Tyson promises Ip Man fans an explosive fight

"Iron" Mike Tyson, who is reinventing himself as an actor following his successful cameos in The Hangover trilogy, was nursing a fractured finger in Shanghai on Friday courtesy of some heavy sparring with lead star Donnie Yen on the set of Ip Man 3.

Boxing fans who felt shortchanged by the May 2 "super fight" between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao can look forward to February 2016, when the latest chapter in the story of Ip Man, Bruce Lee's teacher, gets its Chinese mainland theatrical release.

The $36 million action film, which will focus more on the student-master relationship between Lee and Ip, may be the first of the trilogy to hit the silver screen in North America in a big way, especially with Tyson involved. The first two had an extremely limited release in that market.