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Freddie Roach says Mike Tyson won’t hold back vs. Roy Jones Jr.

Freddie Roach says Mike Tyson won’t hold back when he faces Roy Jones Jr. next month.

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Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach says it is hard to view anything involving Mike Tyson as an “exhibition” ahead of the former heavyweight champion’s return to the ring at the age of 54 versus the 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr.

Tyson and Jones Jr. will compete over eight two-minute rounds on Nov. 28 in California in what the fighter once regarded as “The Baddest Man on the Planet” hopes will help kickstart a ‘Legends Only’ sports project involving various huge names of yesteryear.

However, Roach, who worked with Tyson in the early 2000s, believes it will be the vicious Tyson of old who steps between the ropes next month in California.

“I spoke with Mike Tyson about 10 days ago, and I told him he doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘exhibition,'” Roach told Press Box.

“He laughed but he knew what I meant. Mike is an old school fighter who only has one gear — forward. And I know when that bell rings, Mike will be swinging for the fences.”

Roach can only see the fight ending one way.

“I think Mike knocks Roy Jones out,” he said. “But I did warn Mike that he has to be careful of Roy’s left to the body. That’s the punch Roy used to knock out Virgil Hill.”

Roach was also full of praise for new charge Eumir Marcial, whom he recently said could end up following in fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s footsteps. Roach has worked with Pacquiao for much of the eight-division titleholder’s career.

“Eumir hits really hard,” said Roach. “He’s a very slick southpaw and a pleasure to train. He has a good work ethic, he works his tail off, and he soaks in everything he is taught.

“He speaks three or four different languages fluently. Very bright. Just a few days into camp, his brother passed away and he decided to stay in camp instead of going back to the Philippines for the funeral.

“I know he was hurting inside but that showed me his dedication to being the best. He wants to bring Olympic gold and a world title belt back to the Philippines. He loves his country so much. He’s a gem.”

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Freddie Roach says Mike Tyson won’t hold back vs. Roy Jones Jr.

Freddie Roach says Mike Tyson won’t hold back when he faces Roy Jones Jr. next month.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on DAZN.com.

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Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach says it is hard to view anything involving Mike Tyson as an “exhibition” ahead of the former heavyweight champion’s return to the ring at the age of 54 versus the 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr.

Tyson and Jones Jr. will compete over eight two-minute rounds on Nov. 28 in California in what the fighter once regarded as “The Baddest Man on the Planet” hopes will help kickstart a ‘Legends Only’ sports project involving various huge names of yesteryear.

However, Roach, who worked with Tyson in the early 2000s, believes it will be the vicious Tyson of old who steps between the ropes next month in California.

“I spoke with Mike Tyson about 10 days ago, and I told him he doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘exhibition,'” Roach told Press Box.

“He laughed but he knew what I meant. Mike is an old school fighter who only has one gear — forward. And I know when that bell rings, Mike will be swinging for the fences.”

Roach can only see the fight ending one way.

“I think Mike knocks Roy Jones out,” he said. “But I did warn Mike that he has to be careful of Roy’s left to the body. That’s the punch Roy used to knock out Virgil Hill.”

Roach was also full of praise for new charge Eumir Marcial, whom he recently said could end up following in fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s footsteps. Roach has worked with Pacquiao for much of the eight-division titleholder’s career.

“Eumir hits really hard,” said Roach. “He’s a very slick southpaw and a pleasure to train. He has a good work ethic, he works his tail off, and he soaks in everything he is taught.

“He speaks three or four different languages fluently. Very bright. Just a few days into camp, his brother passed away and he decided to stay in camp instead of going back to the Philippines for the funeral.

“I know he was hurting inside but that showed me his dedication to being the best. He wants to bring Olympic gold and a world title belt back to the Philippines. He loves his country so much. He’s a gem.”

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Roy Jones Jr.: I’m ready to ‘die’ against Mike Tyson

Roy Jones Jr. claimed he is ready to die in his forthcoming fight with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

Roy Jones Jr. said he’s ready to die in his forthcoming fight with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

They are set to fight in an exhibition fight on Nov. 28, which will be Tyson’s first appearance in the ring in 15 years. Despite that absence, Jones is wary of the threat his opponent poses.

