Tyson fixes Danish date

Tyson is likely to make short work of Nielsen

Mike Tyson's fight against Denmark's Brian Nielsen in Copenhagen has been finalised.

Danish promoter Mogens Palle confirmed on Thursday that the bout will definitely go ahead on 8 September.

He said: "I received the contract signed by Mike Tyson today."

Palle declined to comment on the financial details of the deal but said Tyson was the most expensive fighter he had ever promoted.

Danish newspaper Ekstrabladet claimed the former undisputed world champion would get about £4.1m ($5.97m).

Hasim Rahman must face Lennox Lewis next

Nielsen, who has a 62-1 record against relatively low-grade opponents, is expected to earn £500,000 ($713,000) for the fight.

He was originally scheduled to meet WBC-IBF champion Hasim Rahman in China in August.

But promoter Don King later chose Nigerian David Izon as Rahman's opponent after Nielsen was dubbed "Danish pastry" by the media.

In June, a US District Court judge declared Rahman must honour the re-match clause in his original contract with Lennox Lewis.

The American shocked the boxing world by knocking out the British fighter to take his world titles in South Africa last April.

Their second fight now looks set to take place in mid-November, probably in Las Vegas.