Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late

[IMDAZED]

An excellent read, covers everything from Roy's meeting with Ali years ago, to the details of the contract (sounds like Roy got screwed). Very, very sad.

Margaret Goodman (who succeeded Homansky as chief ringside physician for the Nevada State Athletic Commission) concurs, saying, “Out of all the fighters I worked with when I was with the commission, the one I felt the most privileged to work with was Roy. This makes me so sad. It’s not whether or not Roy can pass the medical tests. I’m sure he can. All that will mean is that they’re giving him the wrong tests. This isn’t just a medical decision. It’s a boxing decision. Roy’s ability to avoid punches and handle punches when they land has deteriorated to the point where this fight shouldn’t be allowed to happen. Roy is a fighter at risk. Red warning lights are flashing. Roy will take punishment in training and he’ll take more punishment in the fight. To think that this could happen in Nevada, which once prided itself on having the highest medical standards in the country for boxing, is a travesty and an embarrassment.”

http://www.secondsout.com/columns/thomas-hauser/hopkins-jones-ii-better-never-than-late

[Ivansmamma]

Thanks for posting the article. It sounds really bad about Roy not making any money until after GBP made their 3,5 millions if i understood it right. Hopefully this is Roy's last fight and hopefully he can still make it a competetive fight. I would really hate to see Hopkins embarrassing Roy.

[General Zod]

Hopefully this is Roy's last fight and hopefully he can still make it a competetive fight. I would really hate to see Hopkins embarrassing Roy.

Roy wants to rematch Danny Green

[General Zod]

An excellent read, covers everything from Roy's meeting with Ali years ago, to the details of the contract (sounds like Roy got screwed). Very, very sad.


http://www.secondsout.com/columns/th...ever-than-late

Thanks for posting this, reading know

[Ivansmamma]

Roy wants to rematch Danny Green

Yeah i read something about that. I don't think Roy will make any definite plans until after the Hopkins fight. Hopefully he wins or loses a close decision without getting hurt and then decides to walk away.

[IMDAZED]

Roy's going to get bludgeoned. Sad.

[ИATAS]

good quote, haha:

But Naazim Richardson (who trains Hopkins) sounded a prescient note, saying, “If Roy calls Bernard to fight and Bernard is seventy-five years old, Bernard will take his teeth out of the jar and go fight. If I was advising Roy, I’d say, ‘You don’t need that fight. Let it be. Leave it as it is and the history books will say you beat Bernard Hopkins.’ But I got a feeling that Roy is like someone who robs the junkyard when the dog is asleep. Now you tell him that the dog is awake, and he’s foolish enough to go back again.”

[$ LegenD $]

i read this earlier and it is sad for roy.....b-hop is going to do a number on him and i will be very suprised if this ppv even passes 250,000 buys

[ИATAS]

that was a good point about the bonus for knockout and remembering how hopkins disfigured Joppy so badly because there was a similar side bet for a KO, which probably prevented the corner and ref from stopping the fight as a result.

I wonder how it will effect this fight. Hopkins loves his money so I'm sure he's going to try and finish the show if he feels he can.

[gingeralbino]

Thanks for posting the article. It sounds really bad about Roy not making any money until after GBP made their 3,5 millions if i understood it right. Hopefully this is Roy's last fight and hopefully he can still make it a competetive fight. I would really hate to see Hopkins embarrassing Roy.

that was the first i heard about the split as well (although i havent been paying much attention to this fight). I just thought it was a straight forward 50-50 with a KO bonus.

Looks like Roy's getting screwed money wise.