Tyson chilling in Italy

02/03/2005

Tyson chilling in Italy

Recent reports have had Mike Tyson training with Buddy McGirt in Florida and then Jeff Fenech in a California hotel room. But Tyson still doesn't seem to have the boxing bug back just yet. The ex-heavyweight champion has jetted to Italy, where Reuters reports he will earn as much as $92,000 from Italian broadcaster RAI to appear at the Sanremo musical festival on Wednesday. Asked why organizers chose him to make an appearance at a music festival instead of actual musicians, Tyson replied "I really don't know. I have no idea why they invited me ... Maybe it's because I'm a music lover."  -Scott Shaffer