Jones, a former world champion in four weight classes, was arguably the best fighter on the planet during the nineties. He's considering a return to the ring after his last professional fight in April 2023, where he lost to Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis by majority decision.
The feud between Jones and Mayweather sparked when Mayweather posted a video watching all the times Jones was knocked out in the ring. Jones didn't take this lying down and fired back with a clear message:
"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."
Jones made it clear he's not interested in an exhibition match. He wants the real deal:
"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. I don't bother nobody, I'm authorised."
Mayweather retired from professional boxing in 2017 but has stayed active in exhibition bouts, facing opponents like Tenshin Nasukawa, Aaron Chalmers, and Logan Paul. Jones, on the other hand, seems ready to lace up the gloves for a professional bout.
Jones didn't mince words about his willingness to back up his talk:
"I can have my own opinion, if you gotta problem with my opinion then anything I say I'll be willing to fight about, that's why I don't fuss much because if I say it, I mean it, and if you wanna do something about it come on, inside the ring, outside the ring I don't care, however you wanna do it."
The ball's now in Mayweather's court. Will he accept Jones' challenge for a professional bout? Or will this potential clash remain just talk? Only time will tell, but Jones has made his stance clear – he's ready to fight, and he wants it to count.