[아시아타임즈=김지호 기자] Mike Tyson (54) and Roy Jones Jr. (51)’s professional boxing legend match ended in a draw after a hiatus.
Tyson played a 15-year comeback against Jones Jr. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA on the 29th (Korean time).
Tyson, who became the youngest heavyweight champion at the age of 20 in 1986, is a legendary boxer who conquered the professional boxing world with’nuclear fist’. With a career record of 50 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, he showed the power of stealing KOs 44 times, and there is no boxer comparable in recognition in terms of recognition due to travel such as’nuclear teeth’.
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Jones Jr., who was a silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the middle, super middle, light heavy, and heavy weight classes.
Both players have been retired for a long time, but since they are legends that dominated professional boxing in the world, there were many fans expecting a high-quality game.
However, in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), a two-minute and eight-round battle took place in an unattended game.
Tyson at least was willing to fight. But Jones Jr. was impatient to run away to avoid being beaten by Tyson.
Tyson stuck fiercely from the start of the first round, but Jones Jr. delayed the time with a clinch (hugging) followed by a winding arm.
Tyson, in her 50s, couldn’t easily beat Jones Jr. Sometimes I hit heavy punches, but speed didn’t support me. The game unfolded in the same way from start to finish. There was overwhelmingly more time to hug each other than the time when the two fighters punched.
In addition, the more he played the round, his stamina declined, so Tyson had no energy to chase, and Jones Jr. had no strength to run away. The time to hug each other increased even more.
Referee Ray Corona, who played the game alone without a second referee, warned Jones Jr. of holding only after entering the fourth round.
Since it is an unofficial match, winners and losers were not selected after the match. However, the World Boxing Council (WBC) declared a draw after forming an informal scorer with three former boxers.
Both players claimed that they had won in an interview after the game, and even in the midst of the game, the two kept a lot of’fight money’.
Tyson is known to have been guaranteed a match ticket of 10 million dollars (about 11 billion won). Jones Jr.’s charging fee was delivered up to 3 million dollars (about 3.3 billion won).