Mike Tyson's team have been working hard today to repair the damage caused by the former world champion's wayward preparations for his Saturday night comeback fight in Memphis.
Tyson has apparently decided to fight Clifford Etienne after all despite reported severe health problems and allegations that he neglected his training programme after a row over his purse.
Tyson arrived in the southern city two days later than planned with a large tribal tattoo covering the left side of his face.
And his decision to turn up after all prompted his trainer Freddie Roach and conditioner Jeff Fenech to perform U-turns after last week leaving his camp and stressing he was in no condition to take the fight.
Today Fenech said: "We had such good preparations.
"The only reason he had a day off training was he had a few personal problems - nothing to do with women or drink. "The only bizarre thing was one day he went out of the house and came back with a tattoo on his face - he wasn't drunk, he was pretty sane.
"Prior to that little hiccup he had with his personal problem I have never seen him train better."
But the fact is that Tyson's latest attempt to secure the financial rewards of an undeserved second meeting with Lennox Lewis is fast becoming a farce.
Now he might not even be fighting Etienne. His opponent began to break up camp when news of the postponement filtered through and stressed that he had not decided whether to proceed.
Etienne said: "I was here training and he's not. Tyson postponed the fight and I said cool, no problem. "Now he says it's back on. I'm not a puppet. I have people on my camp who have already left."
The promoters insist they have up to four alternatives lined up if Etienne does decide to pull the plug.
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