(Poll) Did Roy Jones Jr Cherry Pick Most Of His Opposistion?

[Bennett]

When he had that outrageous contract with HBO, Roy definitely cherry picked his opponents.

hbo picked those guys.

[Scott9945]

hbo picked those guys.

Uh no, not at all. They just approved them while they were holding their noses. That's why Larry Merchant and other HBO insiders called it the "contract from Hell".

I do like your Commando avatar though.

[General Zod]

hbo picked those guys.

Jones picked his opponents

[Bennett]

mandatories, jones wouldnt fight oversea, and not many guys would fight him. darius for example. he had the chance but blew it.

[General Zod]

Uh no, not at all. They just approved them while they were holding their noses. That's why Larry Merchant and other HBO insiders called it the "contract from Hell".

I do like your Commando avatar though.

Hey, it's a great gig for Jones, keep collecting these $4 to $5 million licensing fees while taking on the likes of Woods.

Even HBO, which in the past has staunchly defended Jones at all cost, is getting fed up with this racket. They are making no bones about it, Jones-Woods is being aired on their network -- not because they want to, but because they have to.

"Our attitude is we're reluctantly airing it," admits Xavier James of HBO Sports. "The bottom line here is I don't know how Clinton Woods became a top 10 light heavyweight and I prefer not to telecast it. But, contractually, we have very little latitude in that regard. As far as I'm concerned, I'd prefer Roy to fight a more competitive fight."

http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/a/2002/0904/1427223.html

[General Zod]

mandatories, jones wouldnt fight oversea, and not many guys would fight him. darius for example. he had the chance but blew it.

which guys are you talking about?

[SplitSecond]

Jones was never really comfortable facing southys, which would explain why he behaved the way he did when Nunn and Tarver were his mandatories


http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=15286

http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...-great-hardly/

http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...le/7149/jones/

stop talking out your ass, that's why he fought 6 consecutive southpaws prior to woods

[$partacus]

Jones didn't fight a lot of the top fighters, the blame cannot just go on Jones but anyone that thinks he had no part in the fights not happening is a fool.

[Bennett]

which guys are you talking about?

benn and calzaghe both had offers. both refused. there are sources as well.

[$partacus]

benn and calzaghe both had offers. both refused. there are sources as well.

Benn didn't get an offer, the rumour was Jones was going to make him an offer after the Malinga fight but Benn lost.