Heavyweight Mike Tyson will return to the United States after two fights this year in Britain to face Poland`s Andrew Golota on October 20, the promoters have said.
The bout at the palace at Auburn Hills, Michigan, will be Tyson's first in the United States since his controversial no-contest against Orlin Norris last October in which Norris was unable to continue after injuring a knee following a post-bell punch.
Since then, the former heavyweight champion who is 48-3 with 42 knockouts, has had two fights in Europe.
On June 24, he knocked out former IBA and Usba heavyweight champion Lou Savarese 38 seconds into the first round in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the second-fastest knockout of Tyson's career -- eight seconds shy of his bout with Marvis Frazier in 1986.
However, Tyson drew the ire of Scottish boxing officials after the bout when he knocked referee John Coyle to the floor with an elbow and threw punches at Savarese. The British boxing board of control fined him 125,000 pounds for fighting after the bell, but he was not suspended.
Tyson was also punished for what the board called ''totally reprehensible'' comments, directed at Britain's world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, after the fight.
In January, Tyson made his European debut with a second-round knockout over Julius Francis at the men arena in Manchester, England. Bureau Report