Thread: RJJ-Manfredo PPV???

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A pay-per-view fight between former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. (50-4, 38 KOs) and "Contender" Season One runner-up Peter Manfredo Jr. (25-3, 11 KOs) is in the works for Jan. 19 or Jan. 20, Jones adviser Jim Thomas told ESPN.com.


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"It's under discussion," Thomas said. "We'll probably reach some resolution on it in the next few days. We'll know whether we can make a deal or not."

Manfredo, 25, of course, would have to win his Oct. 14 ESPN2 bout against Providence rival Joe Spina to go forward against Jones.

Jones, 37, quickly fell from the top of the rankings after three consecutive losses, including brutal knockouts at the hands of Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2004. However, the former four-division champ returned from a nine-month layoff in July to easily outpoint Badi Ajamu.

With many of the top light heavyweights not very well known to American fans, Manfredo is an attractive option for Jones because of his fame from "The Contender," Thomas said.

"I think a fight like this has to be of interest to Roy because Manfredo is so well known and beating him puts him back in the spotlight where he belongs," Thomas said. "It's just a matter of if we can reach agreement on the financial terms. They have given us an offer that is a respectful offer, but it is not quite where Roy wants to be. I think it's a good opportunity for him. The wild card is that Roy is a guy with a great deal of pride. If he doesn't feel he is being treated fairly, he won't fight. He needs to reach a fair deal.

"Roy said he would take the offer under consideration for a couple of days and then we will talk. But I think both sides are within sight of each other. We're hoping we get it done."

Thomas said one of the issues that remains undecided is the specific weight for the fight. He said it probably would be at a catch weight between the 168-pound super middleweight division and the 175-pound light heavyweight division. Manfredo is a super middleweight and Jones is a light heavyweight.

Jeff Wald of "The Contender" promotion group said he has the utmost respect for Jones and Thomas and is hopeful they can come to an agreement.

"I think it's a terrific fight. Roy Jones is still a terrific fighter even if he is not as dominant as he used to be," Wald told ESPN.com. "You can't count him out. He's a great fighter. The other side of that is that Peter Manfredo is a young contender, a hungry fighter and he wants it. So it's a great television and fan fight, and anything can happen."

The card could also include former welterweight champ Vernon Forrest, possibly against Sergio Mora, the Season One "Contender" winner, or against Season Two winner Grady Brewer.

Organizers have been talking to HBO PPV about producing and distributing the fight, but that won't be settled until they can solidify the main event.

Peter manfredo?

It's debatable if he should even be fighting at 168 pounds... is Roy dropping to that? or is Manfredo fighting at 178?

Personally I can see Roy Jones fighting Clinton Woods once he sorts his arm out, Woods is on really good form but the styles just don't match up, I could see Jones getting his belt back.

Though all that is based on is The Prince Abi what ever his name was fight... still don't know what to make of that because I don't know how good he was really.

if roy jones fights manfredo i will lose ALOT of respect for him.
manfredo is a very good B-ranked fighter at most.
roy jones is supposed to be world class therefore he should fight world class fighters.
if he fights manfredo i will be cheering on manfredo to twist the knife into rjj's legacy

PPV

This makes me sick

The mere mention of these two names together is like a one liner at a fwockin Def Comedy Jam!

So jones has resorted to just looking for somebody with a name to fight instead of fighting for a major belt? How far has RJJ fallen to be looking into this fight? No offense to Manfredo but does he really deserve a fight with RJJ? This just proves how RJJ doesnt trust his abilities anymore.

there ain't really any point to this fight. jones is easier going to win. he should of chose woods and get a title again

Woods is out for a while, He's got some sort of rotor cuff/shoulder/upper arm injury... Tendon has gone.

He has to have it opperated on, including having the muscle seperated from the arm to take some of stress off the tendon.

looks like manfredo has decided to cash out on his 15 minutes of fame already.

Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

PPV

This makes me sick

you gotta admit it may be a LITTLE better than prince badu adjmi, or whatever his name was

and for the record, that rjj vs. prince guy was the 1st ppv i didnt buy in a very long time, this will be the 2nd

Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

PPV

This makes me sick

And Barerra Fana didn't?

if roy takes this fight he'll just be proving everybody right who said he made he career off of beat bums. this no disprect to manfreddo but this fight just does sound right. it was one thing to fight prince after the tarver fights but to fight manfeddo makes it seem like he's takin the easy way out.

WE ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND. .... F*** NO... I DON'T WANT TO PREACH MANFREDO'S PRAISES..... I DON'T WANNA SPEAK RJJ'S PRAISES... I WANT THE TWO OF THEM TO RUN FROM THIS FIGHT.

Don't be bitchin at Roy just yet, the fight isn't even signed or really close. I would love to see Jones just retire after his 50th win. But he apparently wants to keep fighting, so he should take another tune-up fight or two with progressively better guys, then seek vengeance against Glen Johnson. If he wants a high profile fight right away, he should fight Calzaghe, who is the easiest elite guy out there for Jones right now, stylistically. Jones could fight Woods again in a rematch for a trinket, but I don't really see why he should, he nearly killed Woods in their first fight. Only reason he would fight Woods IMO would be because Woods just got a close win over Johnson.

Originally Posted by Starr

Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

PPV

This makes me sick

And Barerra Fana didn't?

Yes that one also made me sick...

I think the Cintron-Suarez fight is gonna be PPV.