Roy Jones Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has confirmed the new date of his exhibition with four division champ Roy Jones Jr. As BoxingScene.com previously reported, the event was pushed back from September 12 to November 28.
Retired former world champion Carl Froch has cautioned fans to avoid being fooled by recent training videos of Mike Tyson. In the last few months, the former undisputed heavyweight champion released short training videos to showcase his form.
Reports have swirled of a heavily publicized exhibition match with former four-division champion Roy Jones Jr. now being pushed back to late November. Two sources with knowledge of the situation informed BoxingScene.com that internal conference calls are scheduled for Monday to further discuss the event, including the possibility of moving the event off of its original September 12 date.
According to former four division champion Roy Jones Jr, the deal to face Mike Tyson was "too incredible to resist." Jones will face Tyson in the main event of a pay-per-view card on September 12 in Carson, California.
With Errol Spence-Danny Garcia being announced we’ve reached a sort of watershed moment. At some point the big fights must come back. At some point big money is going to have to be spent for big money to be made. Spence and Garcia have signed to fight on Fox PPV on November 21. Garcia is set to be involved in his 10th world title fight while Spence returns for the first time since he diced with death and rolled his sports car in Dallas last October.
Four division champion Roy Jones, 51-years-old, will be taking no chances when he steps in the ring with Mike Tyson. Tyson, 54-years-old and a former undisputed heavyweight champion, will return to the ring for the first time in fifteen years when he faces Jones on September 12 in Carson, California.
Initially, UFC president Dana White was against the ring return of former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. But now White is fully supportive of Tyson's comeback. For the first time in fifteen years, the 54-year-old Tyson will hit the ring in an exhibition fight with 51-year-old four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in Carson, California.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman would like to see more safety involved in the exhibition fight between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Their exhibition clash, fought over eight rounds, will take place on September 12 in Carson, California.
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the clash between former world champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. could be a recipe for disaster. Tyson, 54-years-old, and Jones, 51-years-old, will collide in the ring on September 12 in an eight round exhibition fight.
WBA interim-middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. is helping his trainer, former four division world champion Roy Jones, prepare for his upcoming exhibition bout with Mike Tyson. Jones, 51-years-old, will face the 54-year-old Tyson on September 12 in California.