By Mark Vester
It was reported within the Pensacola News Journal, that Roy Jones, Jr. is blaming his third defeat to Antonio Tarver on his father, Roy Jones, Sr., but the blame game was not the only thing Jones had to say.
In a recent press conference bombshell, Jones told reporters that he did not win the third meeting with Antonio Tarver, because he did not want his father, who was his trainer for the trilogy bout, to get all the credit for the win.
"You want the truth? I'll tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. If I go on and win that fight, who gets the glory? Not me. Not God, said Jones. All the glory would've went to Roy Jones Sr., and he didn't deserve it. Where was he the last eight or nine years. Now, would that've been right?"
"If I win the fight, my father gets all the glory. That's all anybody would've talked about ... not the guy who'd got me there (longtime trainer Alton Merkerson). I didn't realize that until we were five rounds into the fight, and then you wouldn't believe what I had to deal with after that."
It should be noted that Jones never actually said he intentionally lost the bout, but many writers in the media are interpreting what Jones said in that type of fashion, by what one writer called "reading between the lines."
Jones, returns to the ring on July 29 in a pay-per-view battle with unknown light heavyweight Prince Badi Ajamu.
