Roy Jones Jr is upset about the WBC and California Commission making changes to his 8-round exhibition match against Mike Tyson on November 28th by changing it from three-minute to two-minute rounds.
By Kent Appel: Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Oscar De La Hoya, Chris Byrd, all great fighters in your day, do yourselves a great big favor and please stay retired!
Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr has been postponed from their originally scheduled date of September 12 until November 28. It’s believed that the reason why the fight is being moved is the hopes that crowds will be back for boxing events by November 28, so this is about money.
Hinting that he may go all out against Roy Jones Jr, Mike Tyson says he doesn’t want to get embarrassed in front of all the people that will be attending his eight-round exhibition match next month on September 12.
Former IBO super middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr has revealed that he’s now sparring with his trainer Roy Jones Jr to help him prepare for his eight-round exhibition match against Mike Tyson on September 12.
It’s interesting that, while plenty of pundits have taken offense at the September 12 exhibition fight between legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr (see veteran scribe Colin Hart’s recent article in The Sun, in which Hart says The California Commission should be ashamed of themselves for allowing the bout to take place) – fellow fighters have a far more positive view of the bout.
Promoter Lou DiBella believes the September 12 exhibition match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr could wind up being the most successful pay-per-view fight in 2020.
Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins says he’s interested in coming out of retirement for a third fight against Roy Jones Jr. He says they’re both knotted up at 1-1 with a victory apiece between them, and he’d like to break that tie by beating Roy again.
Roy Jones Jr has a warning to Mike Tyson that if he gets crazy in their eight-round exhibition match on September 12, he says he’s going to do something crazy back.