Roy Jones Jr. wants loss to Danny Green overturned

by Scott Christ on Dec 23, 2009 12:23 PM EST in Boxing News Analysis Comment 13 comments

Roy Jones Jr. says Danny Green's handwraps were illegal in their December 2 fight. Jones is seeking an overturning of his first round loss. (Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images)

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Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times reports today that Roy Jones Jr. is attempting to get his December 2 knockout loss to Danny Green overturned, claiming that Green used excessive wrapping tape and bandages. Green stopped Jones in 76 seconds in Australia, scrapping a 2010 rematch between Jones and longtime rival Bernard Hopkins.

John Wirt, the chief executive of Jones' Square Ring Promotions, wrote that the wraps "contain an adhesive (polyamide substrate with latex coating) that allows the wrapping to be stretched and secured tightly with a hardening effect (similar to an ACE bandage) in a way that is substantially different from the effect obtained by using traditional soft surgical-type gauze bandages."

Wirt says objections to the wraps were refused on the night of the fight, and Jones was told that if he wouldn't fight, he'd be disqualified. It's really a pretty serious accusation by the Jones camp, and they better have the proof they say they do, or this is a really ugly case of sour grapes.

Right now it's just an accusation, but it seems a bit odd. Jones said after the fight that he had no excuses. If he in fact had attempted to refuse to fight Green with the wraps being what they were, why has it taken three weeks for this to be mentioned? This isn't a case where they're looking at photos from a few weeks ago and noticing something peculiar. They're saying that on fight night, they had a problem, and were told to fight or be disqualified. They probably should have said something immediately if that were the case. There's been plenty of opportunity.

It just seems strange timing on the surface, but I'm not dismissing anything.

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Well, I am sure we can all agree

Jones Jr. was winning the fight before the TKO. I had Jones Jr. 80-72 on my scoracards… o_O

"Penelosa is not human." -Max Kellerman on Gerry Penelosa during the Juan Manuel Lopes-Gerry Penelosa bout.

by Sickle on Dec 23, 2009 12:49 PM EST reply actions

In fact, until then he’d won every minute of the fight!

by taco pal on Dec 23, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

I think it is safe to say that those of us hoping that this fight would cause Jones to finally hang them up are not going to get our wish. He clearly has convinced himself that the only reason he lost is because Green was a cheater. Sigh.

by jcarr71 on Dec 23, 2009 1:26 PM EST reply actions

lol

You don’t need excessive tape to KO Roy Jones Jr now-a-days.

by erod on Dec 23, 2009 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Dementia is a bitch!

"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006

by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 23, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions

I bet he wants it overturned….he wants it forgotten. Luckily it was in Europe and not many people saw it.

by FrankinDallas on Dec 23, 2009 3:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I do remember watching the fight that there was some talk over problems with the wraps before they both came out but thats all they said. If there is a big problem here it shouldn’t take 3 weeks for him to speak up

"Good, so it can’t go any deeper." - Arturo Gatti after being told he was cut to the bone

by sigidy on Dec 23, 2009 5:33 PM EST reply actions

The hell?

Royale Jones is a cross between a sorry mother and a laughingstock these days…. He is becoming pathetic…… The dude is shot…… His speed, chin and reflexes are all gone at age 40…… He’s quickly washing out of boxing……. Cheers……

MR.BILL

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by MRBILL40 on Dec 23, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions

smells like malarkey to me

The Dude Abides

by battle axe of doom on Dec 24, 2009 3:26 AM EST reply actions

I believe Jones 100% – Margarito cheated no one would of believe it until he got caught rrght.

by AndroidMullen on Dec 24, 2009 5:38 AM EST reply actions

Dementia is a bitch…Rambler stop acting like a Witch. if not someone is gonna be buried in a Ditch, if it continues I’m outta here Faster than you can turn off your light-Switch.

by AndroidMullen on Dec 24, 2009 5:45 AM EST reply actions

Tci

Joking on the ditch. I’m not gonna be. A part of this guys. Bye.

by AndroidMullen on Dec 24, 2009 5:48 AM EST reply actions

Roy was Robbed

First up, roy did comlain about the early stoppage and also the wrapping the day after the fight. He couldn’t do it at the stadium or that crowd would have gone nuts on him. I was there and it a very pro-aussie and anti-jones crowd, with a hint of aggression.
Next up, Green is a bum and cheat.

Roy Jones was robbed or the fight was fixed. Most likely robbed by payment of the ref.

You don’t stop a title fight like that.
The first punch hit Jones Shoulder first, then barely connected to his temple.

After that Greens punches barely landed. I thikn he got one weak jab in there. To someone who don’t know much about boxing it looked like Green demolished jones, cos he was throwing punches like crazy. But hardly landed.

The ref should definitely not have stopped that fight. you might do something like that in an amateur under 15’s fight, but not in an international world title fight. Bullshit and roy got Robbed and Danny ain’t got shit to be proud off

by da_animal on Jan 7, 2010 1:52 AM EST reply actions