Tyson's claim to have not taken a lot of punches during his career is, as they said on Independence Day, not entirely accurate. Prior to Buster Douglas, it was right. After Buster knocked him out he and Razor Ruddock punched each other silly, twice. He took a terrible beating in the first Holyfield fight. He was completely shopworn after the Lewis ko. And then he got stopped by 2 tomato cans in his last fights.
Jones had such a weird career. He avoided so many fights during his prime years. And then, because he was such a preternatural talent (and rarely prone to show his killer instinct, as it were), the fights he did take often ended up boring and kept him from being the kind of ppv draw he wanted to be. Then, when his skills faded and he became all too punch-able, he fought better opposition at light heavy, finally fought Calzaghe, and gave Hopkins a rematch. Now, when he should've been in Canastota for at least the last 5 years (instead of most recently fighting in 2018) he's going to have an exhibition match with Tyson. Weird.
Hopefully as an exhibition, maybe with headgear and such, it will be safe. It will definitely be boring and pointless. I expect a huge buyrate and considerable appeal to the Mayweather-McGregor audience.
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