Tyson added he had also instructed his sparring partners not to hold back. ItвЂ™s just total confidence and self-affirmation. вЂњIвЂ™m really happy with everything IвЂ™ve been doing. вЂњLast time I was 215 pounds I was like 17 or 18 years old,вЂќ Tyson said. Momentum for a Tyson comeback gathered pace earlier this year after video footage showed the man who terrorised the heavyweight scene from 1986 to 1990 looking lean and sharp during a workout. вЂњWhen I came along, at 32 years old you were considered an old guy вЂ¦ but weвЂ™re freaks - thatвЂ™s why this is such a big thing.вЂќД«ut both fighters are unhappy with the decision to use two-minute rounds, saying they would have preferred to fight with the longer three-minute rounds. Who goes in the ring with the great, legendary Mike Tyson and thinks вЂThis is an exhibitionвЂ™? Twelve-ounce gloves? No headgear? Really? This is an exhibition? Come on, be real. вЂњIf you donвЂ™t know that then thereвЂ™s something wrong with you. вЂњThe last guy that tried an exhibition with Mike Tyson got dropped in the first round,вЂќ Jones said.

Jones, whose last fight came in 2018 with a unanimous decision over cruiserweight Scott Sigmon, also rejected the fightвЂ™s exhibition tag, while describing himself and Tyson as вЂњfreaksвЂќ. IвЂ™m coming to fight and I hope heвЂ™s coming to fight and thatвЂ™s all you need to know,вЂќ Tyson told a virtual press conference. вЂњNot a real fight? ItвЂ™s Mike Tyson versus Roy Jones.

While the California State Athletic Commision-sanctioned event has been dismissed as a circus act in some quarters, Tyson and Jones bristled at criticism the pay-per-view fight would not be a legitimate contest. insisted Friday they are preparing for a bruising battle when they face each other in an eight-round exhibition bout in Los Angeles.ДЇormer world heavyweight champion Tyson, 54, will be fighting for the first time in 15 years when he meets four-division world champion Jones, 51, at the Staples Centre on November 29.

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