The exhibition bout between boxing icons Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr was scored as a draw as the two fighters met in an entertaining if predictable clash in Los Angeles, RT reports.
With a combined age of 105, Tyson and Jones Jr were always unlikely to produce anything like the fireworks of their heyday but both men put on a passable show across eight two-minute rounds at the Staples Center.
When the fighting was done, both men looked worn out after a bout in which large spells were spent in a clinch but Tyson in particular showed some flashes of his erstwhile brilliance and appeared to do the sharper work throughout the contest.
Under the rules of the bout sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission, no winner was declared in the ring but a panel of judges assembled by the WBC outside the arena announced that it should be a draw.
Tyson, who was stepping between the ropes to compete for the first time since 2005, declared himself happy with the result — while Jones praised his fellow boxing icon but said he felt he had done enough to be declared the winner.
