Mike Tyson's return will take place on September 12 in Los Angeles, in an eight-round exhibition match against Roy Jones , another ring legend. After 15 years of inactivity, the Terror of Brooklyn returns at 54 against a high-class rival, only three years younger, who already fastened four world champion belts between 1993 and 2004.

Legend's Only League, the organizing company, confirmed that it already has the approval of the California State Athletic Commission, although it could not yet specify if it will allow public access to the Dignity Health Sports Arena, with capacity for more than 25,000 spectators.

Kevin Iole , a reporter for Yahoo Sport, reported that this exhibition fight will reduce its duration from 12 to eight rounds. However, fighters will sport 12-ounce gloves, somewhat larger than those commonly worn by professionals in the heavier categories.

15 years after McBride

In any case, the return of Tyson, 54, exceeds any expectations. His set-up in recent months, crowed through social networks, is the best news for a champion who must still remove the memory of that ridicule against Kevin McBride in June 2005 in Washington. Only a few weeks earlier it had also been beaten by Lennox Lewis and Danny Williams .

Jones, considered one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the 1990s, reached the top in March 2003 in Las Vegas. That victory against John Ruiz proclaimed him champion of the heavy weights on the part of the World Association (WBA). He never defended that title, but went down one step to the light heavyweight. In November 2003, he unified the belts in that category in Las Vegas after beating Antonio Tarver on points .

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