Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late

[IMDAZED]

I gotta tell you, this is a fight I don't want to see. I'm afraid it's going to be a very, very sad night.

[illmatickid]

it breaks my heart to read that.....



Please roy.. just pull out!

we wont call you a chicken.. just pull out of the fight
for your own sake

[βetamax]

Good article, thanks for posting.

Not sure what this means exactly:

HBO (which has a synergistic relationship with Golden Boy) considers Jones so far over the hill that it refused to produce the fight as a World Championship Boxing or pay-per-view telecast. Instead, it will quietly distribute the show without HBO branding on pay-per-view. Larry Merchant speaks for many at the network when he says, “It’s a free country. They can fight if they want to. And I don’t have to watch it if I don’t want to. I’d rather not see it.”

I guess this will sort of be like Casamayor-Marquez where HBO is involved but not really?

I'll just say that if this is a one-sided beatdown on Jones I'll get no satisfaction at all simply because there's no reason why any fight involved Roy should be that way and it only proves (once again) that he's just a shell of his former self.

Even though Roy is faded I still think what he does have left could possibly give Hopkins issues and that is his handspeed and ability throw in combination. More then likely, though, it won't be enough as Hopkins will probably pound him away when he get's inside ground.

[THE REED]

One persons opinion... means nothing to me.

[Mr. Philadel]

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.”

Naazim always speaks the truth but I didn't know he could be funny at the same time!!.....this got me rollin'!!!

[MrInevitable01]

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/th...ever-than-late

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[General Zod]

Hopkins should be ashamed of himself for making this fight.

[Amazinger]

I still believe in Roy Jones and hope he win this fight.

[street bully]

Roy should have retired a while ago. Too bad for him. he can still fight,its just that his chin is no longer there. Its nothing like an older Ali, who already had mild Parkinson by the time he fought Leon Spinks.

Roy is a grown ass man, and people need to stop treating him as if he is a ****** man.

[SplitSecond]

Roy should have retired a while ago. Too bad for him. he can still fight,its just that his chin is no longer there. Its nothing like an older Ali, who already had mild Parkinson by the time he fought Leon Spinks.

Roy is a grown ass man, and people need to stop treating him as if he is a ****** man.

did you just take a jab at ali?