It appears that when professional boxing resumes, it is not only the hush puppies of the sport who will be dashing out of the corral and jumping straight into to the boxing cauldron.

A number of former champions, who had long retreated to the retirement pasture, have apparently developed the itch to fight again while on quarantine. At the moment, the names that have cropped up are former champions Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and, hold your breath, Oscar De La Hoya.

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