Quote Originally Posted by 15rounder View Post
I've said it 1000 times if I said it once. And I hate to have to suggest this because I truly believe that Roy Jones was the Muhammad Ali of my generation when he was in his prime. No one else in our generation displayed such a combination of power, speed, and flashiness...in and out of the ring.

That being said this has got to stop. I've seen alot of boxers get the message after they lose 2 or 3 fights. Even De la hoya got the message...finally. But it doesn't seem to be sinking in with Roy. 4 out of his 5 REAL losses he got whalloped. Especially Joe Calzaghe. Roy was beaten up all night that night. And I figured his last fight he would have gotten the message. I never thought someone like Roy could be beaten inside of 1 round. And now he's moving onto Hopkins? If he keeps going down this road Roy is really going to get himself hurt. How long before the higher ups here make him stop? Hopkins will beat him and I'm sure he'll schedule another fight after that. Let me know what you think.
I'm not going to disagree that Roy needs to seriously consider hanging up the gloves -- and I hate that he's feeding B-Hop's ego by giving him the fight that he's always wanted (against a defenseless Roy Jones Jr.). That being said I think the real tragedy here isn't that RJJ is still fighting but it's that he has to keep fighting.

By all accounts Roy isn't exactly the most financially stable boxer in the world -- having sunk quite a bit of money into his record label (raise your hand if you bout the RJJ debut rap cd because I know I did). The worst part about hsi fight with B-Hop if you believe Thomas Hauser (and why wouldn't you) is that RJJ might not end up making much of anything (if anything at all) on the fight.

Here's hoping that we don't see the RJJ story end in tragedy because during his height he was easily my favorite fighter and even today it's tough to not be excited by him simply because he still looks like Roy Jones Jr. even if he isn't Roy Jones Jr. anymore.