Hopkins - Jones Jr. II - Your Thoughts?

[yrrej]

I'm not sure who wins, but we lose........

[Knicksman20]

The rematch between these two has been talked about for years but there's a reason this fight hasn't taken place. Hops knows that stylistically Roy is a bad matchup for him. Even though Jones isn't the same fighter he used to be he's retained about 80-85% of his hand speed which is a helluva lot faster than the most of the elite boxers today. His foot speed has slowed down much more but with that matchup Hopkins could get beat to the punch every single time. That's what happened in the first fight. He made Hopkins very gun shy because of the speed difference & I can see the same kind of tactical battle. This is the fight where you'd see Hopkins looking like a 42 year old because Roy has the speed to expose that.

[IMDAZED]

Hard to say - Based on Jones' performance against Hanshaw (showed excellent stamina and workrate), I suspect he would've beaten the Winky who fought on Saturday night as well.

it's crazy how much respect Hops and Jones have for each other. They both seem to hedge when it comes to fighting each other but I think, at this stage, Jones wants this fight a little more. His comment about "fighting everyone except Bernard" speaks volumes. I think if they can work out a fair deal, not the 62-37 Hops offered the last time, it can happen. Either way, Roy will have to take the short end of the stick. I don't know if his pride will allow him that but 55-45 ain't too bad...

[GunStar]

Hopkins stops Jones in the 10th round.

[SpeedKillz]

i voted for hopkins. i think at this point he is a much different (better IMO) than he was when he fought jones back in the day, and jones is different too (worse IMO). i love both these guys but if this fight goes down im gonna have to go with hopkins by UD. but u never know with roy jones. he's still got speed and some tricks up his sleeves. i would love to see this one, and the winner fights calzaghe........... ??

[guru]

i'm shocked that almost half thinks RJ would win... Nard is beating top P4P guys(winky), hangin tough with young undfeated fighters(taylor) and beating the crap of the undisputed light heaveywight champ(tarver, a guy that KTFO RJ)... what has RJ been doing? getting put into a coma by johnson?

[BK Saddizzle]

Definitely a rematch I'd like to see but it ain't happenin', RJJ talked waaaay too much **** b4 he got knocked off his throne. I remember when they asked Roy about the rematch, he demanded like 60% or 70% of the purse (win or lose) just cuz he got a decision against Hop like 10yrs ago. Since that defeat, Ex went on to become a champ (of 2 divisions) & defended his title like 20 times. Now that Roy ain't **** & the rolls are basically reversed u think RJJ even deserves one?? It's a dream fight but so is Ray Leonard vs B-Hop (Not gon happen). Now can u Dig Dat?!?

[ml2niceguy]

b hop would tax that ass

[Don Johnson]

i'm shocked that almost half thinks RJ would win... Nard is beating top P4P guys(winky), hangin tough with young undfeated fighters(taylor) and beating the crap of the undisputed light heaveywight champ(tarver, a guy that KTFO RJ)... what has RJ been doing? getting put into a coma by johnson?

Tarver looked horrible that night, very flat(possibly it was b/c of the weight he had to work off from the Rocky movie). Winky was way outta his league and weight when he fought Bernard. RJJ will when this, they both had roughly the same amount of experience the 1st time they fought and Nard lost every single round but, they were VERY close rounds. RJJ will not get invovled w/ Nards clinching , heabutting, and w/e else he does that ppl don't like and will always triumph over him.

[restless_438]

i had a solid opinion of "no" before i started reading other responses to this thread, and now i say if it will draw interest to fans.... "maybe"

it seems like, and even though i like both fighters, this would be boxing taking yet another, small step, backwards