George Foreman is relishing Mike Tyson’s boxing comeback and is backing the 53-year-old to break his own record and become the oldest ever heavyweight champion of the world.

Tyson has revealed he wants to take part in four-round exhibition fights to raise money for charity and uploaded a clip of his training to Instagram, showing off his ferocious speed and looking in superb shape.

Foreman – who was 45 years old when he became heavyweight champ again in 1994 – was massively impressed by Tyson’s blistering pad work and does not believe he will stop at exhibition fights, predicting he can mix it with the current crop of heavyweights if he commits to training.

Tyson looks in phenomenal shape and Foreman has been impressed with what he’s seen (Getty)
Asked if he has seen the clip of Tyson, Foreman told iFL TV: ‘I was so happy. He looked like he had turned the clock back at least 20 years.

‘He was looking fit and those punches were coming sharp.

‘If he’s able to go into the woods and dedicate himself to that for about 10 months, he could come back and really be a top contender.’

Foreman also suggested exhibition fights could be a stepping stone to something bigger, continuing: ‘That’s what they do, that’s the way it happens.

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‘I called Dick Sadler, my original trainer back in the 1960s, I’d just won a gold medal, I said I just want to do exhibitions, that’s all, and learn more about boxing.

‘Next thing you know I’m in with the heavyweight champion of the world.

‘So it starts off talking about exhibitions, but then it gets bigger and bigger. And Tyson, I would like to see him back in the ring. He’s an older fella, but a record is always waiting to be broke.’

Foreman had been retired for 10 years when he returned to boxing at the age of 38 in 1987 winning 24 bouts on the spin before taking on WBA, WBC, IBF and lineal champion Evander Holyfield four years later.

Although he lost that fight, he beat Michael Moorer in 1994 to become heavyweight champion once again, for the first time in almost two decades, and had four more title defences before losing to Shannon Briggs in 1997 at the age of 48.