The 51-year-old fighter appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss the fight and acknowledged that Tyson appears to have maintained the power that saw him twice become a heavyweight champion.

“You get hit by Mike Tyson, anything can happen to you,” Jones said. “Mike Tyson is not just an ordinary puncher. I love boxing, so if I’ve gotta die boxing, I’m gonna die a happy man. There are other ways I’d rather go, but if I went that way, I’m not mad at that.”

Jones told Rogan that despite the pair’s long boxing careers, they were never lined up for a bout until the exhibition was proposed.

“I would have fought Mike Tyson,” Jones said. “He was the youngest heavyweight champ of all time. To me, he was one of the most explosive, entertaining guys you’d want to see. Because you never know what he’s going to do, and it’s the same reason I’m going in right now.

“Nobody ever saw me going to heavyweight back then. By the time I did, he was already on his way out. He had already departed the heavyweight division.”

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Roy Jones Jr.: I’m ready to ‘die’ against Mike Tyson

Roy Jones Jr. claimed he is ready to die in his forthcoming fight with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

Roy Jones Jr. said he’s ready to die in his forthcoming fight with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

They are set to fight in an exhibition fight on Nov. 28, which will be Tyson’s first appearance in the ring in 15 years. Despite that absence, Jones is wary of the threat his opponent poses.

The 51-year-old fighter appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss the fight and acknowledged that Tyson appears to have maintained the power that saw him twice become a heavyweight champion.

“You get hit by Mike Tyson, anything can happen to you,” Jones said. “Mike Tyson is not just an ordinary puncher. I love boxing, so if I’ve gotta die boxing, I’m gonna die a happy man. There are other ways I’d rather go, but if I went that way, I’m not mad at that.”

Jones told Rogan that despite the pair’s long boxing careers, they were never lined up for a bout until the exhibition was proposed.

“I would have fought Mike Tyson,” Jones said. “He was the youngest heavyweight champ of all time. To me, he was one of the most explosive, entertaining guys you’d want to see. Because you never know what he’s going to do, and it’s the same reason I’m going in right now.

“Nobody ever saw me going to heavyweight back then. By the time I did, he was already on his way out. He had already departed the heavyweight division.”

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Mike Tyson will be voting for first time as result of new law

Mike Tyson will be allowed to vote in the presidential election because of a new Nevada law allowed convicted felons to do so.

Mike Tyson will be taking part in the electoral process for the first time.

“Iron Mike” will be allowed to vote in the presidential election because of a new Nevada law allowed convicted felons to do so. And he plans to take advantage of the opportunity.

“This election will be my 1st time voting. I never thought I could because of my felony record. I’m proud to finally vote,” he tweeted.

He hasn’t revealed who he will for. The U.S. general election is Nov. 3.

Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison on rape charges in 1992. He served three years.

The 54-year-old former heavyweight champ is scheduled to face Roy Jones Jr. in an pay-per-view exhibition on Nov. 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

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Mike Tyson will be voting for first time as result of new law

Mike Tyson will be allowed to vote in the presidential election because of a new Nevada law allowed convicted felons to do so.

Mike Tyson will be taking part in the electoral process for the first time.

“Iron Mike” will be allowed to vote in the presidential election because of a new Nevada law allowed convicted felons to do so. And he plans to take advantage of the opportunity.

“This election will be my 1st time voting. I never thought I could because of my felony record. I’m proud to finally vote,” he tweeted.

He hasn’t revealed who he will for. The U.S. general election is Nov. 3.

Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison on rape charges in 1992. He served three years.

The 54-year-old former heavyweight champ is scheduled to face Roy Jones Jr. in an pay-per-view exhibition on Nov. 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

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Mike Tyson: ‘Jon Jones gotta fight me if he wants … super money’

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson and UFC star Jon Jones have exchanged messages on social media about fighting one another.

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on DAZN.com.

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Jon Jones is currently in a feud with the UFC over fighter pay and has gone as far as to suggest that he’ll relinquish his UFC light heavyweight title if the MMA promotional company doesn’t pay him what he feels he deserves.

