Comments Thread For: Tyson, Jones Unhappy With Two Minute Rounds - "That's For Women"

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Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. are displeased that their Nov. 28 eight-round exhibition match will unfold outside of the customary three-minute round. "I'm sure they have their reasons for doing it," Tyson said during an introductory news conference officially announcing the fight. "But you know, women fight for two minutes. But I guess the commission has a bigger influence than I do. I'm just happy that we're doing it."
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[Mindgames]

It was funny to see the sad leftys at the BBC try to turn Tyson and Jones comment into something sexist when in fact women do two minute rounds as a matter of fact. They had to turn it into "its not Katie Taylors fault she wants to do three minutes". Thing is, we dont want three minutes of it really do we

[OldTerry]

The fight was approved on the condition it would be a sparring match. We'll see how that goes after the opening bell.

[Scopedog]

The poster in the article looks like it'd be more at home selling life insurance or Werthers originals rather than a boxing PPV.

[Marvlus Marv]

It still doesn't answer my question: Why is this even happening? I mean, who was calling for this in the first place?

[BirdSong]

they don't seem to be protesting too much!

female boxers want the 3 rounds to try to get paid more yet the female tennis players got the same pay for playing less!

[Dle]

Mike, because you are old men, for goodness shakes! You can’t turn back the clock, but the can wind back the time of the rounds to keep you guys hearts pumping. The min is willing but the flesh (and. It’s parts) have weakened

[Buggy bear]

If women want 3 min rds let them promote their own fights and negotiate their own pay with tv companies then the established male promoter will not have the headache of talking about what they are not worth they will find out for themselves ..

[MeanestNiceGuy]

The question is....how many minutes will it take for both guys show us that slow, old man footwork?

Both guys will probably be gassed by round 3 anyway. The 2-minute rounds fit this situation perfectly.

[South Champion]

2 minutes makes sense. If the rounds were 3 minutes, there would be a lot of clinching and posing. The last minute of every round would probably be unwatchable.