{"id":358,"date":"2020-07-23T19:19:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T19:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=358"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:43:59","slug":"mike-tyson-lines-up-opponent-for-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson lines up opponent for comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/canoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/boxing-usa-tyson-e1595531920488.jpg?quality=100&amp;strip=all\" title=\"Former boxer Mike Tyson before the fight .\" alt=\"Former boxer Mike Tyson before the fight .\" data-portal-copyright=\"Steve Marcus\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"739978\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Mike Tyson has lined up a boxing comeback with a fight against another big-time brawler, Roy Jones, Jr. <\/p>\n<p> The 54-year-old legend revealed plans to step back into the ring earlier this year and now he has an opponent lined up. <\/p>\n<p> The two fighters will headline the Frontline Battle on Sept. 12 and the eight-round fight will be available to watch as a pay-per-view event. It will also air live on social media platform, Triller, which is backed by stars like Pitbull and Snoop Dogg. <\/p>\n<p> Triller bosses are also filming the training and preparation before the fight night for a 10-part docuseries. <\/p>\n<p> Jones last fought professionally in 2018, while Tyson last hit the ring 15 years ago. Both have similar career records &ndash; Jones won 66 of his 75 professional fights, while Iron Mike lost only six of 56 scraps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mike Tyson has lined up a boxing comeback with a fight against another big-time brawler, Roy Jones, Jr. <\/p>\n<p>         The 54-year-old legend revealed plans to step back into the ring earlier this year and now he has an opponent lined up. <\/p>\n<p>         The two fighters will headline the Frontline Battle on Sept. 12 and the eight-round fight will be available to watch as a pay-per-view event. It will also air live on social media platform, Triller, which is backed by stars like Pitbull and Snoop Dogg. <\/p>\n<p>         Triller bosses are also filming the training and preparation before the fight night for a 10-part docuseries. <\/p>\n<p>         Jones last fought professionally in 2018, while Tyson last hit the ring 15 years ago. Both have similar career records \u2013 Jones won 66 of his 75 professional fights, while Iron Mike lost only six of 56 scraps.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}