Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson will be fighting it out in an exhibition match with an asking price of a cool $49.95 on pay-per-view this Saturday night on November 28th, starting at 9:00 pm ET.
Has Roy Jones got a touch of nerves, a case of cold feet? Jones, speaking recently with Sky Sports, stated how “if anything, I made a mistake going in with him.”
They only fought once and when they did meet, Roy Jones Jr. walked away a commanding winner over James Toney in November of 1994.
As fight fans know, the hyped Mike Tyson Vs. Roy Jones exhibition bout that was originally set for September 12 has been postponed, the new date November 28.
Mike Tyson has not scored a knockout since way back in February of 2003, when he took out “The Black Rhino,” Clifford Etienne inside a round.
It was always going to prove quite interesting to hear how stiff the P-P-V price-tag would be for the September 12 exhibition bout between legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.
It really is quite hard to remember how truly special, how great Roy Jones Jr was. In his prime, from 1993 to 2003, Jones really was “Superman.”
Two all-time greats who fought each other twice – seventeen years apart. One of the sport’s longest running feuds/rivalries saw Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.
Junior and Junior.
Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. is currently training British world title contender Chris Eubank Jr. Out in Florida, observing the lock-down demands many of us are currently living under, Eubank Jr.
Though modern greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Junior are all even at 1-1, no-one is calling for a deciding rubber-match.