Roy Jones Lost To Tarver Intentionally?

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It was reported within the Pensacola News Journal, that Roy Jones, Jr. is blaming his third defeat to Antonio Tarver on his father, Roy Jones, Sr., but the blame game was not the only thing Jones had to say.

In a recent press conference bombshell, Jones told reporters that he did not win the third meeting with Antonio Tarver, because he did not want his father, who was his trainer for the trilogy bout, to get all the credit for the win. [details]

[Super_Lightweight]

Stop with all this bull****...

Pensacola News Journal

Jones said his dad was supposed to be the point man in the corner, while Merkerson would be his backup. Instead, Jones said his dad was "pushing Merk" out of the way during the fight and trying to get an assistant trainer he had brought along into the action and on camera.

As a result, Merkerson grew furious and then quiet, unhappily deferring to Jones Sr.

Jones said this left his head a mess: Why his father was causing conflict in his corner during such a career-defining fight?

"All he had to do was stick to the plan," Jones said. "We know now he can't do that."

Jones said he found himself fighting more than Tarver that night, adding that he lost the focus he had coming into the bout.

"People had no idea what was going on," Jones said. "It was something I never expected. My dad agreed to stick to the plan, and he didn't. When I came out after the fifth, I wasn't sure how to deal with it, but I knew my dad didn't deserve (any glory)."

Jones never said he purposely lost the bout, although that's how many in the media have interpreted his comments.

Tim Smith's article on the boxing Web site, SecondsOut.com, asserted that "Jones is saying he deliberately lost a fight to spite his father."

However, USA Today boxing writer Chuck Johnson attended the news conference and said that wasn't what Jones meant.

"The word 'fix' or 'threw the fight' never came out of his mouth," Johnson said Tuesday. "He was looking at the loss in retrospect and now could see the whole picture. He was dealing with so much on his mind -- mainly the sudden realization (during a big title fight) that bringing back his father was a big mistake -- and he just couldn't go out and put forth his best effort."

After coming out strong to take an early lead on the scorecards, Jones lost the final seven rounds during a unanimous decision defeat (116-112, 116-112, 117-111).

Jones' dad will not be in the corner for his upcoming bout against Ajamu, but his admission left reporters at the news conference with one final question: After such a long time apart and so much bad history, didn't he see this coming?

"He's the sharpest guy I've ever known in boxing," Jones said in defense of his dad. "If he would've just done what we all agreed to in the first place, it would've worked out for everyone."

[mayweather]

i really respected jones and i still do a lot but this is
COMPLETE
BULL
S**T
he should of kept his mouth shut no matter if thats the truth or not because that makes him looook soo dumb

[DiegoFuego]

Good ol Roy never fails with the excuses

[Super_Lightweight]

i really respected jones and i still do a lot but this is
COMPLETE
BULL
S**T
he should of kept his mouth shut no matter if thats the truth or not because that makes him looook soo dumb

Did you not read this?

However, USA Today boxing writer Chuck Johnson attended the news conference and said that wasn't what Jones meant.

"The word 'fix' or 'threw the fight' never came out of his mouth," Johnson said Tuesday. "He was looking at the loss in retrospect and now could see the whole picture. He was dealing with so much on his mind -- mainly the sudden realization (during a big title fight) that bringing back his father was a big mistake -- and he just couldn't go out and put forth his best effort."

[Super_Lightweight]

Good ol Roy never fails with the excuses

Kinda like your mom when I asked her why she didn't abort you.

[DiegoFuego]

Kinda like your mom when I asked her why she didn't abort you.

You're reaching.

[mayweather]

haha ur status under ur account name says anorak tosses rjjs salad. look at you. jumping to defend him i know i got it wrong but damn with that abort **** hahah chill

[DiegoFuego]

Who wants to take bets on RJJ's excuse if he loses to the Prince? I'm gonna go with Tarver poisoning his water.

[Super_Lightweight]

haha ur status under ur account name says anorak tosses rjjs salad. look at you. jumping to defend him i know i got it wrong but damn with that abort **** hahah chill

Kind of a game we got going. Anorak changes my sig all the time to things like 'RJJ= china chops'. He's always crackin on Roy's chin, so I just change my sig to counter whatever he changes it to.

Good to see you got a sense of humor though, mayweather. ********s can be funny, when well-placed. Sadly, when they put the coat-hanger in Fuego's mama's poontang (they don't have clinics in the Kentucky mountains where Diego grew up) the hanger was melted by Diego's sheer ugliness.

That ****'s what we call 'radioactive ugly'. Sum serious ugly...