Jones-Ajamu post fight quotes!

Jones-Ajamu post fight quotes!

July 30, 2006

By Rick Scharmberg


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Roy Jones Jr.

“I want to thank Arthur Williams, who is from Pensacola, and William Guthrie. I am honored to share this opportunity with these guys.”

On why he returned and how he felt in the fight:

“I wanted to see if my reflexes were still there. I wanted to see if I could do the things I used to do like catch him off balance. After tonight, I realized that I can still do the things that I’m not supposed to be able to do any more!”

On reaching 50 career wins:

“If I got to five-O earlier, I’d be done by now. It comes at the right time.”

On Prince’s fast start in the fight:

“I wasn’t surprised. I expected that. I knew he was strong, and he caught me with some good punches. I don’t blame him for starting fast against someone who had two knockouts. I expected him to go for a quick knockout – but when it didn’t happen, ta-da da-da!”

On a potential fight with Bernard Hopkins:

“He said he didn’t want to fight me. [He] said I was too fast!”

On his ten month layoff:

“The layoff was good for me, after coming down from that weight loss.”

Was he concerned about not selling the arena out?

“Boise was one of the best places I ever performed in. They didn’t know that they were going to miss a show like this.”

On when he will be back to 100%:

“In 2-3 more months I will be all the way back. I might even go jogging tonight!”

On his opponent, Prince Badi:

“He was very gallant. He went through a lot. He’s a big guy, but it’s tough chasing a target that ain’t there.”

Will he stay at light heavyweight?

“I will stay here. No way will I fight Virgil Hill again. Look how big Virgil Hill is!

What about another move to heavyweight:

“No, but if [Hasim] Rahman…I see something in Rahman. If he wins [against Oleg Maskaev] I might want Rahman – only Rahman.”

About fighting “the giant” Nikolai Valuev:

“If something crazy comes up, I may try that. If it’s a good opportunity, why not?”



Photo: Armando Roldan
Prince Badi Ajamu:

“I want to thank everybody and supporting me. I am grateful to be here.”

On Roy Jones:

“I commend Roy on his performance. He is a great fighter. He used his experience and took advantage of what I didn’t do.”

On his opening round barrage:

“He wasn’t punching back and I landed some decent shots. I saw that he went into a little shell. I knew I had to stay calm and keep working. I had some cramps and started hyperventilating in that first round. My corner tried to get me to calm down, but I never did calm back down.”

Was he surprised by the speed of Roy Jones?

“No, I was not. Roy fought an excellent fight. I have no excuses.”

On how the referee’s penalties affected him:

The referee [Jerry Armstrong] called what he could catch, but I still kept trying to work inside. After the fight I told the referee that he did a great job. I’m not sure if he ever refereed a fight of this magnitude before, so you have to give him credit.”

On his future plans:

I have to talk it over with my camp, but I am optimistic. I haven’t been in too many wars like this, so I am optimistic that I will make a successful return.”

On how he could have improved his performance:

“I could have gotten off more on the inside when I had him on the ropes. I could have relaxed more.”

Prince is a class act.

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Originally Posted by Starr

Prince is a class act.

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Agreed. Love his fwockin hat.

Badi Ajamu aint that bad as a class act either ;)

roy jones got his mojo back

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Originally Posted by Starr

Badi Ajamu aint that bad as a class act either ;)

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!! where have u been :o

I'd actually like to see Jones move back up to heavyweight & fight the Twinkie King of Michigan.

rather see him fight Byrd. James Toney seemingly had been training for 4 weeks before the Peter press conference if Toney comes in at 220 then Peter is in trouble and he will no longer be the twinkiw king, but the boobies will still be there ;D They have been since his Middleweight years ;)

Shit... even Toney's Lips look over weight...

Jones done good and suprised a lot of people who had given up on him. I hope he plays it smart and takes on another veteran top 10 guy that is a little better than Ajamu b4 he tries another world class fight let alone at HW. Jones did not look like the old RJ, but about 80% of the old RJ which is enuff to beat 90% of the guys out there.