The Roy Jones Jr-Mike Tyson exhibition fight was supposed to go down in September but was pushed back to November.
It appears Roy wasn’t consulted on this and isn’t happy about it.
He explains why if he doesn’t get any more money it is going to be a problem.
‘I’ve had to cancel other stuff to be out here, it’s upset my calendar, I’ve got to change things,’ Jones explained.
‘That’s why we have to table bulls**t now. That’s the biggest issue, I’m not a full time boxer anymore so I do other things to make an income. If I can’t do other things then I should be compensated for that, because it changes the schematics. It’s not acceptable.’
‘We’re trying to figure something out, my lawyers is (sic) talking with their lawyers, trying to figure out ways to make it a better situation so that I can compensated for it, that is more beneficial for me to do.’
But he added: ‘If they don’t make it make sense, it (the fight) would be off.
‘Why would I change the date and mess up the rest of my year when I agreed to September 12.
‘They said they wanted to get a crowd, if you want to get a crowd, that’s a different type of money. If you want a big event, that’s a different type of money.
‘You think I’m going to say, okay, let’s look at my money, but I’m not getting no better percent. How dumb is that to me? So let’s see what happens.’
It is understandable what he is saying especially if he wasn’t consulted.
With that being said even if he dropped out there would be others (like Evander Holyfield) who would be more than willing to fill in and take that money.
I wouldn’t be shocked if Triller is already looking for new opponents just in case Jones’ demands are too much.
*UPDATE*
BSO sources tell me that it has all been working out and Jones is back on board.
Flip the page for Jones and Tyson’s training.