Tommy Fury ‘in talks’ to face boxing legend after KSI combat – EXCLUSIVE

Nov 22, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Tommy Fury ‘in talks’ to face boxing legend after KSI combat – EXCLUSIVE

John Fury confirms he has spoken to Roy Jones Jr about the potential of the boxing legend preventing his son . The pair got here face-to-face in Saudi Arabia on the money-spinning vs Francis Ngannou mega occasion the place the concept was first floated round.

Now, Fury Sr says they’re exploring the potential of an exhibition bout and are planning on sitting down with the previous four-weight world champion to thrash out a deal. “We’re speaking to Roy Jones Jr; we can do something with him,” Fury Sr told Express Sport via Free Bets UK.

“I’m giving it some thought at the time of speaking. Roy Jones Jr is a great guy. He’s a lovely fella, a standup man and a hall-of-fame great.”

Pressed on whether or not the discussions have centred round a combat between Tommy and Jones Jr, Fury Sr replied: “Yeah, maybe it is an exhibition or something, whatever he wants to do. We’ve not really spoken in great detail, but he did say over in Saudi ‘Let’s do something’ and we’re all ears. We just need to sit down and see what is best for Tommy and Roy Jones Jr.”

Jones Jr could have his finest days behind him however the 54-year-old continues to be actively competing within the sport. In April, he went the gap with former UFC light-weight world champion Antony Pettis in an expert boxing bout earlier than knocking out bodybuilder “NDO Champ” within the first-ever Metaverse boxing match two months later.

During a glistening skilled boxing profession stretching again to 1989, Jones Jr received world titles from middleweight all the way in which as much as heavyweight. But regardless of retiring on a number of events RJ has been unable to kick the bug and now needs to share the ring with a boxer 30 years his junior.

The final time Tommy stepped between the ropes he defeated by way of unanimous choice on the Misfits Boxing Prime Card on the Manchester Arena final month. Their bout was initially declared a majority choice however the end result was altered after it was revealed that one scorecard had been added up incorrectly.

KSI felt he did sufficient to win the bout and has gone on to enchantment the end result with the Professional Boxing Association (PBA), the semi-professional sanctioning physique that oversaw the bout. A listening to came about on Monday and a choice is ready to be reached by the assessment panel and introduced inside 14 days.