and said that he has a lot of respect for his former opponent.

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“As contentious as Mike and I were during our fighting days, I have nothing but love for him these days and I’m proud of how he was able to turn his life around,” said Lennox Lewis on Instagram.

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While Lewis has shared no recent update on his training, Mike Tyson has been sharing constant videos and snaps of his training sessions on social media. Do you want to see the two legends of the sport run it back this year?

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Sanjit Misra is a boxing author at EssentiallySports. Sanjit fused this passion for writing with his love for jabs, hooks, weaves, and uppercuts and entered the realm of boxing journalism. The elegance, the science, the techniques, and the finesse of hand-to-hand combat was what initially drew him into the world of boxing.
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