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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is siding with Mike Tyson to overcome Roy Jones Jr. - when the two Hall of Fame boxers collide on November 28 in Los Angeles. Their contest, being carried on pay-per-view, will be an eight round exhibition bout.
When the exhibition match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. was originally announced on July 23, both fighters insisted that they were legitimately going to go at it, just as they would’ve if they’d met in their heyday.
Mike Tyson has always been creative in describing the ways in which he’d like to end his opponents. The Baddest Man on The Planet once wanted to eat the liver of Lennox Lewis, punch the nose of Jesse Ferguson back into his brain, and ahead of his Nov. 28 exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr., he wants to incapacitate the former four-division champion.
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."
A memorable rail against the sanctioning bodies by one all-time great seems to have drawn the ire of another. Roy Jones Jr. is not among those who were left in awe by the choice words recently offered by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in relation to the number of alphabet titles which exist in the sport today. Mayweather took a hard stance against boxing’s version of participation trophies as part of an impromptu rant during a recent media workout for Gervonta Davis (23-0, 22KOs), ionically whose three-time title status includes having won a vacant 130-pound title and a vacant secondary version of a 135-pound strap.
Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Press Conference Stream - Mike Tyson’s highly anticipated return to the ring against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. will be shown live in the UK exclusively on BT Sport Box Office. Tyson, the former undisputed heavyweight world champion and the youngest man ever to win a heavyweight world title, will take on former four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr.
The exhibition match featuring Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. has found its pay-per-view distributors around the world. FITE announced that it landed the exclusive U.S. and Canadian digital rights to carry the event on Nov. 28. The PPV can be purchased digitally for $49.99 via TysonOnTriller.com, FITE.TV or any of the FITE’s OTT platforms on mobile devices and smart TVs.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who briefly worked with Mike Tyson, expects the retired boxer to go for the kill when he faces former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. on November 28. Tyson, a former undisputed heavyweight champion, has been out of the ring since 2005 - when he was knocked out by journeyman Kevin McBride.
James "Buster" Douglas, the man who secured the biggest upset in boxing history when he knocked out Mike Tyson in 1990, is shocked that his former foe is fighting Roy Jones on November 28 in Los Angeles.
Super middleweight puncher Edgar Berlanga (15-0, 15 KOs) is quickly getting the attention of people. This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas, Berlanga blew away Lanell Bellows in the first round.