Thanks for the Excuses, Roy!

Man, is this guy good or what? He ALWAYS manages to find an excuse for himself and his loyal followers to buy into. The latest one about losing to Tarver on purpose crosses the line between pathological lying to make yourself look better and sheer INSANITY. I'm starting to think Tarver's KO of Jones in 2004 led to the breakdown of Roy's mental stability because the man is just not right in the head. He's broken as a fighter thanks to Tarver and now he has to make excuses to save his legacy when all he's really doing is adding sheer embarassment to an otherwise impressive career. If Roy wants to be remembered for his accomplishments rather than his excuses, he needs to cut the B.S. IMMEDIATELY. Here's a rundown of some of Roy's greatest moments! November 8, 2003 Roy is beaten from pillar to post against Tarver but ekes out a decision win that the arena feels Roy lost. To win his fans back over, Roy blames his performance on having to lose 25lbs in coming down from heavyweight. The problem with that is Roy's most recent fight before that was on the first day of March. That's 6 months he could have been training for Tarver given a 2 month rest! Oh, but wait, Roy didn't know who his opponent would be yet. See, he spent all of 2003 pretending to campaign at heavyweight only to pull out against EVANDER HOLYFIELD and LENNOX LEWIS, letting James Toney dismantle Holyfield instead. Roy quiets down and sneaks back to light heavyweight where he thinks he will beat Tarver with ease. Thanks for the excuse, Roy! May 15, 2004 Jones is set to rematch Tarver to prove to his fans his performance in November was a fluke and due to weight loss. Tarver, tired of hearing the excuses, asks Roy if he has anymore before the fight. Roy is left speechless and knocked out less than 6 minutes later. After the fight, Roy explains why he lost, saying he has trouble getting motivated for "guys like this", alluding to Tarver, the man who, in November, gave him the toughest fight of his career, and now knocked him out. Do you really need motivation to beat the guy who almost beat you once and then DID beat you the 2nd time? Thanks for the excuse, Roy! September 25, 2004 Jones is on the comeback trail after avoiding the completion of his trilogy with Tarver. Roy's excuse is that he wants to have a belt going into negotiations with Tarver. Surely his fans won't mind if he takes on an easier opponent; after all, he's done it his whole career! Jones' aura of invincibility all but vanished, Johnson is on him from the opening bell, leaving Jones knocked cold by the 9th round. Jones has no comment after the fight, but his fans claim he got old somewhere between the first and second Tarver fight (so as to cover up Jones' knockout loss to Tarver). Thanks for the excuse, Roy fans! October 1, 2005 Jones' excuses have reached the breaking point as HBO is forced to name a PAY-PER-VIEW event "NO EXCUSES" in the hopes that the winner of the Tarver-Jones trilogy offers up none. Roy loses a wide decision, almost getting knocked out, but offers up no excuse for the loss...until now, claiming he didn't want to win because his father was working his corner (WHO JONES WANTED TO WORK HIS CORNER BEFORE THE FIGHT CONVENIENTLY). It's been a great run, waiting to see what the next excuse would be, Roy, but the buck stops somewhere. Surely, if he loses to Prince BADMNA(DIMNDLSDJ(FHJKAD, he'll have nothing but compliments for his opponent, right? At least for 6 months or so before he comes up with something new. Thanks for the excuses, Roy. :rolleyes:

Comments (20)

finally, a non-biased Roy fan comes forth! where are the others? so far everyone who's responded is a certified Roy fan. I'm a fan of Roy Jones but the fact is, he got beat abd beat bad. Plus he has a big mouth full of excuses. Even when he was winning back then he always had a big mouth. I guess making too many excuses and eating them up leaves a bad aftertaste.

19y ago

Franko6909

well he didn't pull out of a fight, but he was calling Lewis out for a while. Lewis said on the telecast where he fought Klitschko that he would fight Roy. Roy never responded after that. He shut up real fast. Lewis would've slaughtered Jones. I think that's plainly obvious. With regards to Jones making excuses, i think that's in his nature i.e. because he was at the top for so long he found it hard to accept when he came crashing down. He's an egotistical character. However, let's get one thing straight, Roy Jones is a legend, and quite capable of beating any fighter from Middle to Light Heavyweight history. Despite what people will say, moving down from heavyweight prior to the original Tarver fight will have an adverse effect, but i do think that some of his excuses are lame in defeat. When a fighter is so soundly beaten they should accept the fact and come again to prove what they can do without making excuses, more respect is gained that way. Tarver at his best, and Jones at his best, there's only one winner and that's Jones.. end of.

19y ago

DiegoFuego

After the second Tarver Roy fight when Taver KOed him: Lennox Lewis said: - "I feel for Roy, I've been there so I understand the sadness he's feeling now. But in boxing there has to be a time when you lose, and Roy shouldn't get down on himself. It's like falling off a horse. And what you do is, you get up and ride again if you want to, which is what I did. Or if the hunger isn't there anymore, you retire I honestly believe that Roy would beat Tarver in a rematch. But no matter what happens next, Roy is a great fighter There will be arrogant ignorant people who try to take credit away from him and belittle his accomplishments. But to be as good as he's been for as long as he's been: ask the fighters. We know how great Roy Jones is" -Lennox Lewis That should pretty much sum up it all up. Lewis and Roy were supposed to fight in 2003, before Roy ever considered fighting Tarver as an opponent. Sorry to negate your whole argument.

19y ago

IWISHAMFWOULD

I wonder because of this fact. RJJ keeps on fighting I would hate to see yet another great fighter keeping on fighting way past his prime.

