Calzaghe said nothing of the sort, the article is wrong...

[ИATAS]

Good post Chunk

[MWMerlino]

What this article?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/boxing/4795400.stm

I don't buy it.



But you have to take a look from Jones point of view. He was P4P the #1 fighter in the sport. A well known fighter & multi-division champ & the challenger who's virtually an unknown wants you to come to his backyard overseas & fight him. Of course any boxer would want to be compensated for doing that. Cal was the fighter that needed to establish himself so he should have made more of an effort to fight Jones but he was content to defend his WBO belt at home.

Where's the ducking? Joe wasn't mentioning Roy much when Roy was in his prime?

Plus i found this in a thread i made back claiming Joe had said this, am trying to get a link for it now.



It works both ways.

Joe is a smart guy, he wouldn't of beat a prime RJJ. Joe wasn't on RJJ's radar back when he was supposedly "ducking" him and why would Joe leave Wales to lose his record and belt in embaressing fashion?

Now he feels he has a shot to beat Roy now that hes slowed down and taken some serious losses. He wants to beat Roy, which I believe he can. RJJ is one of the best boxers of all time, even with his KO losses I believe time will come to appreciate what he has done for the sport. You can't fault Joe for wanting a piece of that.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Thx for making my day a little better. I hope the article is wrong

[Bad_Barracuda]

Yeah, because a prime Roy Jones - who was considered the best fighter in his world - should have flown to Wales to fight some nobody with a WBO belt. A guy who, coincidentally, left the super middleweight division as recently as his last fight!

Some of you guys kill me...

Good post.

They must be really hard-up for a hero to jock a known coward like Scary Joe.

[The Surgeon]

The Tito fight was a joke, you can't possibly use that fight to justify RJJ deserving a shot at Joe.

Who is Roy these days anyway? He has no title, nothing to bring to the table.

He's not even a name really anymore, because people WON'T forget how faded he was.

Im not using it to justify anything, Joe wants Roy as much as Roy wants him!
Roy Jones Jnr IS very much a name.

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we will face each other, but I think Jones is the right fight for me at the moment."

A direct quote from Joe. That's pretty much turning Pavlik down. I don't know how much clearer Joe had to get on what he wants to do. It all comes down to one thing, the Jones fight is worth a lot more money. He's a bigger draw and willing to come over to Wales.

Yes he said that, but the fact that it's still a possibility means he has not turned Pavlik down.

Besides, Frank Warren's column in the Sun today starts with the headline "Now Pav Can 'Ave A Go With Our Joe"

The fight is no less likely that it was before, Arum has been talking it up as usual, and we all know Bob Arum is possibly the most full of **** person on the planet.

[fightnews55]

It is a misquote, or it got lost somewhere, but he didn't say it.

The article saying he did quotes BBC Sport, which quotes Joe's own column in the South Wales Argus.

I read the South Wales Argus in work today, and paid particular attention to Joe's column.

He did not say he wouldn't fight Pavlik, this is bull****.

He said it is unlikely, but he also said he will never fight Kessler.

There is also no mention of this on the Sports Network website. Frank Warren, for all his faults, keeps his site up to date to the hour pretty much. If this was really said, it would be on there.

Either Roy will price himself out, and Kelly will get the call up, or Joe will fight and beat them both.

Glad you could clear that up. What are you his boyfriend?

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

Glad you could clear that up. What are you his boyfriend?

I read the original article that this has borrowed quotes from.

I said that in the first post, what are you, an idiot?

[Kball15]

he isnt going to fight both, and he wouldnt beat either

[Clegg]

he isnt going to fight both, and he wouldnt beat either

Your prediction record when it comes to Calzaghe fights is not very good, is it?

Peter Manfredo