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The Return Of Roy Jones Junior!
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Jones is Back
By Jerry Glick: Looking as relaxed as ever, Roy Jones Jr. sat on the little stage at the Club Bar and Grill in Madison Square Garden to announce that he is definitely not done with his career. He will face unbeaten Anthony “Tyger” Hanshaw on July 14 at The Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Jones’ career, that stands at, 50-4 (38), is a documented part of boxing history and it needs no review here. Only his last six fights are what matters at this time. They included three losses to Antonio Tarver (2), and Glen Johnson (1). Jones blames those defeats on coming back down to Light-Heavyweight from Heavyweight after he beat John Ruiz for the WBA belt. When he went up in weight he added muscle, not fat (the way Archie Moore did it a half century ago). It is very difficult to lose muscle. Doing so weakened him, he believes, leading to the losses. His body is now back at Light-Heavyweight and he said he doesn’t even want to try to move up to Cruiserweight because of the problems the added weight caused.
Jones gave his career a rest until he got back on the winning track with a dominant performance over Prince Badi Ajamu taking a unanimous decision over 12 rounds. That was a year ago, and now he is back to make it all the way to the top as boxer once again. So he says. Thus the show has been named; “He’s Baack! Witness the Return of a King.” It will be promoted by Murad Muhammad who held court describing the promotion in a way that only he could. Mr. Muhammad brings drama to anything he is involved in, and this fight is no different.
Henshaw was not the first pick for this fight. Jones wanted to fight either Joe Calzaghe, Glen Johnson, or Jermain Taylor, but he was not interested in waiting until they were ready to fight so he settled on Henshaw; a hungry young fighter.
Hanshaw, has a 21-0-1 (14), record and is looking to make by facing Jones. According to Jones and Hanshaw, Hanshaw comes to fight, and he comes to win.
On hand was the legendary trainer Lou Duva. Duva had a few words to add to the event too. He had this to say about the former ’boy promoter,’ Muhammad. “Muhammad is a fight guy,” said Duva.
Duva also assessed Jones saying, “I knew Roy Jones when he was in my camp in Pasadena, TX. He was also a good guy. He does everything the right way.”
“Styles make fights,” continued Duva. “And Anthony has the style that will give Roy fits. He comes to fight,” added Duva.
Jones said, “I have to do what I do, and I’ll show you what I still do on the 14th.”
“I go around looking for a challenge,” said Jones. “That’s why I’m fighting a guy who’s 21-0.”
As an added attraction at the press conference comedian and fight fan, Pat Cooper was on hand and even took the mike to dish out a few combinations of jokes instead of punches.
Also on the show is exciting welterweight Oscar Diaz, 25-2 (12), who fought a war with Golden Johnson last time out, and undefeated Maureen “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Shea, 10-0 (5).
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Jones has had a great career. He is done now though.
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He loses to an inexperienced Super Middleweight,its all over
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i really like roy jones jr . hope he dominates on july 14th
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I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
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RJJ is my favoutie fighter of all-time, i really hope he demolishes Hanshaw
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Originally Posted by Sugar_Shaw
RJJ is my favoutie fighter of all-time, i really hope he demolishes Hanshaw
Im a big Roy fan too. Funny how after he loses a lot of people say he is done. I bet people said that about Ali before he KOed Forman.
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RJJ is my favoutie fighter of all-time, i really hope he demolishes Hanshaw
Im a big Roy fan too. Funny how after he loses a lot of people say he is done. I bet people said that about Ali before he KOed Forman.
Foreman wasnt a 38 year old fighter who relied on speed alot
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I have a lot of respect for Jones JR he has been K.Oed twice and was being told he is shot from all directions but he has come back and he looked half decent in his last fight, if hes only half the Jones of old hes still going to be a decent fighter. I think he is being very cleaver taking his time and not rushing into fights. Hopefully we will see flashed of the old Roy on July 14th. Man if only he didnt go up to HW and drop down so quickly.
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I see it as a toss up...but this fight will tell us a lot about him....it will be interesting what roy shows up.
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Gotta say i'm curious to see what sort of shape he's gonna show up in too.
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I'm very curious myself.
It's funny, just now I was reading an interview of RJJ at maxboxing site and I got the impression that he is not 100% sure of himself. It's like Jones himself is curious of how good he does and if he still has it.
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Jones is taking this prospect to school 8)
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I think this is gonna be a very difficult fight for Jones! I'm not saying he'll get blown out or anything but I feel it's gonna be tougher than he expects!
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
You have a good point. I wouldnt mind seein the winner of Winky v Bhop against Kessler or Calzaghe.
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
You have a good point. I wouldnt mind seein the winner of Winky v Bhop against Kessler or Calzaghe.
That would be great but I think Calzaghe wants Taylor... no surprise as to why!
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
You have a good point. I wouldnt mind seein the winner of Winky v Bhop against Kessler or Calzaghe.
That would be great but I think Calzaghe wants Taylor... no surprise as to why!
Hopefully that means Kessler fights winky or Bernard.
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
You have a good point. I wouldnt mind seein the winner of Winky v Bhop against Kessler or Calzaghe.
That would be great but I think Calzaghe wants Taylor... no surprise as to why!
Hopefully that means Kessler fights winky or Bernard.
Sorry bro I'm picking Calzaghe over Kessler! But your right the winner of Hopkins/ Wright will be looking for another big name & the Calzaghe/ Kessler winner will be right in the mix!
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
If Winky wins (and I'm picking him to win), I could see him agreeing to fight Jones. But I don't think Hopkins-Jones II will ever happen. BHop and RJ might be the two most stubborn people in boxing, they'll never agree on money.
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by eagle
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Originally Posted by galaxy76
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Originally Posted by Puya
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
he may fight Tito on January ;) :P ::** :o
If that fight happens it's already 6 years to late IMO. jones should target the winner of Hopkins/ Wright if he wants to make a statement!
Unles Jones is really really impressive will Hopkins or Wright gonna bother fighting him?
Money talks in this game & I think both Hopkins & Wright would take the fight for that reason alone. I'd much rather see the winner face Erdei but Jones is a much bigger name!
If Winky wins (and I'm picking him to win), I could see him agreeing to fight Jones. But I don't think Hopkins-Jones II will ever happen. BHop and RJ might be the two most stubborn people in boxing, they'll never agree on money.
roy's argument is he's still the draw which would be true..but he does realize that he's lost a lot of steam..so whereas he used to demand 60/40 against other named fighters..he now says
"60 to the winner, 40 to the loser"
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I think if u told Winky & Bernard that the winner would face RJJ in a huge pay day fight, it would make their meeting a lot more interesting...and i think it would be a very strong motivation for Hopkins!!
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Re: The Return Of Roy Jones Junior!
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Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
He loses to an inexperienced Super Middleweight,its all over
His promoter and Jones both said at the press conf that if Roy loses to Hanshaw he will retire
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Originally Posted by miles
I hope he loses and just retires. He has nothing to prove
I agree with you that he has nothing to prove to us as fans, but to himself I think he has allot to prove. I think he wants to prove that he can come back from what happened and retire a champion probably like he always dreamed of. But if he does end up getting beat I to think it really is time for him to hang the gloves up.
