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Montell Griffin talks about Roy Jones.....
On who he believes would have won a fight between Roy Jones and Dariusz Michalczewski and why he believes the fight never happened:
Well after my fight with Michalczewski, me and Roy actually had a conversation. The funny thing about it is, Roy Jones and James Toney, even though we fought they are two guys that I looked up to so I look at them as big brothers and it’s just funny that I have talked to them and they have come up to me and said they’re sorry about different fights that they’ve seen me get cheated out of. James Toney has done it, Roy Jones walked over to me and said, ‘Man, that’s why I’m not going over there. I saw what happened to you. I’m not going over there’. But if they ever would have fought, because of his speed—Michalczewski, his number one thing was his conditioning. He was tough and he was conditioned, but with Roy’s speed and his leg speed, I think he would have beaten him easy. Fighting Michalczewski for those three rounds was so easy it wasn’t even funny. One thing I can say about Roy, and I don’t mean no disrespect towards any other fighter. I sparred Floyd Mayweather Junior, one of the greatest fighters ever in history. I fought Roy Jones twice. I sparred Floyd Mayweather maybe six/seven years ago, he was like 135/140, and Roy’s hand speed is second to none—to nobody. He just was a God-gifted fighter. God blessed him with a lot of attributes with his speed and his reflexes and he used it to the best of his ability. Like I said, when he failed the steroid test it kind of hurt me because of course me feeling like I was cheated, and because I looked up to this guy. Knowing that he cheated, it kind of took a little away from him. The funny thing about it is something ain’t right because this man, for as great as he was, he fell faster than any style I’ve ever seen in boxing history.
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