I give Roy Jones credit for a statement he made tonight!!!!

[DaxxKahn]

I am sure many of you out there seen FNF tonight....did everyone who seen it catch Roy Jones comments at the end?

He said he hopes Calzaghe Hopkins comes off but if not he will buy a ticket the day after the Triniadad fight....

When Kinney asked him in the studio about going to Wales Jones said..."I'm There"...Ready to go the day after the Trinidada fight...

Then Kinney asked him about why he would not go those years in the past? and Jones flat out said

"I had everything to lose back then. Calzaghe didn't. Now I need to prove something"

He could have danced around it..he could have given BS excuses or whatever but he laid it out honestly...Why should he have risked everything. I can agree with that to a point...but I respect his honesty....I wish more guys would just flat out state stuff like that....Just be honest

I must admit I was somewhat surprised to see these comments surface, and although I haven't seen any of them myself, I'm sure Daxx's word is good enough for all.

It takes a big man to front up and say it happened as it did, like RJJ has done here. It does seem that as the years go on the accusations of Calzaghe ducking do seem to fall by the wayside, and although I'm sure it'll never be killed off completely, its nice to hear RJJ say that it was he who scuppered the bout which Calzaghe was chasing between around 2001-03.

Depending on RJJ's showing against tito, it could still happen, but RJJ needs a really big performance to show that he's back on the scene. If not, I liked his appearance as a commentator and pundit recently, and though he was very eloquent and insightful if he does turn his back on fighting himself.

I was a bit suprised myself but it wasn't even second hand I heard it (I must admit I would have doubted it if someone told me they heard Roy say it)...But he said it on FNF....

Jones flat out said

"I had everything to lose back then. Calzaghe didn't. Now I need to prove something"

Finally. I'm proud of Roy for admitting to the facts.

Look...it's like this, inside the ring...I love Roy...outsisde of it...he acts like a total tool. I've always thought that...always have & always will. I'm dying to see Calzahge on the mat with the Nard...but the thoughts of him fighting Roy get more & more mouthwatering as the months go by.

I'm still struggling with the fact that Roy's still fighting period. The way that he's lost & how he's looked since really REALLY trouble me.

The prospects of Jones getting KTFO again are very unsettling to me...but the thoughts of him shining against Calzaghe & beating him...as far fetched as those may be...they make me want the fight to materialize...& I'd love to see Jones go to Wales.

That'd be crazy as fwock!

100% agree when it comes to Jones....I always respected his skill in the ring but outside he was flat out unappealing....maybe it was his arrogance?......but since Roy lost to Tarver and Johnson he seems to have left his pedestal.....I even like his announceing

I am sure many of you out there seen FNF tonight....did everyone who seen it catch Roy Jones comments at the end?

He said he hopes Calzaghe Hopkins comes off but if not he will buy a ticket the day after the Triniadad fight....

When Kinney asked him in the studio about going to Wales Jones said..."I'm There"...Ready to go the day after the Trinidada fight...

Then Kinney asked him about why he would not go those years in the past? and Jones flat out said

"I had everything to lose back then. Calzaghe didn't. Now I need to prove something"

He could have danced around it..he could have given BS excuses or whatever but he laid it out honestly...Why should he have risked everything. I can agree with that to a point...but I respect his honesty....I wish more guys would just flat out state stuff like that....Just be honest

Roy is a F****** warrior... everyone knows i'm a huge calzaghe fan, but when roy said a few months ago he would come here and people said he wouldn;t. i said then roy would. Always said when it came to roy, he was to big, joe was to good but unknown... can understand that... but Roy would come to Wales given a decent split now... Guys like Roy dream o fight even now in front of 50k+ fans or not, when that bell goes you are all alone.

back when Roy was on top I can understand his position...He was not only the champion but the P4P best in the world and he did not need to come to anyone he had nothing to prove....and at the time Joe was really not much of a name except at home...also the WBO title at that time was not really a major title like it is now so even if he won he was not really gaining anything....I guess not to sound like a parrot but as Jones said "I had everything to lose"...was a no win situation really....I did criticize Roy for not fighting abroad though....you don't have to go to the guys hometown but just anywhere nuetral....


CC's to all for the input