Well...lol. Hopkins won. I once again talked myself into believing Roy could fight a certain way, that he can no longer fight. I need to stop letting what I want to happen, influence my fight predictions. The Calzaghe fight should have been the final nail in the coffin as far as ever picking Roy over a top fighter goes.
I did have a whole write up about this, but I scrapped it, because I don't think its neccessary. I think what we have here is two 40 something year old athletes...One who still can fight at a high level, and one who cannot. Good for Hopkins and his fans that he won, they have a right to be happy. Although, I did not think Hopkins looked very good, but still he won. As far as Roy Jones Jr. fans(like myself), we gotta hope he retires. lol. This is the perfect example of what happens when you hang around too long in boxing. Roy Jones is speed fighter, a speed fighter should never fight into his late 30's-40's. It was a stupid decision by Roy as it was for Ali and Leonard. The sad thing is, people who don't know who he was, will only remember this.
I was talking to this kid the other day about the fight, and he said, "I can't get excited for that. Roy Jones sucks, he gets knocked out every fight." Its sad that it has to this.....but oh well. We always have the old fights on dvd to watch when we want in the future. Roy Jones Jr. needs to retire though, its not going to get any better.