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Legacy Secure, Roy Jones Jr. Readies for First Fight Against Mike Tyson

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As Mike Tyson returns to the boxing ring Saturday night for the first time since his cash-grab World Tour exhibitions in 2006, the spotlight is primarily on the 54-year-old polarizing figure.

Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs), however, isn't the only famed fighter in this question-filled bout. Roy Jones Jr. (66-9, 47 KOs), a legend in his own right, has been something of an afterthought in the build to the fight, which is not that much of a surprise. Unlike Tyson, whose last sanctioned fight came in 2005, Jones competed as recently as 2018. And despite amassing 66 wins in his professional boxing career, his promotional skills were always most visible while he was carving up an opponent in the ring.