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Quote Originally Posted by mikeeod View Post
Really? Roy was at 168 with all of those guys and they were actively calling him out.
I don't know if all of those guys were calling him out, but I do know that there are legit reasons why those fights never happened that doesn't necessarily fall into Roy's lap.

Just one example: Nigel Benn. It's a fact that Nigel wanted the fight and did call out Jones... but it's also a fact that Don King, who promoted Nigel at the time, refused to make the fight with Roy unless Roy agreed to give Don a three-fight option on him. Roy didn't want to get mixed up with Don King and refused that stipulation.

In a situation like that, I think its unfair to dog Roy for that fight not happening.
I think that when you look at all the big fights that could've been made and weren't, it's tough to not be honest and dog Roy. Oscar has the same issues Roy did, and he managed to make pretty much every big fight available. The Arum-King war didn't stop his fight vs Tito. Roy was the man and could have easily made some big fights. He signed to fight Buster Douglas n then backed out. Darius was his biggest threat n lineal champ n Roy didn't make that one. Eubank, Benn n Collins were all battling for supremacy of the division they shared n Roy didn't fight any of them. He fought the phenom Vinny Paz. The guy that lucked into a title at light weight n light middle. Antoine Byrd? Bryant Brannon? Tony Thornton? C'mon. The Toney win was HUGE. And then Roy stopped chasing the big fights n feasted on guys who had little to no hope. If u r honest n unbiased u have to admit that Roy has no one to blame for missing those fights except himself.