Don’t expect to see Roy Jones Jr. in the ring beyond his exhibition with Mike Tyson Sept. 12.
The 51-year-old four-division titleholder said on the Luke Thomas Show that he doesn’t expect to fight again after he tangles with Iron Mike in their pay-view-event at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.
Jones last fought in February 2018, when he was 49. He outpointed Scott Sigmon in a cruiserweight bout.
“If it’s a huge success, there’s a possibility,” Jones said of the Tyson event. “But I doubt it. One and done.”
Jones also said on the show that he dreamed of fighting Tyson after moving up to heavyweight and taking John Ruiz’s title in 2003. A generation later, he has his chance.
“When I won the heavyweight title, the only heavyweight I wanted to fight was Mike Tyson,” he said. “So If I got a chance 20 years later to get in the ring with Mike, of course I’m going to do it. How can I say no?”
Tyson has said the money he earns in the exhibition will go to charity.