I wonder if they agreed to keep it mostly to body shots. Mike was heavy in close, but didn't go to push away with a sneak uppercut, which he did in every fight longer than two rounds before this one.
Roy was not ready for a real fight the way that Mike was. Tyson lost some speed, but I got the feeling he could have gone 3 minute/12 round if he had to.
Lopez's call of the fight was great. If he thought that they were phoning it in for a round, he called it out. Jones's fighting style turned to 'huggy bear' after those two body shots early.
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