Roy Jones Jr. has U-turned on his threat to cancel the Mike Tyson exhibition and is back to promising trouble instead

• The Roy Jones Jr. and Mike Tyson exhibition was thrown into disarray recently when Jones threatened to withdraw.
• The 51-year-old said his lawyers were involved as he wanted compensation because of the event's two-month delay.
• He now appears to have moved on, has U-turned on the threat, and has gone back to saying he is looking forward to getting his hands on Tyson, 54.
• "Come November 28, I'm coming to act the fool," Jones said. "Be ready."

Roy Jones Jr. has U-turned on his threat to cancel the Mike Tyson exhibition, and he is back to promising trouble for Tyson instead.

The event was thrown into disarray this week when Jones, a former four-weight world boxing champion, said he would withdraw from the November 28 event in Carson, California, unless he was paid more money to compensate for the bout's two-month delay.

The exhibition was originally supposed to take place in September but has been moved in the hope of building hype and attracting more viewers.

Though Jones said his legal team was involved in the situation, he now says he'll be ready to do what he loves to do, regardless.

"I said what I said and I meant what I said," he said on Instagram. "I'm no fool and I'm not going to be treated like one.

"Come November 28, now I get to go act the fool which is what I want to do anyway. So now they gave me a new term, a new date, and a new chance to act the fool which is what I love to do anyway.

"Come November 28, I'm coming to act the fool. Be ready."

This is in line with Jones' previous pre-match rhetoric in which he promised trouble for Tyson.

The 54-year-old former heavyweight champion has long said he'll go looking for an early knockout, effectively disobeying the California State Athletic Commission, which has advocated an informal, friendly match fought with good intentions.

Jones, 51, told TMZ Sports last month that he'd easily take control of the fight if Tyson could not finish things quickly.

"If he can't kill quick, then he is fighting one of the smartest, savviest guys to ever do things," Jones said. "If he don't kill quick, then he's in trouble. I'm not going to go out there and try to collide with him in the first round, take him out like I'm a fool.

"He's good early, he's still a strong lion, but he's got a cheetah mentality — a cheetah mentality means I've got to get it quick. If he don't get it quick, it belongs to me then."

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