Here's what I imagine will unfold:
1. Tyson fights Izon. Tyson wins.
2. Ruiz fights Holyfield. Ruiz wins. (This is the big ?)
3. Rahman fights Tyson. Tyson wins WBC, IBF, IBO belts
4. Tyson fights Ruiz. Tyson wins WBA belt.
5. Tyson becomes the Unified Heavyweight Champion of the world, reclaiming the title he lost in 1990 to Buster Douglas, and reclaiming the IBF and WBC titles he lost in 1996 to Evander Holyfield
Challengers to follow include Klitschko, Johnson, Whitaker, Tua.
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Lewis will face Mercer, Maskaev, Grant, Moorer, or Nicholson, et al. on the way back up, especially if his rematch clause is negated by Tyson KOing Rahman.
Now that the little secret Lennox and I have been sharing is out, I don't have terribly high hopes for him to regain the belt, let alone to keep it if by chance he does.
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