UFC president Dana White is open to book Tyson Fury vs. Jon Jones. Photo via USA Today Sports
If heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury really wants to take on UFC double champion Jon Jones, the promotion’s president Dana White is up for it.
In an interview with Bro Bible, he claimed he will book the fight if the boxer is ready to step into the octagon.
“Jon Jones is the baddest dude on the planet,” White said. “There’s no debate, there’s no denying it. Yeah, there’s no debate. I don’t care what anybody says or how they try to spin it. A lot of this stuff is clickbait. You know how I am: If Tyson Fury really wants to fight Jon Jones in the UFC, I will make it happen. Here’s my thing: Right now, Tyson, if you’re serious, let me know.”
As we all know, the UFC already booked a massive fight between MMA champion Conor McGregor and boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, and seemed ready to do something similar again.
“Tyson can talk, Jon Jones can talk, I can talk, we can all talk. Let’s do it. If Tyson is serious, and he wants to do it, listen, I got Floyd Mayweather to fight (Conor McGregor), and we paid Floyd. We got Floyd the number he wanted. If Tyson Fury is serious, and he wants to fight Jon Jones in the UFC, let’s start talking,” White said.