Did Mike Jones retire from Boxing?

[BrokenHat]

Randal Bailey really did retire the dude, didn't he?

I feel really bad for Mike Jones. Surely, that can't be it from him, can it?

[Mike D]

Lol no ****. It's weird. Since that absolutely brutal uppercut Mike has straight went into witness protection or some ****. That was the Bradley/Pacquiao fight, right?

[ИATAS]

I think he's still going through management issues. Last I could find was from April:


Later that year, Jones attempted to break his promotional contract with Russell Peltz, who handles the boxer with Top Rank. Peltz communicates with Jones through the fighter's attorney, Eric Melzer of New Jersey-based Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis.

On March 22, Jones agreed to face on a June card in Atlantic City, but then changed his mind on March 29th and refused to sign a contract. No reason was provided, but Jones has several years remaining on his current promotional agreement.

A few weeks ago, Peltz was approached about matching Jones against Kell Brook (30-0, 20KOs) on October 26th at the*Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. Jones turned the fight down and Brook closed a deal to face Vyacheslav Senchenko.

"I've tried to get him into a fight. First it was the Ray Narh fight that he agreed to and then turned down, and then he turned down Kell Brook for October in England. They called us about two or three weeks ago to see if we were interested in fighting Kell Brook and he didn't want to," Peltz tells BoxingScene.com.

[SlySlickSmooth]

WHO? Mike Jones!! WHO? Mike Jones!!!

[Augustane]

Seriously, how's his rap career going?

[MeanestNiceGuy]

I think he's still going through management issues. Last I could find was from April:


Later that year, Jones attempted to break his promotional contract with Russell Peltz, who handles the boxer with Top Rank. Peltz communicates with Jones through the fighter's attorney, Eric Melzer of New Jersey-based Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis.

On March 22, Jones agreed to face on a June card in Atlantic City, but then changed his mind on March 29th and refused to sign a contract. No reason was provided, but Jones has several years remaining on his current promotional agreement.

A few weeks ago, Peltz was approached about matching Jones against Kell Brook (30-0, 20KOs) on October 26th at the*Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. Jones turned the fight down and Brook closed a deal to face Vyacheslav Senchenko.

"I've tried to get him into a fight. First it was the Ray Narh fight that he agreed to and then turned down, and then he turned down Kell Brook for October in England. They called us about two or three weeks ago to see if we were interested in fighting Kell Brook and he didn't want to," Peltz tells BoxingScene.com.

Pretty much on point. To add to that, "he has several years remaining on his contract" is probably the reason he doesn't wanna fight.

From what I remember, he signed some silly deal years ago, stating that if he wins a title (read: and/or receives a title shot), then another 3 years will be added to his contract...he signed for that.

Now that he got KO'd by Bailey and failed to secure that vacant IBF title, he doesn't wanna seem to play anymore.

[Antwuan Maxx]

I'm not sure. Maybe someone should hit him up and find out...


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[boliodogs]

Read the Boxing Scene top headlines and you will see he is retired.

[Hougigo]

Guesss whoossss backkkkkkk
http://boxrec.com/date_search.php?yyyy=2014&mm=08&dd=23

[kiaba360]

Will he be returning to WW?