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Floyd Mayweather Jr. thinks there are too many belts in boxing and that introducing a new belt every time someone fights is detrimental to the sport. This is not good for the sport of boxing, Mayweather told Showtime in a recent interview. “Now when a fighter fights, every fighter is a champion. Roy Jones Jr., however, who will fight Mike Tyson for the WBC Frontline Battle belt in an exhibition boxing match later this month, couldn’t disagree more.

The multiple-division boxing world champion went on a rant about how belts make boxing much more exciting for the fighters and said fighting for a new title is almost like trying a new drug for the first time. First of all, I don’t give a damn what nobody says, Jones said in response to Mayweather during a pre-fight press conference on Thursday. Don’t got nothing to do with me.

Secondly, when I was fighting, I wasn’t like them. I went and got every belt possible that I could get in my weight class at the time. Mike did the same thing. We come from the old school. We want every belt you got. I don’t care what kind of belt it is. It could be the Joe Patti Seafood belt, I want that. I don’t care. If you have a belt in my weight class, in my prime, I wanted that.

The World Boxing Council is coming out in full force to back the upcoming clash between former world champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Tyson and Jones will collide on November 28th in Los Angeles, as the headline bout of a pay-per-view event. Tyson, 54-years-old, retired from boxing back in 2005. And Jones, 51-years-old, was action for the last time in early 2018.

The bout will be contested as an eight round exhibition, with two minute rounds. The gloves will be larger than standard regulation, but no headgear will be used. As part of the theatrics, the WBC has created a special belt for the fight – and they plans to have three judges to score the rounds. This exhibition match is sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission involving thorough medical examinations and with VADA performing the Clean Boxing Program out of competition anti-doping testing to both, the WBC explained in a company statement.

The WBC has prepared a unique belt to commemorate this occasion. Each fighter will receive one, as a recognition of their innovative efforts to bring entertainment to the world with a great cause, during these very difficult and harsh times for humanity. A fun innovation is also being organized for November 28th, as The WBC Remote Scoring System will be used to have three legendary champions score the exhibition, via specific criteria, to provide additional entertainment to the fans from around the world.

It’s time for a little bit of nostalgia. After weeks and weeks of posting hype videos of training, Mike Tyson is heading back inside a boxing ring for an exhibition match on PPV. The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, now 54, will take on former four-division champion Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28 from Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jones Jr. himself turned 51 in January.

Tyson, of course, was one of the most feared heavyweights in history, dominating the division over the late 1980s, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history with brutal punching power that carried him to a 37-0 record before he fell victim to one of the greatest sports upsets in history when he was knocked out by James Buster Douglas in Tokyo in July 1990.

Tyson remained a star despite years spent in prison after being convicted of rape. Tyson would go on to infamous lows such as twice biting Evander Holyfield in their June 1997 rematch and quitting against Kevin McBride during his final pro bout. He has, in recent years, rehabilitated his image as a kinder, gentler version of himself, appearing in films, hosting a podcast and becoming an outspoken advocate for marijuana.

Jones was named the best boxer of the 1990s by Ring Magazine. At his best, Jones displayed a dazzling combination of speed, power and defense, while being able to showboat in fantastic and improbable ways. Jones won wold championships at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and eventually heavyweight in a historic accomplishment.

 

Mike Tyson’s highly anticipated return to the ring against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. will be shown live in the UK exclusively on BT Sport Box Office. Tyson, the former undisputed heavyweight world champion and the youngest man ever to win a heavyweight world title, will take on former four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr.

The exhibition match, presented by Triller, will take place in LA with YouTuber Jake Paul and former NBA star Nate Robinson, Badou Jack and Blake McKernon, Viddal Riley and Rashad Coulter who will fight in the build-up to Tyson v Jones Jr.

Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, having won his first nineteen professional bouts by knockout, and becoming the first heavyweight to unify the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1987. His opponent, Roy Jones Jr., made history himself in 2003, when he won the WBA heavyweight belt, becoming the first former middleweight champion to do so in 106 years.

BT Sport will live stream the Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Jr. press conference on Thursday 29th October at 6pm on the BT Sport YouTube channel. The press conference will give media the opportunity to interview both the former heavyweight world champions on their upcoming fight with Jake Paul and Nate Robinson also scheduled to appear.

The fight is the first event of a series of live sporting events produced under Mike Tyson’s Legends Only League, a next-generation sports venture that provides full support and infrastructure to the world’s greatest athletes.

Saturday 28th November will be an action-packed night of for boxing fans, kicking off with a BT Sport Fight Night headlined by Daniel Dubois v Joe Joyce available for BT Sport subscribers, followed by the highly anticipated return of Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr on BT Sport Box Office.

Mike Tyson is ready to get back into the ring. The heavyweight boxing legend will take on Roy Jones Jr. for an exhibition fight later this year, and even without any belts at stake, the match is still set to be one for the ages.

Tyson been retired since 2005, but the prospect of seeing him in the ring again is still an exciting one — especially when he’s aiming to take on a pedigree fighter like one-time four-division world champion Jones Jr., 51. Although the forthcoming match-up they’ve agreed to is just an exhibition fight without all the same stakes and rules as an ordinary slugfest, these pugilists will still command lots of eyeballs.

Previously scheduled for September, the event, called the Frontline Battle, has been pushed to Thanksgiving weekend, now taking place on Saturday, Nov. 28. It’ll go eight rounds, and is sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission. Changing the date to Nov. 28th will give more people the opportunity to see the biggest comeback in boxing history, Tyson said in a media statement. This temporary inconvenience will last longer than Roy Jones Jr. He better be ready, I’m coming full force.

The bout is planned to air on traditional pay-per-view and social media app Triller, and it is scheduled to go down at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, just outside Los Angeles. While the fight itself isn’t exactly a standard match with the traditional consequences, it’s sure to be entertaining; artists including Snoop, Lil Wayne, Future, Pitbull, and The Weeknd are scheduled to perform during the event. Leading up to the right, Triller is planning to air a 10-part docuseries that will show Mike and Roy preparing for their fight, with two episodes arriving every week until fight night.