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Andre Ward hits out at Eddie Hearn over Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr comments, Hearn responds
Andre Ward and Eddie Hearn exchanged words on social media on Monday night after the British promoter's latest remarks regarding the Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr exhibition.
The 51-year-old Jones Jr will face 54-year-old ‘Iron Mike’ in an exhibition bout on September 12 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in California.
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that there will be no judges scoring the fight and so no winner, unless there’s a knockout.
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However this is absolutely not the plan.
Foster said: “We can’t mislead the public as to this is some kind of real fight.
“They can get into it a little bit, but I don’t want people to get hurt. They know the deal.
“It’s an exhibition. They can exhibit their boxing skills, but I don’t want them using their best efforts to hurt each other.
“They’re going to spar hard, but they shouldn’t be going for a knockout."
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