I've never thought he ducked Joe, that would be a crazy claim to make.
Agreed, I guess. Mind you, that was his stated motive for making the fight with Johnson, in order to get to fight Jones - then he got that back injury and I guess after that he lost his ambitiousness for a while. I think he was pretty depressed around that time.
Also, I think he may have wanted to fight Roy without having to give up his Super-Middleweight belt; and the route you suggest would have forced him to give up that belt.
I think that's a fair statement.
Thanks for the background about Hopkins and King, very illuminating.
Agreed, I guess. Mind you, that was his stated motive for making the fight with Johnson, in order to get to fight Jones - then he got that back injury and I guess after that he lost his ambitiousness for a while. I think he was pretty depressed around that time.
Also, I think he may have wanted to fight Roy without having to give up his Super-Middleweight belt; and the route you suggest would have forced him to give up that belt.
I think that's a fair statement.
Thanks for the background about Hopkins and King, very illuminating.
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