Roy Jones Jr Back on December 10 in Atlanta
by Scott Christ on Oct 18, 2011 4:26 PM EDT
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Roy Jones Jr will be getting back into the ring for whatever reason on December 10 in Atlanta, facing club fighter Max Alexander, reports Jake Donovan at BoxingScene.com. The fight will be held with a cruiserweight limit.
Jones (54-8, 40 KO) last fought on May 21 in Russia, getting knocked out violently by Denis Lebedev. Prior to that, he dropped two straight to Danny Green (TKO-1 in Australia) and Bernard Hopkins (UD-12), the latter a miserable mismatch at least seven years past its expiration date. Jones hasn't scored a truly good win since his heavyweight triumph over John Ruiz in March 2003, though he did beat Antonio Tarver by disputed decision that same year. Since the win over Tarver, the former top pound-for-pound fighter in the world has gone 5-7, beating no one of real substance.
Alexander (14-5-2, 2 KO) is the perfect non-threatening opponent for Jones. Roy doesn't take punches well at all anymore, and Alexander can't punch. He has also gone 0-5-1 in his last six fights. If Roy's going to fight, given the total lack of interest in his fights in the U.S. anymore and his inability to beat legitimate opponents, this is the type of fight.
That's not to say that it lacks some form of sadness, but the 42-year-old Jones is going to fight, and clearly has no intention of stopping.
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Oh well. I guess if Roy has to do it, he might as well take on a few light touches close to home, instead of flying halfway around the world to get wrecked by young punchers in front of moronic crowds. Even so, I hope for his sake that all his fights are fixed from now on.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Roy has “accident waiting to happen” written all over him.
At least Evander doesn’t get sparked , at least Bernard wins fights .
Madness …but it’s his madness so I’ll leave him to it.
Disarm you with a smile ....
by Sir Jack Daniels on Oct 18, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. Even Mercer doesn’t bother me. Roy is just getting creamed out there.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Yeah , problem is that the brain can only take so much "cream"ing.
I aint watched a Jones fight since Calzaghe – Jones aint watched a Jones fight since Ruiz would be my bet. If he saw what we saw he’d stop ….wouldn’t he ?
Disarm you with a smile ....
by Sir Jack Daniels on Oct 18, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
This takes some of the sting
out of Haye retiring—can never take it all, but some.
It’s like the Apollo Moon Landing or the Kennedy assassination. I’ll always remember where I was when I first heard David Haye retired.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
by jrok on Oct 18, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
hehehehe
Disarm you with a smile ....
by Sir Jack Daniels on Oct 18, 2011 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
It will be
a marker in all of our lives, jrok.
by Don From Prov on Oct 18, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
The Magic Bullet
The Eagle has Landed.
And….the Toe.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Really sad.
Most people don't know shit about boxing. At all. Period. - Roger Mayweather
by The Kittitas Kid on Oct 18, 2011 5:57 PM EDT reply actions
SERIOUSLY,
How is he getting approval to fight???
Unified Commission would never let this happen. He can commentate and make a decent living. Why pretend to contend and get hurt?
His counter-parts at HBO need to step up and tell him as a friend, professional…,
Quit. Now, while you still can feed yourself.
Nobody should pay, tune in, nor comment on it. We the fans are the ones who promote, instigate; We abet in this malfeasance (if you will)!
Roy Jones Jr., for the love of God, man, stop! Hang em’ up
When the fans cease to care so do the rest of the world.
Fans=cult=following
WE HAVE THE POWER!
We’re just too unorganized.
V for Vendetta!
His counter-parts at HBO need to step up and tell him as a friend, professional
Don’t you remember the trippy commentary Roy and Max did on the Williams-Lara debacle, with Roy talking about how Williams should retire? I think Kellerman was trying to get him to see the writing on the wall, but Roy is obviously too far gone or too broke to care.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Don’t you remember the trippy commentary
no I dont but I will look see, and good for Kellerman for stating that!
oh he screwd then
he screwd goood….
shame, if he keeps on going he’l be the new Evander
by Sweet science on Oct 18, 2011 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Better get Benny Hinn on the horn!
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 18, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hope, really hope, that he just wants his final fight to be a win. Personally I think that Jones is in a worse state than Holyfield. Despite being way over the hill, Holyfield has never been knocked spark out once. Jones has several times and the last one was probably the worst of the lot. I just hope he gets out safe and HBO put him on more shows as part of the commentary team.
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
It really was the worst of a very bad string of KO’s in my opinion. The way he held his head while swaying in the breeze was scarier than any horror movie.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Also, the ref out there in Moscow should have been locked up in prison. You could see that even Lebedev didn’t want to hit Roy again while he was in that state, but the ref forced him too. It was sickening.
Bad Left Hook
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Yeah jrok mate
Shot fighters + shit ref’s = bad things.
Disarm you with a smile ....
by Sir Jack Daniels on Oct 18, 2011 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn’t the ref Smoger? Probably the worst ref possible for a fighter that really should not be taking too many punches.
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
Yeah it was Smoger. He will get a man killed one of these days.
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"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
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by SSreporters on Oct 19, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
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