Mike Tyson to make boxing comeback in September

LAS VEGAS: Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is making a comeback to the ring and will fight in an eight-round exhibition on 12th September.

Tyson, 54, has not fought since losing to Kevin McBride in 2005, fifteen years ago. Tyson announced the match against 51-year-old fighter Roy Jones Jr. who last fought in 2018.  “It’s just going to be amazing,” Tyson said on his website.

Tyson caught the attention of the boxing world in May this year when he posted a short video of a workout that showed he possesses plenty of the punching power and speed, which qualities had allowed him to become the first heavyweight to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles.

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. His career became rife with distractions and he hasn’t boxed since 2005 after losing his second straight fight.

Jones 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.

The event will air on pay-per-view and the social media music platform Triller. Further matches on the card and musical entertainment will be announced in the coming weeks.