Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. - 28 November 2020

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Tyson v Jones Jr. will be shown in the UK exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office

• BT Sport to stream this week’s press conference live on YouTube
• Saturday 28th November will be a huge night of heavyweight boxing with Dubois v Joyce available to BT Sport subscribers, followed by Tyson v Jones Jr. on BT Sport Box Office

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 vs. Roy Jones Jr LIVE on FITE TV In The US & Canada

FITE, the premiere global platform for sports and entertainment, announced today that it has acquired the exclusive US and Canadian digital rights to carry the highly anticipated Tyson vs. Jones Pay Per View event on November 28th at 9pm ET. As part of the deal, FITE’s battle-tested PPV platform is powering TysonOnTriller.com, the central hub for the event. Fans can buy the digital event via FITE.tv, any of the FITE mobile/OTT/Smart TV platforms, or directly from the TysonOnTriller.com website which will feature fight news, announcements, promotional videos and coming soon, a digital portal to buy the event.

This important boxing and pop cultural event, featuring “Iron” Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. is brought to you by Triller, the wildly popular digital app. The entire 4-hour event, which will kick off at 8pm ET with the live PPV Main card starting at 9pm ET, will also feature an exciting undercard of compelling fights in addition to Tyson and Jones Jr.: Badou Jack vs. Blake McKernan, Viddal Riley vs. Rashad Coulter, and YouTuber Jake Paul vs. Nate Robinson. The host will be Emmy-winner Mario Lopez. Details about the live countdown show and the special musical artists to be added to this multimedia event will be announced soon.

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.

“The Tyson vs. Jones fight is going to be one of those iconic brawls people will be talking about for decades,” said Michael Weber, COO of FITE. “Triller and FITE are the perfect pair to deliver a flawless, no-filler fan experience worthy of this moment.”

“Triller has always been about shaking things up and pursuing our motto, ‘You do you,’” said Triller Chairman Bobby Sarnevesht. “No one embodies that motto more than Mike Tyson. We’re thrilled to be working with Tyson and Legends Only League, Jones Jr., this amazing group of athletes, and FITE to present this historic event.”

FITE, an international company headquartered in New York, has streamed more than 3,500 events in the last 5 years including major PPV events from Top Rank, PBC, AEW, UFC, WWE, Impact, GoldenBoy/HBO and Matchroom Boxing. This company, which specializes in global digital PPV live streams will make this event available via all major OTT devices: Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV, XBOX, Chromecast, PlayStation, online at FITE.tv, all iOS and Android mobile apps, Vizio SmartCast TVs and more than 7,000 Smart TV models, as well as via TysonOnTriller.com. Plus, the PPV fight purchase made via any of these FITE platforms will work on the others as well, and include replays.

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Probably won't be £19.95

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WBC creates 'frontline' championship belt for Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., will also handle fight scoring

Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr will be competing for the WBC Frontline Battle Belt, I’m told. Here’s a pic of said belt, created just for them.

They meet on 11/28.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)

[Boxerbeetle]

I wouldn’t pay £1 for this.

[cormack]

they would need to pay me !
plus snacks and beer ..

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[tonyevs]

I guess the casuals and the MMA crowd will buy it. I think they are the only ones who dont realise that an exhibition is little more than a sparring session.

After Mayweather`s last couple ``fights` you cant really begrudge Tyson and Jones from cashing in too.

[MasterG]

Wont pay to watch it but will proberly watch just out of interest on a free stream

[TheGman]

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Wont pay to watch it but will proberly watch just out of interest on a free stream

Same..

[gilgamesh]

Wouldn't watch it if it was in my backyard.

It was already pathetic. The WBC sticking their grimey head into it, just makes it disgusting.

I can't see myself watching any Boxing anytime soon until the fans, the media and everyone else that follows the sport tells the WBC where they can stick their f*cking belts.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Have bt announced a price? Disgraceful that they are putting this freakshow on ppv

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Have bt announced a price? Disgraceful that they are putting this freakshow on ppv

No price yet.

