why did Hopkins want that fight?

^ could have been the sound. Could have been the way he was talking at that time, could have even been a cold. roy is notorious for getting sinus problems before fights.

I don't think roy has any speech problems, fight problems.. yes. lol I don't know man, if you can download the fight, and go to the part before they walked out, where they were showing highlights and talking about the first fight, RJJ had some slight James Toney/Shane Mosley nasal speech going on. I'm fearful of this. I've loved watching Roy be Superman. I wish he would have retired after the Tito fight. it would have been the perfect way to go out. RJJ in his prime would have smoked Calzaghe after scoring that knockdown, after losing that fight, he should have known it was well past over. If he does fight again, it should be a farewell victory against a top 15ish Light Heavy, go out with a win, and save his brain. I really don't want to see one of the marvels of the sport go out like that.

Roy will always be my favorite. But I have to say, thats the last time I buy a $50 dollar ppv of his. I got suckered in for the last time. unless he fights another sheika, i'll watch that. But Im not paying $50 for another roy fight. Its robbery...lol

After Roy got sparked out in the first round by some nobody, I never dreamed this fight would still go on, or that it would be PPV to boot. Fricken Hopkins talks about fighting Haye, Adamek, Dawson/Johnson winner. Then he fights this shell. Unbelievable.

Money grabbing fight.......or Bernard's crazy......or both

You know he could beat him,question roy jone jr trash talk and laid a easter egg last night

Well, Truth, to be fair, if you were cheering Jones on, you can't really have pity on him by saying Hopkins took advantage of Jones. Bottom line is no one in RJJ's camp is willing to tell him to hang em up, and when they were talking about the first fight last night, RJJ had a little of that muffled,nasal,punchdrunk sounding speech in his tone, which is very bad. He's never sounded like that. He needs to quit. I don't think roy has any speech problems, fight problems.. yes. lol

Hopkins'other choice was Chad Dawson, he didnt want to fight dawson because he says that dawson is not a big name and doesnt draw big enough crowds (Ducking or not, you decide) The other choice bhop wants now is david haye, id take richard scaefers advice and retire bhop,haye would destroy hopkins

All about the money.

The whole storyline was revenge. Bernard got his revenge, but is revenge sweet when the guy you beat up was starched by Danny Green 3 month prior? Is it safe to assume this was a money move by Hopkins? Well, Truth, to be fair, if you were cheering Jones on, you can't really have pity on him by saying Hopkins took advantage of Jones. Bottom line is no one in RJJ's camp is willing to tell him to hang em up, and when they were talking about the first fight last night, RJJ had a little of that muffled,nasal,punchdrunk sounding speech in his tone, which is very bad. He's never sounded like that. He needs to quit.

Hopkins might not fight again, could it have been one last payday?

Here's my little story from about 2 days ago: Think of it like this: Hopkins is a wise con-man criminal like Lex Luthor. Roy was Superman. Where Roy goes, the Sun shines and he rules. When Superman left the MW division to go and explore other divisions...Bernard-Luthor stayed behind an unprotected division where he knew he could rule over with the skies clear of Superman. Superman went on to bigger and better things flying high and fighting off bigger villains. Well until someone poured Kryptonite on him and then he was never the same. And then enters Bernard-Luthor.

it was all about money for roy, for bernhard it was also about revenge. im just glad roy didnt look as bad as he did against calzaghe.

^ LOL. I think im gonna stick with WWE. I missed wrestlemania 26 for this shit. :D

The whole storyline was revenge. Bernard got his revenge, but is revenge sweet when the guy you beat up was starched by Danny Green 3 month prior? Is it safe to assume this was a money move by Hopkins? Yes. It was a terrible event and I imagine anyone who bought it will think twice before buying another boxing PPV again.

Looking back at it, I can understand why people were saying this fight is a joke. Its a lose--lose for either fighter. If Roy won, so what you beat an old Hopkins. If Hopkins wins(which he did), so what...Jones is so far passed it, he couldn't see his prime in the rear view mirror.