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This news has just broke that neither fighter is allowed to go for the KO
Anyone who actually pays for this is an absolute fucking mug.
Tyson vs Jones Jr: No knockouts or judges in exhibition bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/new...d-roy-jones-jr
It's a freak show!
Anyone see the official fight poster? Man they tried to make Roy look 80 years old ;D. That's just wrong. Can't believe what they're charging for basically lite touch sparring but hey you get to see Jack Paul again :p.
Does anyone know of a good free streaming site to watch this fight? i dont mind paying for fights but $49.95 for 2 50+ yr olds in a 8x2min rd exhibition along with a shit undercard is a bit rich imo...... any free or cheaper streaming sites for tyson vs jones?
The fight is going to be very entertaining. Both are great players. :)
Frank Bruno has told talkSPORT he would ‘love’ to box again as he defended Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr over their controversial comeback fight.
Tyson, the youngest world heavyweight champion in history, will dust off the black boots and the black shorts for the first time in 15 years when he takes on pound-for-pound legend in Jones on Saturday night.
Although billed as an exhibition, both men have got themselves fighting fit for the heavyweight showdown which you can hear live on talkSPORT following Daniel Dubois’ showdown with Joe Joyce.
With a combined age of 105, Tyson and Jones Jr squaring off has been dismissed as a circus act by some.
But Bruno, the former world champion who twice fought Tyson in his career, sees no problem with them facing off.
“I think both are taking it seriously,” Bruno – one of Britain’s most popular ever fighters – said on the Jim White show on talkSPORT. “All the rules will go out the door.
“They are making some money and as long as they don’t hurt themselves, good luck to them.
“They are not robbing a bank; they were champions and good fighters in their day. If they fancy it, who are we to judge?”
Like Tyson and Jones Jr, Bruno is also in great shape and, even at 59, admits he would be tempted by a comeback for the right amount of money.
“I train three times a day, sometimes four times a day. I do look after myself so if someone is going to offer you a good amount of corn to go into the ring, I would love to go into the ring,” he said.
“That is my job, that is my profession, it is what I have done for most of my life.
“If it wasn’t for me training and keeping myself in tick, I think I would have gone mad. I can understand where they are coming from and they are two great champions.
“I hope they give a good show. It can be a good thing.
“In white collar boxing you can be a fireman, dustman, working in an ‘ok, ya’ environment and they go into the ring and there is no age limit, weight limit. What is the difference?”
https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/7...ones-jr-fight/
I haven’t looked back but is it true they are not allowed to KO each other?
Both men will wear heavier 12-ounce gloves but no head protection across rounds lasting only two minutes each, while there will also be no judges at ringside.
There have been suggestions that the exhibition bout - part of Tyson’s new Legends Only League venture - is likely to more resemble sparring than an actual competitive fight, with claims that neither boxer will be permitted to go for the knockout.
The contest will be refereed by the experienced Ray Corona and is expected to be halted if either Tyson or Jones Jr is cut.
The winner will receive a special ‘Frontline Battle Belt’, specially created by the WBC for his occasion.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/mik...161330318.html
This is the equivalent of Tyson Fury v Canelo being fought 2050 ppv $1,000.
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. vow violence despite fight being billed as exhibition
Mike Tyson says he’s ready to disable Roy Jones Jr. when the former boxing champions meet Saturday night. Jones says he’s ready to die in the ring.
California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster, however, says this is not a real fight, its judges won’t score the scrap or announce a winner, knockdowns are not welcome and the exhibition will be stopped if it comes anything close to Hagler vs. Hearns.
Something has to give when Tyson and Jones mix it up for eight rounds at Staples Center in a pay-per-view event.
The 54-year-old Tyson and the 51-year-old Jones will bring a combined 116 professional wins and 105 years into the ring.
The proceedings will unfold over eight two-minute rounds, with 12-ounce gloves and without headgear, and longtime referee Ray Corona will be policing the action. There even has been anti-doping testing for the match.
