My reaction: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Seldon is scheduled for pro boxing's version of Death Row this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Hey, don't feel too sorry for the guy. At least Seldon will get $5 million for landing on the canvas in a horizontal position.
Heck, I've been knocked out a couple of times in street fights and didn't have anything to show for it - except a lump on my thick Irish skull or an embarrassing black eye.
Seldon, the current ABCDEFG heavyweight champ, has a record of 33-3 with 29 knockouts.
He also has a prison record of four years, serving time in the New Jersey state slammer for an armed robbery he committed at the age of 16.
In fact, Seldon's first title was the "Intercorrectional Heavyweight Champion of New Jersey." True story.
Now there's something to write home about. In fact, his family's station wagon could have had a bumper sticker that read: My Son Was Inmate Of The Month.
Tyson, who will pick up another $20 million in pocket change for the bout, served about four years in the Indiana state pen, so this is truly special - a match made in leg irons.
Here is my short list of possible promotional slogans that never made it:
In fairness, Seldon and Tyson grew up in horrible circumstances and seem to have turned things around in their personal lives.Cellblock-buster.
Tyson said this week that he will win a few more fights, then sell all of his worldly possessions and go to Mecca - which is not a new hotel-casino on the Strip.
Seldon is a big, strong, athletic dude who can - get this - walk on his hands. Now there's a defense Tyson has never dealt with.
I can hear the play-by-play now: "Tyson throws a right to Seldon's ankle, now a left to his big toe!"
Seriously, Seldon will outweigh Tyson by about 12 pounds and he's about three inches taller.
EVEN more seriously, big deal. You know the old ancient puncher's proverb: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Tyson, who is 44-1 with 38 knockouts, said he is in excellent shape. He also added, in a pleasant voice, that he will try to KILL Seldon in the ring. Nothing personal, though.
Here's all you need to know about this one: Seldon's claim to recent ring fame is beating journeyman Tony Tucker in April of 1995 for the WBA heavyweight crown.
Then he successfully defended the title with a 10th-round TKO of Joe Hipp about a year ago. Yes, the Joe Hipp.
Tyson, meanwhile, has swatted Peter McNeeley, Buster Mathis Jr. and Frank Bruno like pesky mosquitoes in his last three fights.
Thus, Seldon is a 23-1 underdog and likely will be hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in his head by the third round at the latest.
Don King, whose hair can now pick up 72 satellite TV channels, is the promoter for both of these fine young thugs, I mean men. That means he will stuff about 80 zillion additional bucks into his deep pockets.
King, of course, did time in the Ohio state hoosegow for stomping some poor lad to death many years ago. And he has been a bobbin' and a weavin' with the Feds ever since over various allegations.
So we have three Big House graduates in the Las Vegas boxing spotlight this weekend.
Their likely reaction: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
All the way to the bank.