Jones vs Tarver III looks to be ON

[Truth]

Which is why I think he shouldnt come back. Any fight he takes now he will have to be alert and cautious and if Roy fights more cautious than he use to do than it will do nothing for him. Roy has his legacy and I think he should retire. I hope this fight isnt ppv because I know I sure as hell wouldnt pay for it.

How could you say that!!!No I am just kidding, its just RJ is my favorite boxer of all time so the chance that he might beat Tarver and retire with a win sounds extremley good to me.

[cvt]

roy's best days are so far behind him. i se no real motivation for him to get in that ring. he's got a wife and kids, businesses to take care of, as well as diffrent projects that he is interested in (certainly more interested in than boxing). antonio in all respects is still a 'hungry' fighter. hungry in terms that even though he is the undisputed LH champ...he still feels he needs to go out and prove something. he wants to be a household name...he wants to be marketable...he wants a legacy. for jones, in his mind (and many others) his legacy is already established regadless of the two knockdowns.

but...

if jones DOES find that fire in him...the kind that gets him up to fight sharp..then he's still got enough talent to do it. tarver's a counter puncher and when conventional fighters fight southpaws the rear hand comes into effect. roy's biggest mistake was to let tarver wait and wait as roy pressed the issue...roy took the bait 'you got any excusses tonight roy?', brilliant. entice him. some boxers leave a part of their body open to entice a counter...tarver did it with words. knowing RJ had something to prove that night tarver took a shot at RJ's ego...RJ pressed, tarver timed him....and the rest is history.

but...if RJ fights smart and makes tarver come foward then i can see a lot of counter right hands to the body and overhand rights over tarver's left..that would be something. then agin...it's all up to RJ

[Truth]

I am not going to lie, I am pumped for this fight. I already got my Roy avatar and sig up.

[restless_438]

but...

if jones DOES find that fire in him...the kind that gets him up to fight sharp..then he's still got enough talent to do it. tarver's a counter puncher and when conventional fighters fight southpaws the rear hand comes into effect. roy's biggest mistake was to let tarver wait and wait as roy pressed the issue...roy took the bait 'you got any excusses tonight roy?', brilliant. entice him. some boxers leave a part of their body open to entice a counter...tarver did it with words. knowing RJ had something to prove that night tarver took a shot at RJ's ego...RJ pressed, tarver timed him....and the rest is history.

but...if RJ fights smart and makes tarver come foward then i can see a lot of counter right hands to the body and overhand rights over tarver's left..that would be something. then agin...it's all up to RJ

if there's any possible time that Roy Jones Jr. could possibly make a stand, its now or never. He's 36, i'll admit, he's not a young guy anymore, time can only be against him now.

I believe this is a HUGE mountain for him to climb and it would be anything but easy, but if he... and I mean if He, inside himself has that so-called "fire" again, knowing he has something to prove once again to the boxing public, he could if determined, stand a fair chance, should he decide to take the hike.

[cvt]

if there's any possible time that Roy Jones Jr. could possibly make a stand, its now or never. He's 36, i'll admit, he's not a young guy anymore, time can only be against him now.

I believe this is a HUGE mountain for him to climb and it would be anything but easy, but if he... and I mean if He, inside himself has that so-called "fire" again, knowing he has something to prove once again to the boxing public, he could if determined, stand a fair chance, should he decide to take the hike.

no doubt this will be a huge task for him. and even though i like roy, realistically tarver's been fighting more frequently and he's 'fresher' than roy with only half the fights that roy ever took.

[spinksjinx]

Yeah, I have a feeling Corrales is going to spend most of the time on the outside, especially seeing as he was more or less forced into this rematch. Like you said he's not looking to do battle again. He didn't sound right for weeks after the last one, I don't think he's looking to absorb that much damage again.

The whole rematch thing is starting to piss my off anyway. We have three guaranteed plus the Chavez fight, which I don't know the status of. Is it really getting so hard to make matchups that guys have to keep fighting each other over and over? The Morales-Pacquiao match is completely unnecessary...Morales dominated him pretty much wire to wire. Arce ran into some trouble but otherwise killed Hussein as well. And like you said Corrales-Castillo is nothing but a money grab.

Corrales isnt looking to get beat up he wants to move onto the next biggest fight possible and I am sure he will be cautious and Corrales has the ability to outbox Castillo. I will be the first to say that I bet Corrales vs Castillo is a bore fest compared to the first and will flop in ppv numbers.

Morales vs Pacquiao I agree isnt needed, Morales convinced me enough that Pacquiao isnt worthy of another fighter. It is a good thing we are not hearing a rematch for Barrera vs Pacquiao and why should we?

[spinksjinx]

How could you say that!!!No I am just kidding, its just RJ is my favorite boxer of all time so the chance that he might beat Tarver and retire with a win sounds extremley good to me.

Because I am looking out for the health of a favorite fighter of mine. It would be nice but only if he could come out in tip top condition not only physically but mentally as well.

Restless-I think it is a dangerous fight and the age might play a factor but Tarver is also older than Jones I think by a short span though. If one thing is evident Roy has stamina, all he would have to to do is be quick and pot shot him and let him fatigue and then go for the kill in rounds 10-12 where Tarver is the most vulnerable.

But the key factor is he would need speed and with his reflexes looking like they are out the door he might not stand a chance.

It's good only if Roy feels he is good for the fight and mentally prepared.

I also think Jones should bring in the same guy he had helping him with the Ruiz fight.

[BadMagick]

The Morales-Pacquiao match is completely unnecessary...Morales dominated him pretty much wire to wire.

If he was so thoroughly dominated why did the score cards read 115-113 in favor of Morales?

[druth]

Being a huge fan of Roy, I hope he does come back and fight Tarver and *maybe* Johnson, but only under one condition.

I hope to God he comes back in shape (sorry but he was out of shape for both fights) and actually wants to fight. If any of you remember during his last two fights, he was looking around the crowd and just didn't seem like he wanted to be there, hence losing.

Tarver and Johnson on their best day can't beat Jones when he WANTS to fight. I doubt any fighter around right now from middleweight through light heavyweight could go 12 rounds with Roy when he wants to go twelve rounds.

Tarver is a helluva counterpuncher, but it's hard to hit someone when they're moving. Granted Roy has lost some of his reflexes and speed, but a slower Jones is still faster than Tarver.

If (and that's a big if) he comes back in shape and wants to fight, he's going to take Tarver to school.

[spinksjinx]

If he was so thoroughly dominated why did the score cards read 115-113 in favor of Morales?

Do you think Pacquiao fought a pretty competitive fight with Morales? I thought it went downhill for Manny after the 5th round...It was pretty evident he wasnt getting the nod in that fight.