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Fedor interested in boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. but not against ‘bloggers and singers’

Fedor Emelianenko is expected to return to the Bellator cage later this year to compete in MMA, but ‘The Last Emperor’ also wants to test himself in the boxing ring.

Emelianenko has no plans to box ‘bloggers and singers’ such as YouTube brothers Jake and Logan Paul but the former PRIDE and Strikeforce heavyweight champion is interested in a boxing match with future Hall-of-Famer Roy Jones Jr.

“I would be interested,” Emelianenko told BoxingScene when asked about a potential fight against Jones. “I have already worked with Denis Lebedev, with other guys [in boxing].