Roy Jones Jr. has thrown his hat in the ring to face Jake Paul after Mike Tyson pulled out of the summer clash.
Jones Jr. fought an exhibition fight with Tyson in 2020, when the pair of them battled to a draw.
Tyson had been planning another comeback - this time as a professional - to take on Paul in the summer, but he had to pull out due to health concerns.
That has left Paul without a fight in the near future, and that has led Jones Jr. - a four-division world champion - to offer himself up.
He told Betway of a potential fight: “I’m kind of thinking about that. I might try and get into shape incase that happens.
“Maybe I get myself in shape for that because I never thought about doing it before but with the situation of the fight (being postponed between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul) I think that’s a great idea and I’ll be ready and in shape because if the fight doesn’t happen then the ideal guy to substitute in place of Mike Tyson to fight Jake Paul is something I have been thinking about. If the fight is out there then yes.”
Asked about how he would approach the fight, he continued: “I haven’t thought about that because me being me, I only think about is being the best I can be and have never thought about that.
“Then I figure it out in the ring. There was obviously the Tommy Fury thing and then the other day somebody asked me whether I would fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in an exhibition and that’s crazy.
“I would jump on it but now that this thing has come up, it makes sense to get into shape with Jake Paul and it would be one of the biggest fights of this decade."
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