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Executive working on Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. fight explains why event was delayed

The road to the highly anticipated exhibition boxing match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. has been met with excitement, and some questions since the bout was announced.

Originally scheduled to take place Sept. 12, MMA Fighting confirmed earlier this month that the contest between two former world champions will now take place Nov. 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The event will be streamed through cable, satellite and social media platform Triller for $49.99.

As the pieces were coming together, MyMMANews.com reported that Classic Entertainment & Sports, the parent company to New England fight promotion CES MMA—along with CES Boxing—was going to be promoting the event headlined by Tyson and Jones.