Boxing legends Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr have become involved in an unlikely feud in recent weeks.
The two icons have fired shots at the other over the past month or so after a rivalry which seemingly began with Jones Jr suggesting that Mayweather would have been unable to defeat fellow greats from the past.
Mayweather responded by posting a clip on social media of him watching Jones Jr get knocked out during one of the final fights of his career, prompting Jones to respond in emphatic fashion by declaring he would happily fight Mayweather in order to settle their differences, and insisting it would have to count towards their professional records.
“If you want to fight, come on. I mean I ain’t tripping, you ain’t gotta troll me come see me, that’s who I am I don’t do talk well you know. I ain’t heard nothing yet but they know where I’m at and they know how to find me.
Ain’t gonna be no exhibition, I want it real, ain’t no sense of being an exhibition, what we gonna play for? We both fight for real, what we playing for? We make it real, exhibition for people playing, we ain’t playing, I ain’t anyway.”
With that in mind, some of boxing’s biggest names have weighed in on the rivalry between the two legends, and now female star Claressa Shields is the latest to offer her thoughts on the duo.
Shields is the self-declared ‘Greatest Woman Of All Time’, having became a five-weight world champion, along with a three-weight undisputed champion.
Speaking to K.O Artist Sports, Shields was asked how she thinks a fight between Mayweather and Jones Jr would play out if it was to happen today.
“I would love to see it. I don’t think Roy Jones can do anything with Floyd. Floyd can still fight right now so I would have to say Floyd [wins].”
While a fight between Mayweather and Jones Jr does seem to be unlikely, there feud currently shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
