Should Roy Jones be saved from himself?

[SonOfCuba]

but no they shouldn't deny his license, I mean I saw Saoul Mamby fight live in the Cayman Islands... he was 60

[BritishBoxing92]

I was watching the "Facing Ali" film and I dunno, so many of his former opponents sound terrible, not even mentioning Ali himself. I just don't wanna see in 10 years Roy Jones being unable to talk. He is clearly totally passed it, even if his hands are still quick, I feel Hopkins will ko him. Should he be denied a licence to fight?

let him fight Hopkins and then Retire...

[Ben_London]

Why? because hes a big star? Is his life and health more important than other boxers?

You have tons and tons of journeymen out there getting KO'd and taking a huge amount of punishment everytime they step into the ring. Those journeymen take more punishment in less than a year than Roy has been taking in his whole career and they can also fight 10-15 fights every year.

I never heard anyone being worried and saying they shouldnt be allowed to fight, because at the end of the day nobody gives a damn about them. If RJJ should be denied a licence to fight then so should most of the journeymen.

I agree with you man. I should have added that to my message. Lots of boxers should be denied licences. There was a guy fighting the other night on the Wembley show here in London and he's lost like 70 fights.

[VatoMulatto]

I agree with you man. I should have added that to my message. Lots of boxers should be denied licences. There was a guy fighting the other night on the Wembley show here in London and he's lost like 70 fights.

That's insane, but unfortunately he's not the only one. There are way too many boxers out there just like him.

[Grand Champ]

He's still a good boxer. He has just reached the point in which he says **** it and scramble all the money he can from his name before he retires. I don't think 40+ Hopkins who usually hunts a UD is gonna be the one who puts Roy in a wheelchair.

[CTC JOHNNY]

How long have you been a fan of boxing!!! Roy is not shot ? IN this day and time there or no name fighter ALL over !! ROY has money and the respect!! Some true fans no what I'm talking about!!! At the end of the day Roy BEAT B-HOP !!! This fight will close the book on that era!!

[Ivansmamma]

Roy is a man. A man can make his own decisions. He dosen't need extra mothers telling him whats good or not for him. The man has through his own hard work made himself fighter of the decade and will be remebered when we are all dead. He can decide for himself if what he is doing is worth the risk. He will be the one living with the consequences.

[arraamis]

I was watching the "Facing Ali" film and I dunno, so many of his former opponents sound terrible, not even mentioning Ali himself. I just don't wanna see in 10 years Roy Jones being unable to talk. He is clearly totally passed it, even if his hands are still quick, I feel Hopkins will ko him. Should he be denied a licence to fight?

Absolutely!!!!

But, rarely do the boxing commission do the right thing - especially when dollars is in the equation.

[ИATAS]

hell no. He hasn't shown any signs of being punch drunk or anything like that. He can still beat a lot of fighters.

I think perhaps there needs to be a stricter criteria though, maybe if say someone gets knocked out (actually knocked out, not ref stopping fight) like 3 or 4 times in a row there needs to be some serious consideration on denying one's license.

A lot of this is because it's roy jones. If it were some average fighter no one would have this conversation.

[Roy Hobbs]

No. i think jones has earned the right to make the call himself. if evander holyfield, george foreman, julio cesar chavez, & meldrick taylor could fight as long as they did, i think roy should be also afforded the chance to as well.