Nostalgia for the 1990s seems to be soaring of late, but don't expect to see a third installment from one of that decade's landmark sporting events anytime soon.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson has reportedly walked away from a potential $25M payday, after apparently breaking off negotiations with reps for fellow former champion Evander Holyfield.
The pair squared off in two of the most anticipated bouts of last century, including their long-awaited first match in 1996 -- and the famed 1997 rematch that ended with Tyson being disqualified for biting off a chunk of Holyfield's ear.
Their camps have been reported in recent months to be engaged in talks about setting up an exhibition as a third bout over Memorial Day weekend, which Holyfield in December said "must happen" for the sake of both their "legacies."
But Holyfield's representatives on Monday said the talks had fallen through despite believing they had a "done deal," and laid the blame at the feet of Tyson's camp.
"We thought this was a done deal, but it quickly fell apart when Tyson's people declined all offers," Holyfield's manager, Kris Lawrence, said in a statement, according to ESPN. "We were negotiating in good faith all along, and it appears we just ended up wasting our time."
Tyson over the weekend seemed to signal a deal was not in the offing, when he forcefully denied on social media that any agreement had been struck. His remarks seemed to suggest that hashing out the business side of the fight was a sticking point.
"Just to be clear there is no Tyson with Triller fight," Tyson wrote on Instagram. "I don't know any Triller executives personally. I don't have a deal with Triller or any head executive representing them for the next event.
"I am a partner in Legends Only League, and my next event is with my league. I will never do another event or any business with Triller, so anyone misrepresenting that they own the rights to my name or my next event isn't true. I am not with or ever will be with Triller's Fight Club."
Triller, a streaming service, had previously carried Tyson's November exhibition against fellow boxing legend Roy Jones Jr., so it appears there was some sort of falling out with Tyson's camp.
The first Tyson-Holyfield bout was an 11-round thriller the ended in a TKO in favor of Holyfield, helping to further erode Tyson's aura of invincibility in his return from a hiatus due to a prison term.
The second fight ended in the fourth round, with Tyson disqualified for biting Holyfield's ear, which he later said was retaliation for Holyfield's head-butts.