Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK
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Why didn't Dariusz Michalczewski & RJJ ever fight?
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Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK View PostYeah his only option was to drop 20lbs and fight superstar Antonio Tarver
http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2003-06-05/12638.html
Fight didn't happen when Holyfield felt Don King was taking too much.
Jones moved back then.
Strange, I guess.
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Originally posted by IMDAZED View PostJones stated that he only wanted big money fights at HW or he wouldn't stick around since he wasn't natural there. He negotiated with Holyfield:
http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2003-06-05/12638.html
Fight didn't happen when Holyfield felt Don King was taking too much.
Jones moved back then.
Strange, I guess.
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Roy didn't stay at HW, because he wanted mega money fights, and he couldn't them. He was a near 35 year old LHW, and according to Murad Muhammad, he'd been paid around $17m for the Ruiz fight. He had $20m on the table to fight Sanders, and Tua was his mandatory at one point. But he was looking for huge money against Tyson. They met in Miami in 2003, and talked of a fight the following year. Because at that point, Tyson had got a lot going on in his life. He'd split from Finkle, he didn't have a trainer, he wasn't in shape, he was up for an assault charge, and more importantly, he was embroiled in a huge lawsuit against Don King. But Roy's losses to Tarver and Johnson, and Mike's own defeat to Danny Williams killed the fight from ever taking place.
Roy and Murad also spoke to Lennox and his team late in 2003. Lewis had shown interest in a huge payday against Roy, before he fought Vitali, as well as speaking of having up to three more fights. But after the Vitali fight, he retired, stating that he no longer had the motivation and the desire to carry on.
Simply put, it wasn't worth the risk for Roy to stay at HW to fight Tua, Sanders and Vitali etc, unless he was getting paid mega money. Those fights wouldn't have brought half of the money that a Tyson fight would have brought, and they would obviously have been far riskier. Mike was pretty much done at that point. Also, Tarver had been baiting Roy althroughout 2003, which included crashing the post Ruiz press conference. He really did get under Roy's skin.
So Roy opted to fight Tarver, but he still had hopes of fighting Tyson in 2004. He said that in his post fight interview with Larry Merchant after the Tarver fight.Last edited by robertzimmerman; 01-17-2014, 09:56 AM.
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Originally posted by Cracaphat View PostRJJ is happy to go to Russia nowadays and fight a bum,but wouldn't go to Germany to fight a good fighter.Either he was scared of losing or he needs the money now.
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Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK View PostWhen did that fight fall through?
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/...ticle-1.524388
Yeah, you were saying?
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Originally posted by BattlingNelson View PostDo you have a source for the 8-10M for DM? That amount sounds unbelieveable.
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