Roy Jones Jr is about to turn back the clock by fighting Mike Tyson, but how would the pair have fared against the best heavyweights of today such as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua?
Jones Jr (now 51) answered that burning question when he spoke to Sky Sports News this week, hot on the heels of the announcement that he and the 54-year-old Tyson will meet in an eight-round exhibition bout in California on September 12.
Roy, who won world titles from middleweight right up to heavyweight, where he took a belt by beating John Ruiz in 2003, not surprisingly believes his era might well have the edge.
He explained: “In our primes? We would probably have beaten them. You can never say, but I think we would probably have beaten them. Our skill level was deeper, at that time, than it is now.
Roy Jones Jr on how he would fight Fury
“I would stay close. Just like Tyson does – I would have stayed on their (Fury and Wilder) chest all night. Fury would be difficult to get to because he is tall and awkward with a good mind. He has a high boxing IQ.”
