Roy Jones Jr. said he may have 'made a mistake' agreeing to an exhibition with Mike Tyson because 'he's the bigger,' more 'explosive guy'

• Roy Jones Jr. said he may have made a mistake by agreeing to fight Mike Tyson in an exhibition in California on November 28.
• Jones, 51, said Tyson, 54, is the bigger guy, is more explosive, and has greater first-round knockout prowess than he has.
• "When it comes time to fight, we're going to fight. If it comes down to bite, we're going to bite," Jones said. "He's still Mike Tyson."
• Tyson said last month that he expected the exhibition to be good old-fashioned, bone-breaking fun.

Roy Jones Jr. said he may have "made a mistake" agreeing to an exhibition with Mike Tyson because "he's the bigger guy" and "the explosive guy."

Jones and Tyson are set to compete in an unofficial bout on November 28 in Carson, California. The exhibition was originally supposed to take place in September but was pushed back two months to attract a greater audience.

Jones, a former four-weight world-champion boxer, threatened in August to cancel the event, saying he should be compensated for the delay, but days later he U-turned on that threat.

The 51-year-old told Sky Sports over the weekend that, knowing Tyson, 54, as he does, there will be nothing friendly about the exhibition. It is likely to be fought with bad intentions, he said, and he will have to defend himself from knockout-blow attempts as early as the first round.

"When it comes time to fight, we're going to fight," Jones said. "If it comes down to bite, we're going to bite. Whatever has to happen is going to happen. That's just what it is."

He added: "He's still Mike Tyson. He's still one of the strongest, most explosive people who ever touched a boxing ring. If anything, I made a mistake going in with him. He's the bigger guy. He's the explosive guy."

Elaborating on the nature of his potential mistake, Jones said: "He's going to have all the first-round fireworks, not me. I do have first-round fireworks, but he's known for more first-round fireworks than anybody to ever touch boxing, other than maybe George Foreman.

"With him having the first-round fireworks, he'll be against a guy smaller than him, maybe 40-50 pounds smaller than him."

The former fighter's concerns are perhaps well placed, considering Tyson's past comments — last month, Tyson said the exhibition would be good old-fashioned, bone-breaking fun.

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