[stujones]

Is the WBC thing serious - are they going to start sanctioning the WWE - that is more real than this.

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[jamesmcdonnell]

I'd rather watch a hyena eating my entrails than this garbage.

[Nightmare Roy]

It’s for the WBC frontline battle belt, wtf does that even mean, complete shit show

[MasterG]

Will this fight be on the boxers record or not?

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Tyson and Jones Jr unhappy with two-minute

Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr say fighting two-minute rounds "is for women" as they prepare for their exhibition fight at the Staples Centre on 28 November.

[tonyevs]

Will this fight be on the boxers record or not?

Its not a fight. Its an exhibition - just a show; Tyson and Jones will act like its a fight; may even have rehearsed something to make it seems more exciting for the WWF/MMA crowd who will have bought it ... but no, it wont be on their records as an actual contest.

Tyson is a boxing history buff, and will know that all the old timers used to do such things to provide a pension after their actual fighting days were over.

[MasterG]

Will this fight be on the boxers record or not?

Its not a fight. Its an exhibition - just a show; Tyson and Jones will act like its a fight; may even have rehearsed something to make it seems more exciting for the WWF/MMA crowd who will have bought it ... but no, it wont be on their records as an actual contest.

Tyson is a boxing history buff, and will know that all the old timers used to do such things to provide a pension after their actual fighting days were over.

[Ezzard]

Will this fight be on the boxers record or not?

Its not a fight. Its an exhibition - just a show; Tyson and Jones will act like its a fight; may even have rehearsed something to make it seems more exciting for the WWF/MMA crowd who will have bought it ... but no, it wont be on their records as an actual contest.

Tyson is a boxing history buff, and will know that all the old timers used to do such things to provide a pension after their actual fighting days were over.

Exactly what I thought. I won't pay for it but I'd watch them spar.

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Tyson-Jones exhibition cut down to eight two-minute rounds

On November 28th in Los Angeles on Triller pay-per-view, boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., will engage in exhibition fight in which the 54 year-old Tyson and the 51 year-old Jones clash for eight two-minute rounds using twelve-ounce gloves. The WBC will likely provide some form of off-site judging for the exhibition. As part of the $50 pay-per-view, former super middleweight champion Badou Jack (22-3-3) takes on Blake McKernan (66-9) and in the chief supporting bout YouTuber Jake Paul (1-0) and takes on former NBA star Nate Robinson (pro debut). (There will be al least one additional bout). A press conference was held last Thursday.

When asked for his reaction to the fight being classified as an exhibition by the California Athletic Commission instead of it being a "real fight", Tyson snapped, "Listen, I don't know what you are talking about, what's not a real fight? You got Mike Tyson and Roy Jones. I'm coming to fight and I hope he's coming to fight. That's all you need to know."

Jones finished the thought, "Who goes in the ring with the great, legendary Mike Tyson and thinks, aw, this is just an exhibition. Twelve ounce gloves, no headgear... really, this is an exhibition? Come on bruh, be for real!"

As for the two-minute rounds, Tyson said he was disappointed with that restriction. "I'm sure they have their reasons for doing it, but you know, the women fight two minutes. But this is bigger than me, its for charity, its not all about me. The commissioner has more input than I do, so who am I to talk? I'm just happy that we're doing it."

Jones said he was preparing very hard for the fight: "Honestly, I'd have to be a fool not to [train intensely]. I'm going into the ring with one of the most dangerous men ever to grace the boxing ring. How could you go in there with twelve ounce gloves on, which is only two ounces bigger than what you normally fight in. You got on twelve ounce gloves, in with the one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, the youngest heavyweight champ of all time. And you're gonna not prepare to your utmost intensity? Are you crazy? It should be even higher than your most intense time's work because this is a bigger situation."

[Ricky]

I bet on Roy Jones but tbh im worried that this is some kind of fit up, where they'll just raise Tysons arm no matter what.

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It's rumored to be £14.95 (around $20).