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Jul 29, 2022 | 12:00 PM EDT

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Boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. made a spectacular comeback in the year 2020 by engaging in an exhibition bout. Unsurprisingly, the event turned out to be a great success. Recently, the 56-year-old champ reflected on this exhibition while discussing his boxing career on the show with renowned comedian Kevin Hart.

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 “I don’t want to say this for that. It was the biggest pay-per-view. I’m 55 and I would have still been doing the situation, but all of a sudden people got greedy. I’m saying this is fun. It’s not serious, this is just us having fun and then I said, ” Tyson said.

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Both fighters were most likely to avoid throwing volume punches. However, the fight went rough frequently. Tyson was the aggressor in the entire eight-round showdown. He even landed a few hard punches.

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Regarding this, Hart put forth a question for Tyson. He asked, “This don’t look like Mike is doing a show anymore. Did you have a switch that clicked during the fight with Roy where it was like?”

‘The Baddest Man on Planet’ confessed, “I punched a little sometimes a little too hard, but you got the people came to see a show and Roy was tough enough to do that so they saw sure you can’t be real. You can’t go in there and play pity pat when you’re fighting.”

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Tyson wanted to keep the fight casual for the most part, but he also wanted to give the people their money’s worth. Therefore, he did kick it up a notch, knowing that Roy Jones Jr. was tough enough to hang in there with him.

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As of now, ‘Iron’ Mike is again making storylines regarding his boxing return.

What is Mike Tyson doing now?

The youngest heavyweight champion ever has turned into a business mogul. He has launched his own company that produces edibles, ‘Mike Bites’. That caused several controversies. Apart from this, the former champ is running a podcast ‘Hotboxin’ where he spends most of his time.

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Along with that, he seems to be getting his fair share of film projects.

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