Tyson To Visit Crimea, Roy Jones Russian Passport !

Legendary American boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) is planning to visit Crimea in late November, promoter Vladimir Khryunov said on Monday.

“He will arrive in Crimea in autumn. We expect him to be in Russia on November 28,” Khryunov told TASS.

The 48-year-old US fighter, who wrapped up his professional career in 2005, holds the record of being the youngest boxer to win WBC, WBA and IBF belts when he was at the age of 20. He won his first 19 professional career bouts with a knockout.

Tyson, induced in the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame, was the first ever heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBC, WBA and IBF champion’s belts and the only fighter to successfully unify them.

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American boxer, rapper and actor Roy Jones Junior’s application for Russian citizenship will result in a passport being issued in a matter of days, promoter Vladimir Khryunov told TASS on Monday.

Signing the application for citizenship took place in Yalta, Crimea, on August 20, one day after the boxer met Russian President Vladimir Putin, making known his wish for Russian citizenship.

Russia’s leader agreed to help him provided Jones linked his personal future to Russia. “I suppose the passport will be ready this week,” Khryunov said.

Roy Jones Jr., born in 1969, has been viewed as the world’s top boxer regardless of weight category. He began professional boxing in 1989 and has won world titles in four weight categories.

For this year, the boxer has two scheduled fights, one with Danny Santiago of the US on August 29, a second matched against Britain’s Tony Moran on September 12.