COPENHAGEN, Oct 12: Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will fight the Danish national hero Brian Nielsen in a 10-round non-title fight in Copenhagen on Saturday, the American boxer’s first appearance in a year.

Tyson, whose last four fights have lasted a total of six rounds, is heavier than ever ahead of the contest.

At Thursday’s official weigh-in the scale showed almost 109 kilos (239 pounds), almost eight kilos more than the 35-year-old fighter’s previous “record” from January 2000.

Tyson, with a 48-3 record and 42 knock outs, last October stopped Andrew Golata in the second round. It was later changed to a “no contest” due to the American refusing to take a post-fight drug test.

Tyson’s one-year older Danish opponent weighed 118 kilos (259 pounds).—Reuters