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Dana White says Mike Tyson ‘looked f***ing awesome’ aged 54 in his boxing return draw with Roy Jones Jr

, Dana White says Mike Tyson ‘looked f***ing awesome’ aged 54 in his boxing return draw with Roy Jones Jr

DANA WHITE has described Mike Tyson’s comeback performance as ‘f****** awesome’ after the heavyweight drew with Roy Jones Jr.

At the age of 54, Iron Mike ended a 15-year spell out of the ring to return on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Mike Tyson impressed Dana White with his display at LA’s Staples Center
Roy Jones Jr took Tyson all the way in what was ruled as a draw by judges

Despite spending much of the eight-round affair on the front foot, Tyson could only take a draw against his 51-year-old counterpart.

The result left UFC chief and long-term pal White confident that the former world champ had, in fact, won the affair.

And he was left impressed with Tyson’s showing in the unique affair.

White told reporters: “You guys have been asking me questions leading up to this thing and I didn’t want to say anything.

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“[Tyson] is a good friend of mine. I was nervous, he is 54 years old, time is undefeated and time takes us all down.

“And one of the things I was worried about for Mike was that he has this incredible aura still and, at 54 years old, fighting is a young man’s game.

, Dana White says Mike Tyson ‘looked f***ing awesome’ aged 54 in his boxing return draw with Roy Jones Jr

“All that being said, he looked f****** awesome tonight, I was blown away by how good he looked.

“And I was worried about Roy. Roy is 51 years old but Roy has been way more active than Tyson has been.

“But Roy actually got more tired than Mike tonight – which was shocking.

“I am happy for him and I hope they both made a zillion dollars, and it exceeded my expectations.”

, Dana White says Mike Tyson ‘looked f***ing awesome’ aged 54 in his boxing return draw with Roy Jones Jr

Dana White felt pal Tyson was the better fighter on the night

Indeed, Tyson’s purse is set to amount to £7.5million for his 16 minutes of work on Saturday night.

The US pay-per-view price of almost £40 meant the American earned around £8,000 for every SECOND he was in the ring.

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And fans can expect to see Tyson back in the ring soon after declaring it was ‘more fun’ than a full-on title fight – with another contest ‘absolutely’ on his mind.

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