Boxing: Mike Tyson to return to boxing to face Roy Jones in an 8-round exhibition
The training videos that former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has been releasing on social media weren’t just for show, it turns out. Reports from yahoo Sports learned from multiple sources that Tyson plans to return to boxing to face Roy Jones Jr. on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Andy Foster, the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, confirmed that Tyson has put a hold on that date. Foster told the media that he met with Tyson and Jones via Zoom recently and that the fight will be an exhibition.
They won’t be wearing headgear, but will be wearing larger than normal gloves. Foster said he believed they’d wear 12 ounce gloves.
“This isn’t a situation where they’re going out there to try to take each other’s heads off,” “They’re just going to be in there moving around the ring and letting fans see these legends.”
Tyson hasn’t fought since losing to Kevin McBride on June 11, 2005. Jones hasn’t fought since Feb. 8, 2018. Tyson is 54 and Jones is 51.
Foster said there had been talk that there would have been a boxing match between former world champion James Toney and former UFC champion Tito Ortiz on the undercard, but said Ortiz told him it wasn’t going to happen.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will face ex-champ Roy Jones on Sept. 12 in an exhibition bout at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
(Yahoo Sports)
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