Jones was looking to buy time for two reasons. One - he had two mandatories simultaneously. Which is why he agreed to fight the winner of the box-off. Two - his next date in the fall was a PPV and he was buying time in search of a better dance partner.
Hiding behind his HBO contract- which basically allowed him to run rampant in picking up millions of dollars at a time- Jones would fight one undeserving mandatory stiff after another.
But when Tarver had elevated himself to the IBF mandatory position in 2000, he had his promoter at the time Murad Muhammad write a letter questioning his attributes as the number one contender. Eventually, the IBF- which has had an ******uous relationship with Muhammad- acquiesced and forced Tarver into a box-off with Harding for the right to face Jones. Harding would beat Tarver in June of 2000( a loss though, that would be avenged a few years later) and Jones was free from having to face Tarver, until he agreed to face him this past Saturday.
Pitty Roy never saw fit to question the credentials of some of the other stiffs he fought Lol.
roy cherry picking still has a superior resume to joe calzaghe's lame ass.
btw maybe tarver would have gotten his shot sooner if he hadn't lost to eric harding who roy fought.
True. But as a counter puncher he would notice patterns and see what particular attacks his opponents are vunerable too.
His career is not done yet it seems that he is willing to go up to hw to fight Toney or was planning to. I dont know how this whole Toney UFC thing will affect things.
Ugh. Are you serious? He should stick to announcing Showtime fights.
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