Danny Williams, a one-time opponent of Mike Tyson, warned Roy Jones Jr. that he will “get seriously hurt” when he faces the heavyweight legend.
Tyson is coming out of retirement at the age of 54 to take on Jones, 51, in a pay-per-view exhibition match on Nov. 28 in Carson, Calif.
Williams, 47, was stopped in the second round by MMA heavyweight Sergei Karitonov over the weekend, which prompted the British boxer to permanently retire.
Williams knows plenty about Tyson, having knocked him out in the fourth round in 2004.
He told the Sun of his concerns that Jones is out of his depth because he’ll be fighting out of his normal weight.
“I think Roy is going to get seriously hurt. He is a natural middleweight,” Williams said.
The exhibition will be Tyson’s first fight in 15 years. His last bout was in 2005 against Kevin McBride, who won by a sixth-round knockout. Tyson’s last victory was a first-round stoppage against Clifford Etienne in 2003.
Jones most recently fought in 2018, outpointing Scott Sigmon.
Tyson’s return to the ring may have prompted Oscar De La Hoya to come out of his own retirement, though he has no fight scheduled.
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