MIKE TYSON and Roy Jones Jr hit out at their fight being moved from three-minute rounds to two insisting it ‘cheats the fans’.
The American legends are coming out of retirement to fight over eight exhibition rounds on November 28.
Mike Tyson comes out of retirement to face Roy Jones Jr
Jones and Tyson will fight over eight, two-minute rounds Credit: Getty Images – Getty
They do so without head guards but will wear 12oz gloves – instead of the usual 10oz.
And the WBC – who are sanctioning the fight with the California State Athletic Commission – dropped the rounds to two minutes.
The decision has not gone down well with Tyson, 54, who will fight for the first time in 15 years.
He said: “I’m sure they had their reasons but the women fight two minutes.
“But this is bigger than me, it’s not all about me, so who am I to talk. I’m just happy that we’re doing it.”
Former four-division Jones – who only retired in 2018 – was also left unhappy having to fight a minute less.
And the 51-year-old believes it was beneficial for all, including the fans, to stick to the regular rule of three minutes used in men’s professional boxing.
Jones fumed: “I’m not happy at all, that’s for women.
“Why would I want two minute rounds? We’re not women, we’re two of the best to ever do it.
“Why cut it to two minutes, it doesn’t do anything for him or for me; it cheats the fans who are excited.
“It was advantageous for everybody to keep it to three minutes.”
Mike Tyson says that his fight with Roy Jones is a real fight and not an exhibition
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
