Tommy Fury looks set to face boxing legend, Roy Jones Jr, next year.
Fury has been boxing in the influencer sphere and quite frankly cashing in but it looks like he could meet Jones Jr. next year if the money is right.
Speaking to Casino Alpha the American said:
“Me and Tommy Fury is a great idea. John Fury initially said he wanted to fight Mike Tyson, so I said If you’re all going to do that, let’s go and make an all-out card… if John fights Mike, I’ll fight Tommy on the undercard or as the co-main, that would be awesome right? Tommy Fury said ‘alright, let’s fight for real’ so I said ‘whoa okay, that might work, but I need to get these knees right first’.”
“That’s going to take me a little bit of time, not a lot of time, six to eight weeks… but we’re in talks, it’s being negotiated, it’s a really interesting fight because Tommy is inexperienced and that’s balanced out but my age and experience; I’m a 55 year old guy who can actually fight for real and I’d be fighting a guy who’s not really that experienced, but who is built right and who can get the job done, it’s an even fight. If the money is right it will be good, but if it’s not a crazy, astronomical amount of money, why would I do it?”
He continued: “I haven’t heard anymore about John Fury and Mike Tyson, but Tommy Fury said ‘hey, we can still do our thing and do our own exhibition’. And I said ‘that’s not a bad idea but the money will have to be right’. But guess what? In Saudi Arabia right now it will probably be right. Saudi Arabia at the moment will probably pay what I’m looking for to make an exhibition happen. Dealing with the Saudis I’ll say that I’m 75% sure this exhibition happens against Tommy Fury.
“And if the money is not right in Saudi Arabia then maybe me and Tommy could do an exhibition in the UK, that would be the first time that I ever had the chance to perform in the UK. Would I really say no to that?”
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