Tyson vs. Jones Update: Tyson Admits He 'Doesn't Know How To Go Easy'

Mike Tyson is not sure if he can let go of his usual fighting style and go easy on Roy Jones Jr. ahead of their highly-anticipated exhibition match.

In recent weeks, things intensified between Tyson and Jones. The fight has been the subject of discussion as previous reports revealed there will be no knockout. However, Triller co-owner Ryan Kavanaugh later put out a statement announcing that a knockout is now allowed.

Regardless of the changes in the rules, both fighters have insisted that they will do what they do best once the bout starts. For Tyson, he can guarantee a good fight as he only knows one thing whenever he’s inside the ring.

“I have no idea,” Tyson told reporters when asked about how he would fight Jones after the official weigh-in. “I might just go right at him as soon as the bell (rings) and just going to see what happens.”

“Listen, from many perspectives how they may look at it, it’s gonna be entertaining,” he continued. “Because I’m a fighter, he’s a fighter and of course you know we’re gonna go in there throwing punches and during that process anything can happen. As soon as I hit him good, you know, listen. I don’t know, maybe I don’t know how to go easy.”

Tyson then emphasized that he doesn’t want to upset the boxing commission with his statements about a possible knockout, concluding, “I don’t wanna say the wrong things, some people get angry like the boxing commission so I don’t want to say the wrong thing.”

Jones, on the other hand, is well aware that Tyson isn’t going to go easy on him. The 51-year-old is convinced that the “fire” in his opponent is now back and is expecting to face a prime “Iron Mike.”

“I’m expecting that early (version) Mike [Tyson] because he’s rejuvenated,” Jones predicted. “He’s been out 15 years, he knows what it’s like to miss boxing. He realizes what he had and he’s seeking to get that back now. Now the fire is back. So now he has a desire to want to come out and be who he once was.”

As for the rules and the naysayers criticizing the fight, Jones insists that none of that would matter as he and Tyson are only committed to putting on a great fight.

“To us, none of that counts,” the former multi-division champ pointed out. “We don’t hear what they say. We don’t even hear what the commission say. It’s not our job. Our job is to do what we do.”

Tyson and Jones will face off Saturday at 9 p.m. EST at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.