Roy Jones Jr: Don King And Jermain Taylor Need To Stop Playing Games! (02/28/08)

If JT doesn't act quickly RJ's moving on! Editor: Things have cooled off a bit regarding the Jermain Taylor, what's the deal Jones? Roy Jones Jr: "What's happening is, Don King is playing some sort of game where he's talking to the Jermain Taylor people about Tito Trinidad instead of Roy Jones Jr. Kelly Pavlik said he'd fight Tito, I'd say cool give me Jermain. Now Pavlik changed his mind and for some strange reason it seems like don't nobody want to fight Roy. I might have to go on back to commentating if this keeps up. I might have to go back to commentating and just leave it alone. Now that I'm back and I'm having a good time, they know they can't beat me." Editor: Perhaps their logic is that Jermain and Tito fighting first would only make a PPV fight between you and Taylor bigger. Roy Jones Jr: "Yeah, but what about when Hopkins-Calzaghe is done? I'm going to be looking at that. I'm not going to want to be hearing about Jermain or Tito. Jermain is just something to do to hold me down. If he doesn't want to do it right now I'm not interested." Editor: So if JT and his people want to make a fight the time is now because pretty soon there will be bigger options out there, correct? RJJ: "There you go. And I'm not fitting to waste my time with a Jermain Taylor when I'm going to have a Joe Calzaghe or Bernard Hopkins I can whoop on. The winner of that Showtime situation would be bigger also, so if Jermain wants to do it now, cool. Otherwise forget about it. They can't come up with more money, both of them just got beat and they're going to sit there and try to say that Jermain and Trinidad is bigger than Jermain and Roy Jones Jr." Editor: When will you start looking in another direction? RJJ: "I'm already looking in another direction. I heard about this the other day and I already told Fred Levin and we're looking in other directions. They still got time to step up, but not much." Editor: Will you look take a stay busy fight with a Muriqi now? RJJ: "Something like that or Danny Green. If Danny Green wants to fight me for a light heavyweight title, I'm down right now." Editor: Would it have to take place in America? RJJ: "Not really. I don't care where I fight, I'm interested in who and when for how much. Not interested in where. I'll be where the best offer is. I want the title. I don't care where it's at." Editor: How do you feel about the discussions Don is having with the Taylor people? Do you think it's Don wanting to make Trinidad-Taylor more or the other side preferring Trinidad over you? RJJ: "They want to get both of them an easier fight so one of them will win, but I don't want it that way, you feel me. If Jermain wants to do something now, cool. Otherwise, who needs him?" Editor: Closing thoughts? RJJ: "I love the game. I love boxing. I was not only the best boxer, I was the best commentator too. When you can do two things at once, you have options. Right now these guys need me, I don't need them. I asked for Jermain Taylor, they acted like they wanted to do something and now they don't. We'll see if these guys want to make fights or keep running from me."