How the Tyson-Jones Jr. Fight Represents the Allure and Inadequacy of Nostalgia
ike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., two of the world’s greatest boxers circa 1990, are set to fight in an exhibition match this Saturday in the Year of Our Lord 2020. They are on a card that features: Nate Robinson, one of the NBA’s most spectacular dunk artists 10 years ago, who’s fighting a guy who’s famous solely because YouTube exists; Badou Jack, an aging former titleholder, who’s fighting a journeyman with no business being in the ring with him; and, at the