Romney breaks in boxing gloves

Mitt Romney is breaking in the gloves ahead of his charity fight with Evander Holyfield on Friday. 

“You may think this is just a joke, but I’m taking this very seriously,” Romney says in a video previewing the bout.

{mosads}The video includes mild trash talk and Romney reading his own book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.

“I don’t have much of a right hook, but when I get somebody’s ear I can be pretty formidable,” a suited Romney jokes later.

Friday’s fight in Salt Lake City is a fundraising event for Utah-based Charity Vision, a nonprofit focused on eye care for impoverished patients in developing countries in which the Romney family is involved. 

Holyfield, 52, recently said that he didn’t “want to get hit” by Romney, 68.

“Evander has told Mitt that Mitt can hit him as hard as he wants,” Ann Romney told People for a story published Wednesday. “I think it will be more of a comedy sketch, actually.”