The event's producer, Ryan Kavanaugh, is a longtime Hollywood executive who’s investment company Proxima Media is the majority owner of TikTok rival Triller. The social media platform reportedly paid $50 million to broadcast the fight. Kavanaugh is not a boxing promoter, but he might as well be Don King waxing promotional poetic and hinting that the late '80s version of Tyson will be making a comeback.
“This is a real fight in every way. The word exhibition does not actually have a definition in boxing except that it’s not going on a professional record,” Kavanaugh said. “The gloves are slightly a little bit more padded, but it’s like putting a roll of Kleenex in front of a moving truck.
“When [the CSAC] says ‘the fight is for fun’ … Tyson and Jones have made it clear it’s not for fun. The referee is there to make sure no one gets killed, Tyson doesn’t bite [Jones’] ear off or break his arm.”
Foster wants to make sure the marketing is dialed down a notch.
“I talked to Tyson and Jones at the same time and I trust that they are going to give me their word,” said Foster, a former fighter who wants to guarantee safety for the quinquagenarians. “Let’s be clear: I think they are going to hit each other some. I expect it to be a good, hard, boxing exhibition, but not like some kind of [real fight]."
Tyson is set to earn $10 million and Jones will haul in about $3 million. They are maintaining that their fight will be just as engaging as if they met at the turn of the century when they were on a collision course and four-division champion Jones was a heavyweight king as well.
"You got Mike Tyson and Roy Jones," Tyson said. "I’m coming to fight, and I hope he’s coming to fight. That’s all you need to know.”
Jones (66-9, 47 knockouts) backed up Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) after watching the former heavyweight champion unleash explosive workout videos all year.
"Who goes into the ring with the great, legendary Mike Tyson and thinks, ‘Oh, this is going to be an exhibition?’" Jones said. "12-ounce gloves? No headgear? Really? This is an exhibition? Come on, man. Be for real.’”
Tyson weighed 220.4 pounds and Jones stepped on the scale at 210 Friday at the downtown JW Marriott.
The pay-per-view will launch Triller’s live events business and Tyson’s latest venture in the sports startup Legends Only League. Twenty-one cameras and a 300-person crew will document the event. A 16-episode docuseries preceded it.
Former boxers Christy Martin, Vinny Pazienza and Chad Dawson will score the bout remotely, and a “Frontline Battle Belt” will be awarded.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
https://news.yahoo.com/mike-tyson-ro...022159043.html
So you got the event producer promising a war, and the CSAC head saying both fighters "are going to give me their word" :rolleyes: that they won't hurt each other.
Yep. This has disaster written all over it.
(BTW, they could've done without the flexing part. ;D )
Roy looks bad man. Just really wish he would have opted out and settled in to watch some of his own classics tonight.
Iron Mike in an exhibition? The exhibition was the fight promos and the weigh in...If Jones so much as taps him, Tyson will return to the dark side and go bang! The only hope Roy Jones Jr has in this "fight" is a WWE sort of agreement and Tyson has done that before!
Please, does anyone have a method to watch this? I'm here in Germany and out of luck as a non Sky customer.
I ain't got Sky and I ain't got DAZN.
So I'm sure as hell watching this Iron Mike vs Roy Jones Jr. "exhibition" no matter how bad it actually is. Who knows... together with the rest of the card it could be halfway entertaining. :D :D
Uh... ok. I guess we get treated to a mini-rap concert by Wiz Khalifa first. :-\
Opening fight between two relative unknowns, but pretty good little scrap so far. Javier Ortiz and Sulaiman Segawa.
After three pretty even rounds, Segawa looks like he's beginning to fold under the pressure and this fight could end soon. Ortiz pounding him to the body.
Well... Ortiz caves Segawa in with a shot to the body and fight over.
Now we get "treated" with another mini-concert. Not sure I like this new format. :-\
Badou Jack vs Blake McKernan up next.
Good first round. BJ looks to make short work of McKernan it seems like.
Wellllllll....... so much for THAT foregone conclusion. An absolute shellacking from Badou put on the hapless but very brave McKernan. They could have stopped this a couple of rounds early.
