Mike Tyson to return for exhibition match against Roy Jones Jnr at 54
- ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson set to return to the ring to face former four-weight champion Jones, 51
Mike Tyson is coming back to boxing at age 54.
The former heavyweight champion will meet four-division champion Roy Jones Jnr in an eight-round exhibition match on September 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park, formerly known as StubHub Center, in California.
Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history when he won the title in 1986 at age 20 and for a time was the most feared fighter in boxing. But his career became littered with distractions and he hasn’t boxed since 2005 after losing his second straight fight.
He has occasionally teased a return with workout videos and it’s finally scheduled to happen.
Jones, 51, won titles in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight before moving up to win the heavyweight title in 2003, becoming the first former middleweight champion to do so in 106 years.