Boxing icon Roy Jones Jr has hinted at a possible fight with Jake Paul after his exhibition bout with Tommy Fury.

The fight between the younger Fury brother and the super middleweight legend is set to go ahead after talks between the two parties were confirmed to have been made earlier this week. Fury would come into the bout off the back of his win on points over YouTube star KSI in their clash in Manchester last month, while Jones Jr most recently lost a majority decision to former UFC champion Anthony Pettis.

Now aged 54, Jones Jr is best known for his explosive style which he complemented with exceptional footwork which earned him a controversial silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and is considered by many to be one of the greatest pound-for-pound boxers of all time.

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Boasting a record of 66-10 after 76 fights, he also became the first former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years after his win over John Ruiz saw him claim the WBA heavyweight title in 2003. But now he's got his eyes set on Fury and Paul - both of whom have become boxing stars in their own right through the 'YouTube era' as Jones put it.

While Paul looks ahead to his bout against 10-1 professional boxer Andre August next month, Fury's father John Fury has opened the door to a showdown between the two fighters.

"We’re speaking to Roy Jones Jr," he told Free Bets UK. "We can do something with him. I’m giving it some thought at the time of speaking. Roy Jones Jr is a great guy. He’s a lovely fella, a stand-up man and a hall-of-fame great.

"Maybe it is an exhibition or something, whatever he wants to do. We’ve not spoken in great detail, but he did say over in Saudi ‘Let’s do something’ and we’re all ears. We just need to sit down and see what is best for Tommy and Roy Jones Jr."

Now Jones Jr has confirmed that talks occurred, and believes the fight could happen as soon as early next year. Speaking to Betway, he said: "There is truth to that, we spoke in Saudi Arabia because of the fact that John Fury was with Tyson. Me and Fury family, we have a lot of history. I was one of the people who told Tyson five or six years back that he could come back and beat all of them and that’s what he has done.

"To be in the ring with somebody from the social media era and have a big fight with Tommy Fury, I may not be who I was but to be in with against someone from the YouTube era, it’s a different type of thing and can captivate the audience. I think it’s a good thing. The fight would have to happen early next year.

"He’s definitely a legitimate fighter, he’s not a bad fighter at all and he comes from a family of fighters. Sometimes he doesn’t take fighters as seriously as he should. It’s like Tyson, he didn’t take Francis Ngannou as seriously as he should but when he is fighting someone like Oleksandr Usyk it’ll be different. Sometimes people play to the level of their opposition and if you fight people who aren’t going to do anything and you are expected to win, you’re probably not going to do much but when you fight somebody that you know can do a whole lot then you have to be on you’re a game.

"I’ll be 55 years old if we fight. It would be a very interesting fight for both of us because of my age. My mind can still do it, but body isn’t able to, so I’ll have to figure it out and be smarter. I think the fight could (do bigger numbers than against Mike Tyson) because he has the social media following. I think a Jake Paul fight is also possible."