Sometimes I Wonder Why Did Roy Ever Waste His Time Fighting Fighters Like.....

[Toney616]

Jones' durability also let him down in the later stages of his career, but the weight he lost after fighting Ruiz may have had something to do with it.

Highly unlikely

[Ray*]

This same question can be asked about every boxer including those in our top 5 P4P list right now.

[coghaugen]

I saw a shocking post in there that Jones would beat CHRIS EUBANK easily?

Collins, sure. And Benn, sure. But EUBANK?

That would've been hell for Jones.

[Toney616]

The idea that Jones should've fought McClellan is laughable. It's just one of those things people throw out not really looking at what was going on. When was he gonna fight him at 160? Or after the Benn fight? Like, come on.

McClellan had been calling him out since 92. He wanted to make the fight after he beat Jackson in their rematch

[Toney616]

Normally broadcasters are not promotors, so I'm quite surprised that they know which fights was offered to who. Have they also revealed what kind of purses Jones' alleged opponents was offered or are we up front to assume that Jones ridiculously lowballed them?

For you, bat:

Seth Abraham

''He's a great fighter who's always looking for a reason not to fight,''
said Abraham. ''It's always something. He loves basketball more than
boxing, but he knows he'll never play in the NBA. So he fights, but he
doesn't love to fight.''

He also doesn't often fight. He hasn't been in the ring since
dispatching Montell Griffin, the only professional to beat him, last
summer. After that fight, in which he won back the World Boxing Council
light heavyweight title, Jones announced he couldn't care less about the
title or about a light heavyweight HBO tournament that would crown a
unified champion and pay him several million dollars per fight.

Instead, he fractured the title further by giving his up rather than
defending it against No. 1 contender Michael Nunn, and then announced he would move up to the heavyweight division because he needed a multimillion-dollar payday.

https://groups.google.com/group/rec....edef2ab2dfbfd9

[Toney616]

Frankie Liles

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"The guy I want to fight most in the world is Roy Jones"-Frankie Liles

DI: "Do you have a dream fight? Someone you would really like to take on?"

FL: "I think my signature fight would be a bout with Roy Jones. More than likely, it's not going to happen, not unless he moves up and fights against one of the top heavyweight contenders and gets knocked out. That would bring him back down and get him to face an adversary like myself."

DI: "Would you move up in weight to fight Roy?"

FL: "I don't have a problem with that, I'm up in weight now." (laughs

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box10-97.htm

Trainer Freddie Roach, who has worked with such elite modern fighters as Hopkins and Manny Pacquiao, is one observer who doesn't believe a Jones win over Calzaghe is enough to elevate him above his peers, largely because Jones was reluctant to face some of his most dangerous foes during his prime.

"I always felt he ducked some fighters out there," Roach told ESPN.com. "When he was at super middleweight, both Frankie Liles and Steve Collins, two fighters I trained who had world titles -- they both wanted to fight him but he wouldn't fight either of them. I mean, probably Roy Jones would have beaten them, but Frankie did beat him twice in the amateurs, so you never know. At super middleweight, Jones never tried to unify the titles, and that really made me not such a Roy Jones fan, to be honest. To be known as the best, I think you need to beat everybody."

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ric&id=3485164

[SCtrojansbaby]

McClellan had been calling him out since 92. He wanted to make the fight after he beat Jackson in their rematch

Oh after the Jackson rematch in May of 1994???? Yeah shame on Roy for choosing to fight James Toney in November of 1994 instead

[StarshipTrooper]

Oh yeah, we forgot: Roy can only fight once a year so there was no time to squeez McClellan in in '94 :rolleyes9:

Poet

[SCtrojansbaby]

Oh yeah, we forgot: Roy can only fight once a year so there was no time to squeez McClellan in in '94 :rolleyes9:

Poet

Roy had already fought twice in 94 before fighting Toney. Not to mention you can probable count on 1 hand the number of guys in the past 30 years who have had 2 super fights in one year(not counting rematches) but I forgot Roy is held to higher standard then any other boxer

[StarshipTrooper]

Roy had already fought twice in 94 before fighting Toney. Not to mention you can probable count on 1 hand the number of guys in the past 30 years who have had 2 super fights in one year(not counting rematches) but I forgot Roy is held to higher standard then any other boxer

Ray Leonard fighting Tommy Hearns 10 months after fighting Roberto Duran.

Mike Tyson fighting Tony Tucker, Larry Holmes, Tony Tubbs, and Michael Spinks all within a 10 month span.

Evander Holyfield fighting Buster Douglas for the title then defending against George Foreman 6 months later.....Evander fighting Ray Mercer and Rid**** Bowe within 6 months of each other. Evander fighting Michael Moorer 5 months after fighting Mike Tyson.

Oscar De La Hoya fighting Julio Cesar Chavez, Ike Quartey, and Oba Carr all within 8 month span. Oscar fighting Shane Mosley 7 months after Felix Trinidad.

Pernell Whitaker fighting Julio Cesar Chavez 6 months after fighting Buddy McGirt.

Julio Cesar Chavez fighting Hector Camacho, Greg Haugen, and Pernell Whitaker within a 12 month span.

Gee, I'm already on my second hand without half trying. Oh, I forgot, Jones nuthuggers want special prima donna treatment for Roy.....cuz he's Roy.

Poet