The psychiatric report on Mike Tyson, which was finally made public yesterday against the wishes of his lawyers, said the former world heavyweight boxing champion was "fit to box again".

It revealed that the former heavyweight champion was so depressed and after being disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in June last year that he took anti-depressant drugs.

Tyson was required to undergo the tests by the Nevada State Athletic Commission as he bids to win back his licence. His application is due to heard in Las Vegas on Monday.

Although the report recommended that Tyson should undergo psychotherapy and concluded there was no way to predict his future behaviour, it passed him fit to re-enter the ring.

Tyson told psychiatrists he was very depressed for last year's rematch with Holyfield and was feeling betrayed by "people I would have died for". He added: "I have no self-esteem, but the biggest ego in the world."

In London yesterday Don King's flowery rhetoric knew no bounds. He spoke of how he and Lennox Lewis's promoter Panos Eliades would "march together" to bring about the unification fight for the world heavyweight title next year between Lewis and Evander Holyfield.

Blurting out outrageous soundbites King said: "The world will win from this confrontation. It will be explosive, pregnant with opportunities and excitement," adding, "We have a war zone here."

The more circumspect Eliades said: "Lennox and Evander have got to sign the contract. I am confident that we'll get the document signed, but until it happens there is no fight."

Lewis is understood to have agreed to take less than the minimum $8 million he wanted for the fight, perhaps in order to accommodate the demands of Holyfield which could be for as much as $25 million.

A date of either February 27th or March 6th is being tentatively pencilled in, with Las Vegas the likely venue, although King insisted: "Nothing is certain, I will go with the money. I want the murr neee!" No shock there then.