The UFC is seemingly unwilling to pay Jones for a heavyweight showdown with Francis Ngannou but perhaps there’s another heavyweight in combat sports who could face arguably the best mixed martial artist of all time.

And that person is Mike Tyson.

The 53-year-old former heavyweight champion has been teasing a return to boxing with training videos over the past few months. Tyson took to Instagram Live to explain that if Jones wants real money, he’ll have to step into the ring with him.

“A UFC [fighter] will never be richer than a first class [boxer],” Tyson said. “To make a hundred million dollars, Conor [McGregor] had to fight Floyd [Mayweather]! Even if he fights Jon Jones, he’s not going to get that. Jon Jones gotta fight me to make some super money.”

After hearing Tyson, Jones responded with, “I’m listening.”

Jones then followed that with an Instagram post laying down the terms of a potential fight.

“I’ll box you in the ring if you promise to give me a real fight in the octagon afterwards,” Jones said. “And because I respect you so much, I promise I won’t break anything on you.”

While this all sounds good in theory, the likelihood of a Jon Jones and Mike Tyson fight is slim to none. But that’s also what was said about Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather and it ended up being one of the richest fights on combat sports history. You can never say never if the money is right.

Mike Tyson legend started at not-so-tender age of 13

Mike Tyson was only 13 and fighting for the first time when his punching power first raised eyebrows.

Mike Tyson was 13 years old – going on 19 – when he fought in a ring for the first time.

The troubled kid from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, who was no stranger to street fights, ended up in the custody of trainer Cus D’Amato as a teenager. His assistants were Teddy Atlas and Kevin Rooney.

Tyson learned the basics of boxing and then was deemed ready for his first amateur fight. The problem was that he weighed as much as 200 pounds at 13. Who was  he going to fight?

Atlas told the story on his “The Fight” podast.

“I take him down to the Bronx smokers when the time came for him to finally be ready to fight,” Atlas said. “When I finally thought he was ready to fight I’ve gotta pick the opponent. By this time he was probably up to 195, 200 pounds. He was 13 years old, I think. How am I gonna find a heavyweight [his age to fight him]?

“I had to put him in with a 17-year-old. Everybody would lie and try to get an edge in these places. [An official] said, ‘OK, Teddy, put down his age.’ So I put down 13. And [he] said, ‘Teddy, come on, now you’re going too far.’ I said, ‘OK, you want me to make you happy? I’ll put down that he’s 18.’”

Atlas went on: “So I put him in this ‘exhibition’, it was called an exhibition, bigger gloves, bigger headgear. We agreed, ‘OK, we’re gonna box and we’re not trying to kill each other.’ But I knew I had to look out for Mike. I knew this other guy was older, I knew this other guy would not keep his word.

“So I just said, ‘Mike, be alert, see what he does.’ … The other guy’s looking to knock him out. So, within a minute, Mike made him miss and it’s over. He knocks this 17-year-old kid out. … Bang, bang, bang, hitting him with combinations, three-punch combinations.

“All of a sudden he pins him on the ropes. He hurts the guy, the guy goes against the ropes. Then he comes in, bang, he hits him with a left hook. The guy’s head goes like this (twists backward), his body goes like this (limp) and he falls outside the ring.”

“I mean, you talk about Hollywood. His mouthpiece goes flying, probably about 20 feet back and winds up in somebody’s lap. The legend of Mike Tyson was starting. But there was a problem right away, because now his trainer jumped in the ring to go after Mike.

“I went immediately after him. I was his father, big brother, whatever you wanna call it. Even though Cus D’Amato is the patriach of the whole thing, I was the guy there with him. I jump in the ring and go right after the trainer and we’ve got each other by the throat.

“He’s going right after Mike so I go right after him and I intercede. We got each other and I tell him, ‘I’ll freaking break your jaw.’ I push him off and he backs up. Mike says, ‘What’s gonna happen?’ He was still a kid. I said, ‘Nothing. Nothing’s gonna happen to you.’”

Seven years later, Tyson was heavyweight champion of the world.