ROY JONES, WALKING A FINE LINE WITH DEATH!
26 September, 2005 by Cliff Rold
HBO PREVIEW GLOSSES OVER JONES’ DANGER!
Following perhaps its best boxing show of the year (more on that later), HBO debuted their 30 minute commercial for this weekends third encounter between Ring Magazine 175 pound titlist Antonio Tarver and Roy Jones Jr. As with any good commercial, the producers at HBO did a good job of magnifying the story of the fight. They looked at the combatant’s troubles in childhood; their duel at age 12; amateur successes worldwide; and the arcs of their professional careers that have brought them to the end of an epic trilogy. That arc has already created two memorable encounters with a controversial decision win for Jones and Tarver’s stunning one punch knockout win in the rematch. Since that night each has faced off with Glenn Johnson, and it is the Jones encounter with him that should be the focus.
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