19y ago

AlterEgo

Anyone that doubted Roy has always been an ass should be convinced now.

19y ago

DiegoFuego

btw diego you say he pulled out of a lewis fight thats untrue LL states in his boigraphy he would never fight Jones as they were close an he said an i quout ''no-one not even Roy needs money to fight me that bad'' well he didn't pull out of a fight, but he was calling Lewis out for a while. Lewis said on the telecast where he fought Klitschko that he would fight Roy. Roy never responded after that. He shut up real fast.

19y ago

GTL

if roy wasnt concerned about his legacy.. he would wreck tarver.. think about it.. if they fought in a gym, off the record. jones would destroy tarver.. if u really really watched the last fight.. jones DIDNT FIGHT.. im not a huge RJJ fan.. his goal was not to get knockd out.. tarver posed a huge threat.. the only round roy fought was the 5th..

19y ago

EasyE

you gotta admit though (or have you?) that someone believing Tarver won the first fight is NOT a controversial opinion. I still havent heard from one logical person that tarver won that fight. Even Deigo had it a draw, and we know how much he loves Tarver.

19y ago

Kendo

how can you sit here and say that tarver won that first fight. the only time he threw at jones is when he went to the ropes. there were a few rounds when jones went to the ropes and tarver didnt go after him. mcgirt was telling him to be more aggresive and he wouldnt. mcgirt even had him losing yes he did. mcgirt said it. but thats besides the point. roy even said when debella knocked him down that he had a feeling something was going to happen that sooner or later he was going to get caught. us roy fans can except that he lost. everyone loses unless your rocky. but to say that tarver would be roy in his prime is a joke. you say why bc he beat richard hall. WHO HAS TARVER BEATEN????? if roy has faced nothing fighter than so has tarver. reality check they are in the same weight class. roy beat griffen once and was going to beat him the first time. he has beaten harding which by the way tarver lost too. has tarver beaten toney????? a prime toney now a blown up burger king eaten toney. no he has not beaten toney. he was not the first to beat toney. who has tarver faced aswell???????? if roy faced a bunch of nobodys than so did tarver end of story. :luvbed: diego and tarver

19y ago

BKM

Yeah, cos he's gonna talk about NBA on a boxing site, right? Don't diss my boy Diego and tell him to fuck off, that's just rude. :mad: He can fuck off, to you. Then you guys can do whatever you want.

19y ago

EasyE

It's impossible to argue with Roy fans when they make just as many excuses as Roy himself! ;) I didnt make an excuse. You asked me why I think a prime Roy would defeat Tarver and I told you. Who would in in a fight at 175 while Roy was in his prime. Say...after the second griffen fight?

19y ago

DiegoFuego

Usually after every loss, every fighter is asked "what happened" or something to that effect. So any answear would then be catergorized as an excuse. Its a no win situation. What about all the times on camera Roy has said. "Eventually I will lose a fight." or "I could get knocked out at any time." Roy has said things like this before the Tarver I fight. And his fans still couldn't accept it.

19y ago

DrDepravity

19y ago

DiegoFuego

No, because an older Roy still beat Tarver 8-4. :rolleyes: It's impossible to argue with Roy fans when they make just as many excuses as Roy himself! ;)

19y ago

EasyE

Excuses, excuses. How can you just claim without any evidence that Roy would whoop Tarver in his prime? Because Roy beat up Richard Hall? Give me a break. No, because an older Roy still beat Tarver 8-4. :rolleyes:

19y ago

maxorido

Excuses, excuses. How can you just claim without any evidence that Roy would whoop Tarver in his prime? Because Roy beat up Richard Hall? Give me a break. well because if you look at the first fight, considering how tentative tarver was against jones in the center of the ring, imagine jones with more stamina, and not moving to the ropes for a breather. jones would win a wide decison and that would be the end of tarver, he'd never get a rematch.

19y ago

DiegoFuego

Roy works Tarver in his prime though. And even before the fight, Roy said he felt a 7 out of 10. Excuses, excuses. How can you just claim without any evidence that Roy would whoop Tarver in his prime? Because Roy beat up Richard Hall? Give me a break.

19y ago

EasyE

19y ago

EasyE

Anyone who had Tarver winning that fight needs to have their head checked. 116-112 EASY. Who gives a shit about the crowd??? Lederman, the judges and almost every expert had Roy winning. Even McGirt had Tarver losing!

19y ago

Kendo

Nope, because he's already 37 yrs old and probably retiring. Tarver's goal in life was to beat Roy Jones on a world stage and he did it twice. I'm fine with that as long as you are. Roy is the better fighter career-wise, but one on one? It's all Tarver. No getting your ass handed to you is when bhops beats the living crap out of you in your so called weight division. mr. i take offense to him thinking he can move up to my weight class to fight me. i am going to knock him out in the 5th round. haha who was the one that got ROCKED. yea the reason why tarver is never going to get where he thinks he is already at now is bc he was a huge ass drugy but i guess thats roys fault huh?? i mean he does get blamed for everything else that happens. roy is always brought up whenever tarver talks. why didnt tarver get roy before he moved up in weight????? bc tarver didnt want roy until he had to come back down to fight. why didnt he move up to HW to fight roy??? bc he knew he would be at a disadvantage. tarver will only fight you if he has the upper hand. thinking hops was done bc of the lack lucster fights with taylor and not being a LHW since his pro debute he had a hand over him. haha wrong. got his ass handed to him. like always still waiting for the excuses bc its tarver in his mind he does not have a loss on his record so there is an excuse for everything.

19y ago