Ok let's see these two 50-somethings whale away at each other.
Wow this is even worse than I expected. ;D
Jones Jr. has been breathing hard since the end of the 1st round.
Tyson looks like he's definitely taking it easy on him.
The ref is allowing 30-second clinches in these 2-minute rounds.
All in all.... oh well.
Good thing I get these for free. ;)
Actually stayed up to hear them both talk. :-X
Mike was super gracious, when it was obvious from the get-go he could've stretched Roy out from the very 1st round. Not hating on Roy... just a fact.
Of course the fight was ceremoniously called a draw... what else were they going to say? :p
Bottom line... Mike looked very good for his age. Not good enough to be competitive against today's heavyweights... but pretty damn good.
Roy... well... he's an ATG as well. ;)
I'd see Mike do another exhibition. Roy... not so much.
Damn... it's late.
Evander Holyfield could be Mike Tyson’s next fight after naming price for trilogy
Mike Tyson could fight Evander Holyfield for a third time in his next fight after battling to a draw against Roy Jones Jr in his comeback last weekend.
The exhibition, which lasted the full eight, two-minute rounds, saw Tyson and Jones Jr accept a draw at Staples Center.
And Tyson, who has worked himself back into shape after rediscovering his love for the sport, is sure to continue fighting, despite being 54 years old.
The Baddest Man On The Planet confirmed his intent to continue fighting: “Of course I’ll do this again. I’m content with the draw because what really mattered was entertaining the fans.”
Tyson accepted a $7.5 million (£6.7m) purse for last weekend’s action, but a trilogy against the Real Deal would see him earn much more.
Holyfield is demanding at least $25m (£22.4m) to get back into the ring with Tyson.
Given Tyson would likely command parity at least with his long-standing rival, who has two victories over Iron Mike.
The second win of course came via disqualification, after Tyson took out a chunk of his ear with a desperate bite in 1997.
"It definitely wasn't me," Holyfield told the I Am Athlete podcast. "I wasn't getting in the ring for less than $25 million.
"I beat him twice. I felt it was wrong for me to have to ask him to fight me. I don't know (if he's scared). I would never ask a person that.
"If they called me to fight in two days, I'd be there to fight in two days."
More funds will likely be required to pay for the undercard, with YouTube star Jake Paul commanding a solid payday with a second-round knockout of former NBA player Nate Robinson.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/eva...130017561.html
‘I’m not going to be Fat Mike anymore’: Mike Tyson vows to stay in fighting shape after Roy Jones Jr draw
Mike Tyson has said he will stay in fighting shape following his draw against Roy Jones Jr at the weekend.
The 54-year-old competed for the first time in 15 years at the weekend when he took on his 51-year-old opponent in an exhibition bout at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.
And that match-up was just the start of the latest chapter in Tyson’s career, the former heavyweight champion said, expressing his intention to fight “every two months” from here on out.
“I’m going to work out,” Tyson said in his post-fight press conference, per MMA Fighting.
“It’s become my lifestyle now. I’m never going to be that guy: ‘Fat Mike’ and stuff, ‘Cokehead Mike’ – I ain’t going to be that guy no more.
“I [once] had 15 fights in one year, let’s just try to work closer to that. It has to be competitive where it’s constant, nobody can get out of shape because everyone’s fighting.
“It would be consistent. I would like to have [a fight] once every two months, my personal opinion. I’d like to fight every two months.”
Tyson admitted, however, that one hurdle will kicking his smoking habit.
“Listen, I can’t stop smoking,” he is reported by USA Today as saying.
“I smoked during fights. I just have to smoke, I’m sorry. I’m a smoker… I smoke every day. I never stopped smoking.”
Old rival Evander Holyfield is Tyson’s preferred opponent for his next fight. American Tyson lost twice to his compatriot during his career, and is keen on a trilogy bout.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/m-not-goin...143844366.html
Well, he does own a cannabis farm, so nice plug there Mike ;D
Why is no one asking Jones Jr. if he's going to fight anymore?