At the time, March 1987, the former heavyweight champion had not fought in 10 years, and the ring rust looked irreversible.

Britain will exploit home advantage and Anderson's ring rust to retain the title.

There could be ring rust, plus Whitaker is 35 years old and has been toiling in the sport for 13 years.

He's got all that ring rust, and now he's going to fight me?

There was a bit of ring rust but I won the fight.

I've seen guys with some ring rust.

That David is going to come straight at them and the ring rust is going to lead to mistakes.

Mayweather also says ring rust will be a non-factor.

But Tyson was battling 19 months of ring rust and the pressure of keeping his cool.

It will be interesting to see if ring rust will be a factor for either fighter.