The ongoing feud between Roy Jones Jr and Floyd Mayweather has continued to heat up.
The legendary duo have been going back and forth across social media in recent weeks, sparking rumours that they could end up facing each other in the ring at some point in the near future.
Mayweather has not fought as a professional since August 2017 when he defeated MMA fighter Conor McGregor in their monumental crossover bout. The 48-year-old from Michigan has made returns to the ring on a handful of occasions in exhibition contests, facing the likes of Logan Paul and Tenshin Nasukawa.
As for Jones, the 56-year-old’s last ring appearance came against Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis, as he suffered a majority decision defeat to the former MMA star. Jones has left the door open for a return to the ring since then, although this has yet to come to fruition.
In an interview with Plejmo, Jones sent a scathing message to Mayweather, accusing the five-division world champion of ducking three fighters during his career: Amir Khan, Terence Crawford and a prime Manny Pacquiao.
“If you fight everybody you’re going to fight someone who is going to give you a hard time, you did not fight Amir Khan. Terence Crawford is three years older than Canelo, but you never fought Terence. Terence has been on top for the last 20 years, but you never fought Terence.
“He should have fought Manny Pacquiao when he was at his peak three years before they fought, he waited for Marquez to knock him out. Then you fought him, so you ain’t fighting the prime Manny.
“I should have never fought again after I came back down from heavyweight. We lost 25 pounds and I’m not ducking anybody, but then anything might happen when you fight anybody, any way, any time. But when you don’t do that – I’m not saying that’s not smart for him not to do that – that is probably why they consider him one of the best ever, which is cool, but they don’t know no better.”
Jones recently expressed his interest in a clash with Mayweather, but claimed he is only interested in facing the former pound-for-pound star in an officially sanctioned bout, rather than an exhibition contest.
