Roy Jones Jr. Not at The End of The Road

[Darkstar]

I really doubt Roy Jones will fight Glen Johnson,Tarver, Hopkins or Dawson. Like they said. I would bet anything he wont fight them.

He might fight yet another bum in his hometown. That I see possible.

[JWPearce3]

Someone on Roy's team needs to tell him that it's time to hang 'em up. After this performance against Calzaghe, it's obvious that he has nothing left. It was hard to watch Roy bleed half to death after the 7th round cut. He showed us all something by finishing the fight but the way Calzaghe was showboating against him just makes it all the more apparent that he had no reason to be in there other than to collect a paycheck. Roy's fans don't want to see him like that anymore and his family sure doesn't want to see him in that situation anymore.
No rematches with Johnson or Hopkins, don't fight a bum just to go out on a W. Heal up, stay behind the scenes doing the promoting thing or get back behind the mic b/c I'd much rather listen to you than listen to Max Kellerman.

[MELLY-MEL...]

gotta bow out roy. it's time bro.

[Pugilistic™]

Retirement is the best option for jones at this stage.

[Pullcounter]

Retirement is the best option for jones at this stage.

trust me, rjj will give hopkins a call... especially since calz is wetting himself thinking about getting back in the ring w/ bhop.

[larryx]

Glen Johnson has an interview on *********, he says Roy obviously had an agreement to let Joe win, when he came out to hard in the first and damm near knocked Joe out he had to step off the gas and coast to let him win. Good interview actually.

thats a damn good point

[Brassangel]

Glen Johnson has an interview on *********, he says Roy obviously had an agreement to let Joe win, when he came out to hard in the first and damm near knocked Joe out he had to step off the gas and coast to let him win. Good interview actually.

There's no way he gets bloodied like that if he's just trying to carry Joe to victory. Roy wasted too much gas on big punches once he scored the knockdown. It's the same reason BHop tired out against Joe, and the reason Taylor tired out against Pavlik in their first fight.

As much as I love RJJ, I believe he should just put an end to his GREAT career. Sad to see fighters try to relive their great careers. RJJ should not have to go through anymore punishment and hard training for his age.

Personally I think Mayweather was smart by retiring undefeated. Calzaghe should close the books on his careers as well.

"Im gonna retire from Boxing, Im not going to let Boxing retire me"
Floyd "Money" Mayweather.

Mayweather was 3 fights short of retiring at the right time. If he would have fought Cotto, Margarito, and Williams, and won them all, then he could have retired. I guarantee a loss would have come from at least one of those three, however, and I imagine he knew that as well.

Calzaghe is retiring at the perfect time.

damn i hope were not witnessing another legend screw up their legacy.jones' legacy has been on a steady decline ever since the magic man tarver entered the picture.glen johnson knocked him out so brutaly that i dont think roy should face him again,antonio tarver gave everyone the formula to beat jones,just put him on the ropes and pound on him.it seems like he doesnt know what to do when hes cornered,his footwork is really poor and his defense is very sloppy.in his prime he was able to make up for those mistakes because of his lighting speed,even though he is still extremely fast now he doesnt beleive in himself anymore.he does not trust his chin,so he only shoots one over-hand right at a time,making sure hes not countered.he was clearly on survival mode vs calzaghe.as far as calzaghe goes,i dont think it wil be a smart move for him to fight hopkins again cause im 100% sure bhop will execute him.so if he retires it will be a smart move but even his fans know that he didnt really beat bernard.of course he threw more punches,but he got hit alot more.the confidence that bhop has right now is scary,he just destroyed the most powerful puncher in the sport(pavlik) and remember pavlik is a guy calzaghe did not want a part of,instead chose to fight a past-his prime jones.kelly is in his prime,joe wouldve gotten more respect beating him than jones because hes not really getting credit for the roy win cause all people keep bringing up is the fact that roy is done as a fighter.hopkins is willing to go to wales for the execution but its up to calzaghe to sign his life over to the reaper

Hopkins only won the first 5 rounds at best. After that, Joe was landing cleanly, knocking sweat from Hopkins' bald head. He had him so exhausted that BHop had to feign low blows to buy recovery time. He's trying to save face by repeating phrases like "pitty pat" punches until his gullible fans start regurgitating it themselves. Joe won that fight. He owes Hopkins nothing. He's not wetting himself; he has nothing left to prove.

[PeterinMI]

I feared this would happen. Man I wish Roy would retire, he doesn't need this anymore and he is just a shell.

I completely agree. It is a shame.

[JWPearce3]

Glen Johnson has an interview on *********, he says Roy obviously had an agreement to let Joe win, when he came out to hard in the first and damm near knocked Joe out he had to step off the gas and coast to let him win. Good interview actually.

Did you listen to the whole thing? He ended up calling Roy a wimp.

"For the rest of the fight, he fought like the wimp that he is."

Wow, strong words from Glen but it's not like I can really disagree with what he said. It was embarrassing and it did look like after the 1st round, Roy didn't even try to win.

As I've posted before, just very disappointed in Roy but maybe that was all he had to give but it's hard to believe after he dropped him in the 1st that he couldn't have finished him off. Oh well...

[switchsouthpaw]

damn i hope were not witnessing another legend screw up their legacy.jones' legacy has been on a steady decline ever since the magic man tarver entered the picture.glen johnson knocked him out so brutaly that i dont think roy should face him again,antonio tarver gave everyone the formula to beat jones,just put him on the ropes and pound on him.it seems like he doesnt know what to do when hes cornered,his footwork is really poor and his defense is very sloppy.in his prime he was able to make up for those mistakes because of his lighting speed,even though he is still extremely fast now he doesnt beleive in himself anymore.he does not trust his chin,so he only shoots one over-hand right at a time,making sure hes not countered.he was clearly on survival mode vs calzaghe.as far as calzaghe goes,i dont think it wil be a smart move for him to fight hopkins again cause im 100% sure bhop will execute him.so if he retires it will be a smart move but even his fans know that he didnt really beat bernard.of course he threw more punches,but he got hit alot more.the confidence that bhop has right now is scary,he just destroyed the most powerful puncher in the sport(pavlik) and remember pavlik is a guy calzaghe did not want a part of,instead chose to fight a past-his prime jones.kelly is in his prime,joe wouldve gotten more respect beating him than jones because hes not really getting credit for the roy win cause all people keep bringing up is the fact that roy is done as a fighter.hopkins is willing to go to wales for the execution but its up to calzaghe to sign his life over to the reaper

Antonio Tarver did not provide or create the blueprint to beat Roy. Many fighters had attempted to do that before, pinning Jones on the ropes and waling away, with no success. I am convinced that an old Roy had Calzhage hurt, a young Roy has him out. Roy was done and has been done for past few years, their should be no credit given for this win, aside from beating a name fighter. Having said that, Calzhage is a great fighter and a HOF'er but this win proved nothing. I was there and witnessed the fight from ringside, covering the fight for some local press, Roy was done before the bell rang and Calzhage was thankful for the opportunity.