Mike Tyson – former American professional boxer, also regarded as ‘the most dangerous boxer in history’, is apparently planning a trip to India to participate in the Kumite 1 league mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament.
Apart from all the aspiring Desi boxers who look up to him, there’s another person who’s equally excited to greet the former heavyweight title winner. It is none other than, the king of disco (and gold chains) – Bappi Lahiri.
The celebrated music composer, has already produced a tune especially to welcome Tyson in India and although, he ‘may not be around’ in the country when it gets played for him, he’s still equally ecstatic.
“It is such a strange coincidence. When Tyson will be in my India, I will be in his (country). If I would have been in Mumbai, I would have personally gifted him the jingle,” Bappi told in a statement.
The composer and singer who’s known for churning out peppy tunes like ‘I Am a Disco Dancer’ and ‘Koi Yahan Nache Nache’, further stated:
“It is such a happy moment for our country that he is coming all the way to promote MMA and prepare fighters from our country. I think he deserves the warmest welcome so I could not think of anything else but Bollywood style music to greet him.”
Speaking on the Bappi’s involvement for the ‘welcome-project’, Mohamedali Budhwani, the league’s CMD said:
“I was so humbled by Bappi Da’s child like excitement and how gracefully and quickly he took out time to compose a jingle to welcome Mike Tyson. We will play this on stage when Tyson goes up and we also want to do a video conferencing so that Dada can personally gift it to him. We want Mike Tyson to know the creator of this track.”
And yes – it is going to be inspired by his trademark disco tunes!
Until the track make its way to YouTube, relive one of Bappi’s biggest classics to get a taste of it:
Tyson couldn’t get any better a welcome than this!