Did Roy Jones duck Nigel Benn?

[germangeezer]

Thats the fight everybody wanted to see after Benns war with the G man.They were both in the same weight class and Benn clearly wanted Jones,so why didnt it happen then? Keep in mind this isn't about who would win between the two,Im not asking that question.Just if Roy really did duck Benn and if so/not,what prevented this fight from taking place?

[SplitSecond]

refer to don king

[Toney616]

Thats the fight everybody wanted to see after Benns war with the G man.They were both in the same weight class and Benn clearly wanted Jones,so why didnt it happen then? Keep in mind this isn't about who would win between the two,Im not asking that question.Just if Roy really did duck Benn and if so/not,what prevented this fight from taking place?

No one knows what happened there. When I find the time I will post up my links about it later this week

EDIT: it would of been a damned hard fight to make with Benn being with Showtime and Jones being with HBO.

[Tiozzo]

don't want to be rude, but who cares ? it would have been a mismatch

[Scott9945]

Nunn, definitely. Michalcczewski, maybe. Benn, not really.

[Toney616]

don't want to be rude, but who cares ? it would have been a mismatch

Alot of people wonder why their fav fighters never fought.
Benn was basically shot after McClellan and I agree it would of been a mismatch, but he did have a punchers chance, although it wouldnt of been a big chance

[Toney616]

Nunn, definitely.

I still think that would of been a great fight, although a lot of people here would disagree

[Toney616]

NIGEL Benn is sacrificing pounds 3million and a chance to be the true super-middleweight champion of the world.

On offer is a fight with America's fabulous Roy Jones, who spectacularly stopped Merqui Sosa of the Dominican Republic inside two rounds at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Friday night.

And not even Benn will dispute Roy's post-fight boast, after throwing 20 unanswered punches: "Tonight I showed who is the best fighter in the world, pound for pound."

Greg Fritz, of Jones' management team, accuses: "Benn and his promoter, Frank Warren, are sitting on their butts. They are letting slip the match the world wants to see."

Deal

Fritz claims the stalemate is due to the English camp's liaison with Don King.

"King demands options on Roy if he should beat Nigel," explains Greg. "We will never agree to that.

"Fair's fair - we want no piece of Benn. Why can't there be a straight deal with no strings?

"The pounds 3million purse is guaranteed. If Nigel can walk away from it, he's a very rich and lucky man."

The American allegations anger Warren. "I haven't received a single call from Jones or his people," he stresses. "How can they say what Nigel, Don or myself want?

"They talk about a meeting without even checking we're available. It's totally unprofessional. They are freezing Jones out of the world picture.

"The truth is that Jones needs Nigel to make decent money. He earns buttons compared with Benn and Steve Collins."

Jones comes to London next Sunday for talks about a basketball career with London Towers. He already plays minor league in Florida.

But Roy still longs to mix it with Benn. From his Pensacola estate, he confirms: "I think a lot about Benn. He's the one fighter out there who motivates me.

"If I box again, I want it to be with Benn."

Fritz insists: "There will be a meeting with Warren and Benn while we are in England. But frankly, we are not hopeful.

"As long as King seeks to influence Roy's future, there's nothing more to say."

Benn's admiration for Jones is unstinting. "I don't mind being rated second to him," he says. "I have so much respect."

Yet the Dark Destroyer adds with menace: "If the fight happens, Jones will be tested as never before. We'll see if he can take it, as well as dish it out!"

Jones' passion for basketball would make Benn's job easier. The American has just been diagnosed as having chronic knee trouble, brought on by daily twisting and jumping.

Sparring partners report Roy has cut back on running, and even limps in the ring.

That's why Benn is suddenly an attractive - and maybe final - payday.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=content;col1

[Toney616]

Recognising that independence was the most important thing implanted in Jones by his father, the Levins came in on the strict understanding that no promoter would be given options of future contests. Thus the impasse that exists between Jones and Benn, who is under contract to Frank Warren and Don King. "I'll fight Benn any time," Jones said last year when meeting British boxing writers in Atlantic City shortly before Lennox Lewis defeated Tommy Morrison. "Tell me where he is and I'll go and see him. If Benn wants this fight then he's got to understand that I won't sign away anything to the people who promote him. It's that simple."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/j...n-1323327.html

[Toney616]

Roy Jones reportedly had an agent at the Benn - Malinga bout to
offer Nigel a unification bout. Of course, this was out
of the question following the Judges' decision - and if Benn
fails on July 6 this match, which he wants so badly, will be out
of the question for good.

Q: "Do you think Nigel Benn would come out of retirement to fight you?"

Jones: "Benn's coming out of retirement to fight Stevie Collins, who he lost to in his last fight. I don't think he'll beat Collins, but I will be fighting, hopefully, Stevie Collins next year too."

Q: "Did you have plans to fight McClellan before he got hurt?"

Jones: "Yeah, in fact, I was gonna fight the winner of that fi ght. But when Benn won, Don didn't want to do that because D on doesn't totally have Benn. Him an d Fr ankie Warren had Benn together, so Do n King didn't want to make that fight.

DI: "What about Nigel Benn?"

Jones: "If he beats Collins, sure."

http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box996x.htm