Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Mike Tyson (age 54) will face Roy Jones, Jr. (age 51) in an exhibition boxing match. The fight between the two boxing legends is set to take place on PPV on September 12th.
I. AM. BACK. #legendsonlyleague. September 12th vs @RealRoyJonesJr on #Triller and PPV #frontlinebattle @TysonLeague pic.twitter.com/eksSfdjDzK
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) July 23, 2020
In addition, basketball writer Shams Charania writes that former NBA Guard Nate Robinson will fight YouTube star Jake Paul on the undercard of this event.
Former NBA guard Nate Robinson and YouTube star Jake Paul make it official: They tell me they will be fighting Sept. 12 as an undercard to Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. in California. pic.twitter.com/ClEP64JZFp
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 23, 2020
JaKe PaUl Is WiNnInG gUyS. Jakes a youtuber, I’m coming for the 💨
— Nate Robinson (@nate_robinson) July 23, 2020
Tyson’s last fight was a loss to Kevin McBride in 2005 where he quit on the stool before the seventh round. Since then, Tyson has gone under a renaissance of sorts although he was last seen in an AEW professional wrestling ring last June.
Roy Jones, Jr.’s last fight was in February 2018 when he defeated Scott Sigmon via Unanimous Decision. Jones has been a commentator for HBO Boxing until the network decided to discontinue the sport on its network.
Payout Perspective:
I’m not sure that either Tyson or Jones, legends in the sport of boxing, should be engaging in this event even though categorized as an exhibition. Social media posts showed Tyson training which indicated some sort of comeback was imminent. I don’t know what to really expect here but this seems like a bad idea from a personal standpoint for Tyson more than Jones.
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