The fight was a stinker and that was mainly due to Hopkins, no way could he keep up with Joe. No body wanted to see a return of that fight, if Joe won on B Hop’s turf, there was no need to fight again.

I agree Joe wasted a large portion of his career and tried to make amends near the end of his career, so Roy Jones was logically the next fight for him. He had beaten 2 young undefeated fighters and 2 old legends.