Tyson licensed to fight in Tennessee

Mike Tyson has found another state that will allow him to fight. Al Bello/Getty Images

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Mike Tyson was granted a boxing license by Tennessee's Boxing and Racing Board on Tuesday morning, and Tyson's adviser is tentatively scheduled to visit the Pyramid in Memphis on Sunday.

Promoter Brian Young wants to hold the boxer's fight with Lennox Lewis there.

Young says Shelly Finkel is due to fly into Memphis on Sunday and he wants to have deals with two Tunica, Miss., casinos concluded by then.

Tunica is about 35 miles south of Memphis.

Young says he'll take Finkel to meet with casino officials and give him a tour of the Pyramid.

 

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