Roy Jones: "I'll Fight Joe Calzaghe in England"

[IMDAZED]

Roy Jones, his comments are to little to late, Jones ducked Nigel Benn, then the the Welsh wanker was never going to fight Jones at his peak, very few boxers are willing to really risk there titles against proper challengers, how many times has the Welsh wanker fought some one in the top 3 of any organisation, especially frank the Wank Warrren's fighters. Barrera, moralez, Chi, mayweather, Oscar, Lewis, Tyson, were real champs who never ducked anyone, unlike Joe the slapper, Eubank, Bowe, Hamed, Hopkins when he was younger, and uptill now Hatton, which is about to change, thanks to the fact he has ditched Warren

Actually, Benn admitted - in a recent interview months ago - that he turned down the offer to fight Jones because he didn't feel he was in the right state of mind at the time.

Furthermore, in his autiobiography, Eubank basically said the same thing. Felt it was too much of a risk.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

[Orange Sneakers]

Eubank.___

The way I approach mental warfare in the four-cornered circle has always been through experience and for me, the physical fight itself is not to be considered as important as the mental preparation.

Once you've prepared you cannot fail. As the saying goes 'If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail.'

When I'm asked for advise I speak to boxers about body language and confidence. It's all about confidence.

When a fighter tells you he's unbeatable, don't listen. There is always someone out there who will be able to beat you.

The fact I realised that is why I reigned for more fights than anyone else, 46 to be precise.

You know your own skills, you have convictions. I knew I would beat Watson, I knew I would beat Benn, I knew I would beat Logan, I knew I would beat Corti, (and) I knew I would beat Stretch.

You have conviction in your skills and abilities and you have conviction in others (skills and abilities). My convinction was proved correct every time.

I reigned as champion in my own right for five-and-a-half years straight and lost the title to Steve Collins in Cork Stadium.

If I ducked a fighter, I wouldn't have had the title to lose.

You can reign as a champion for one-and-a-half years, but if you duck a fighter then the belt is taken and your reign effectively down the drain pipe.

That's not champion material. One must be champion material if you want to call yourself champion.

What fighters like Naseem (Hamed) don't realise is that they would never be a champion, going that way.

It's not just about having a belt. Being a champion is being humble; being a champion is carrying yourself and behaving yourself correctly, not being bolshie.

The reason that fighters like Naseem make the vast sums of cash they do is because I opened the floodgates.

I set the paths that fighters like Naseem have followed.

I idolised no boxer, no man. For me, imitation is suicide. I used words of inspiration.

If I tried to be like (Marvin) Hagler or Sugar Ray Robinson, I'd be committing suicide.

To strut my stuff in the States was the opportunity I craved. But Don King owned that piece of land, and I found the strength to push him away.

He's seductive, and I was his No. 1 target, but he's taking away too much control and one must stand his ground and have that will power to say 'no'.

Why would you want to be the best in the world? That's suicidal. Why not be one of the best in the world?

These fighters you speak of, (James) Toney and (Roy) Jones, if I got in the ring with them someone would have ended up dead.

That's not a fact, but it's a reasonable observation. I was smarter than that, and that's actual strength.

It wasn't my will to be in the ring with the best fighter in the world, but if you find yourself in with the best, as I did in Watson 2, then to quit from the punishment is the last thing to do because that is not a man of integrity.

Where there's a will there's a way. But I had no will to be the considered the best fighter in the world.

My will was to make the world a better place, and I did that by using my platform to portray uprightness and rectitude, express my philosophies to the British public and get across my message of practicising good conduct.

My words have never changed.

[DA1CATAS]

Roy jones will beat him.... He's still VERY quick..still sorta elusive... and will throw uppercuts better than kessler... though he may not hit as hard.

Hopkins also has a good shot at beating Calslappy

[Orange Sneakers]

It was from an interview Calzaghe did with *********.com a couple of months after Jones beat Ruiz. I haven't been able to dig it up online anywhere as of yet.

I wish I would have saved it somewhere, but at the time, I didn't really figure that I would ever be in need of bringing it up, because the thought of Jones losing to Tarver, and then Calzaghe changing his story around never really crossed my mind.

I did post it several places at the time though, because I thought it was hilarious that Calzaghe was actually admitting his fear of Jones, especially since there were people around trying to insinuate that Jones was ducking him back then.

I'll keep trying to find it archived somewhere, but I know there were a lot of other people who've seen it, as the same interview has been referenced on many different occasions over the years.

Dan Tzu.

[Mozza]

Roy jones will beat him.... He's still VERY quick..still sorta elusive... and will throw uppercuts better than kessler... though he may not hit as hard.

Hopkins also has a good shot at beating Calslappy

Calzaghe would slap **** out of Jones and Hopkins.

[CraigM]

Roy jones will beat him.... He's still VERY quick..still sorta elusive... and will throw uppercuts better than kessler... though he may not hit as hard.

Hopkins also has a good shot at beating Calslappy

You obviously just don't like Calzaghe

[ElGranLuchador]

this fight should happen calzaghe needs a tune up after the tough fight with kessler and rjj still has some name recognition specially if he destroys trinidad

[IMDAZED]

I've looked for that ********* interview with Calzaghe EVERYWHERE but can't find it.

It was only a few days after the Jones-Ruiz bout and he said - POINT BLANK - I never wanted to fight Roy Jones. Something to the effect of he knew that he was too good but he was willing to move up and face other light-heavies. VERY, VERY telling and I believe someone removed it on purpose...

[col Blake]

much as I hate Joe and Love Jones, I would want Joe to win, but he would get his arse handed to him on a plate

[deuce_drop]

at this stage in calzaghe's and jones' career, calzaghe dismantles jones, jones doesn't even have a chance. pot shotting isn't going to get a win over calzaghe and jones is a defensive fighter who relied solely on his reflexes, which aren't there like they were anymore.

calzaghe i think can and would stop jones, **** if glen johnson could do it what makes anyone think that calzaghe can't do it. he throws just as many punches and knows when to lay on the power shots during his slapping attack.


you got to at least admit that, that calzaghe although he slaps, he knows when to stick the power shot in on his guy.........