Jones: I must KO Tito!

Ring legend Roy Jones Jr. insists his five-year, seven-fight dry spell of knockouts will absolutely end when he faces Felix Trinidad in 11 days. "Trust me, he's not going the distance with me," promised Roy today from his secluded training facility outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "I must KO him. He's got to go. I don't want a win by decision. That would not be good enough for me at this time. No way, he's got to go!" Roy attributes his recent lack of punch to his foray as a heavyweight. "When I came back to light heavyweight, I had lost all the muscle, I had lost the energy,


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Tito is gonna look wrong at this weight. Very wrong.

Jones damn well better fukin KO him. I mean Tito is two weight classes smaller than him, plus coming off a huge layoff. A KO is a must.

Well he ain't gonna say 'I wanna UD his ass' is he?

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Originally Posted by Kel

Well he ain't gonna say 'I wanna UD his a**' is he?

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;D cc


"This one is going the distance!"

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Originally Posted by Fenster

Tito is gonna look wrong at this weight. Very wrong.

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8) Hi Fenster , you are righ and i agree with you but if you see a Topic that i made , Tito cant win Roy Jones but Titos is more atractive (Money Wise) i mean the Biggest Purse is going to be Tito. In other word ,the fight have to be fix for Tito Win,that is my Opinion. 8)

I think the question is does RJJ WANT to KO Tito if given the opportunity? In the Hanshaw fight it looked like he just let him off the hook after knocking him down.. He didn't even go after him to try for the KO and it seemed like he felt as if he had done enough to win the decision..

I remember reading on here somewhere that RJJ has this thing with not KO'ing fighters if it isn't necessary or something like that.. i apologize if i'm wrong, but i recall reading it somewhere.

Roy released a statement after the Hanshaw fight stating that he didn't like to KO fighters unless it was absolutley necessary. (perhaps after the McClellan fight?)

But I ask you, what was the point in Ko'ing Montell Griffin when he knew he could comprehensively outbox him?

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Roy released a statement after the Hanshaw fight stating that he didn't like to KO fighters unless it was absolutley necessary. (perhaps after the McClellan fight?)

But I ask you, what was the point in Ko'ing Montell Griffin when he knew he could comprehensively outbox him?

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Well I guess after suffering his first "loss" he felt it was necessary to make a statement and leave no doubt who was the champion.

This might all be hype but it seems to me that Jones is in that mentality again where he feels he has to KO Tito in order for the fans and other fighters to take him siriously.

Actually he really does need to KO Tito to preserve whatever marketability he has left
This might be an interesting fight,both of these guys are effectivly washed up for good if they loose
Trinidad doesnt want to train to the level to stay down in weight anymore,and Jones hasnt had a good win in forever,actually neither has Trinidad
Both of these guys need this fight bad

Past his prime or not, if Roy manages to somehow get KOd here it will destroy his legacy.

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Originally Posted by smashcrusher

Past his prime or not, if Roy manages to somehow get KOd here it will destroy his legacy.

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doubtful, people will still talk about how he was unbeatable in his prime

Dont think for a minute that If Tito can come close to inflicting damage on Jones,Roy will forget all about that "must ko" talk and look to box his ass off over 12.

....this matchup is going to KO the PPV ratings because it's happening nearly 10 years too late

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....this matchup is going to KO the PPV ratings because it's happening nearly 10 years too late

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I don't know, both guys, especially Tito, have some fanatical fans.

Sure it won't do as much as it would at one point but I suspect it will do allright