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Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. Return From Retirement for Sept. 12 Exhibition Match

Two legendary boxing champs are going to toe the line in September.

On Thursday, Yahoo Sports reported that Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) and Roy Jones Jr. (66-9, 47 KOs) are coming out of retirement to face one another on Sept. 12. The two titans in the sport will headline a pay-per-view event held at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Their bout will be an exhibition match consisting of eight rounds of boxing.

Jones Jr. posted a Zoom video of the two signing the bout agreement on his Instagram.