Green: "Forget Hopkins, I'm Knocking Roy Jones Out"
By Mark Vester
IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green wants everyone to forget about the March 13 rematch between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins. He plans to crush those plans by knocking Jones out on December 2 at Acer Arena in Australia. Green's team is not pleased with everyone overlooking their man by talking about a Jones-Hopkins rematch. Green is not looking for a decision, he wants to wear Jones down and knock him out.
"Come December 2 I'm going to unleash the fury and knock him out," Green told The Daily Telegraph.
Some in the media have called the two fighters friends but Green says he is no friend of Jones.
"How do you become friends with a bloke when you've only met him three times," Green said. "We're not mates at all. I don't know too many buddies that want to knock each other out as much as we do. He's one of the greatest of all time and conducts himself as a complete professional, so in that way we're very similar."
The biggest fight in Australia since Green fought Anthony Mundine several years ago. 18,000 fans, mostly for Green, are expected at the show. Green says the fight is much bigger than the Mundine bout.
"Mundine was a domestic scrap. This is going to be the biggest fight in the world this year," Green said. "I'm thrilled Sydney's given it the attention it deserves. To fight one of the greatest of all time in my own country is huge."
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