The Tyson-Jones P-P-V Pulled In Over 1 Million Buys
We all knew the interest levels in the Mike Tyson Vs. Roy Jones exhibition bout were high, but we never really thought they would prove to be 1.2 million pay-per-view buys high.
We all knew the interest levels in the Mike Tyson Vs. Roy Jones exhibition bout were high, but we never really thought they would prove to be 1.2 million pay-per-view buys high.
Heavyweight legends George Foreman and Larry Holmes both watched Saturday night’s Mike Tyson-Roy Jones exhibition with interest, as did Tyson’s former trainer Teddy Atlas.
34 Years Ago Today He Won The WBC Heavyweight Title; This Saturday Mike Tyson Will Fight Again
We knew Mike Tyson would go on to achieve a whole lot more, that he would perhaps dominate the heavyweight division for some time.
Zab Judah says Mike Tyson is playing for keeps his eight-round exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr this Saturday night on November 28th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
In a hopeless dream, Mike Tyson says he’s interested in exhibition fights for charity purposes against Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, and Deontay Wilder in the future.
Weights: Mike Tyson 220.4 vs Roy Jones Jr. 210
Badou Jack 188.9 vs Blake McKernan 186.8
Jamaine Ortiz 133.5 vs Sulaiman Segawa 131.8
Irvin Gonzalez 124.4 vs Edward Vazquez 125.4
The rules for this Saturday night’s heavily hyped exhibition bout between living legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones have been released, and it’s fair to say plenty of fight fans are more than a little disappointed, not to mention puzzled, over the rules set for the fight in Los Angeles.
Though the question posed in the title of this article takes a past tense approach – as in who WAS the greater fighter, we all know that Mike Tyson and Roy Jones are still fighting.
Maybe it’s a sign of the times, maybe it’s a lack of genuine fighting heroes, but this Saturday’s hugely hyped and welcomed super-fight exhibition (if there is such a thing) between Mike Tyson, aged 54, and Roy Jones, aged 51, has ticked the boxes of curiosity for fight fans the world over.
The World Boxing Council will pay tribute to superstar champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones jr, who through their wondrous careers, have written with golden letters several chapters in the history books of the WBC and boxing in general.