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

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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

Same as when Jones dodged a fight with Nigel Benn.


I have said it before on this site,Jones is regretting not making the most of his prime.

I already answered this question in your other thread Jones never avoided Benn.

I have said it before on this site,Jones is regretting not making the most of his prime.

Roy Jones

Mike McCallum
John Ruiz
Clinton Woods
Montel Griffin
James Toney
Bernard Hopkins
Virgil Hill
Vinny Pazienza
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Eric Harding
Merqui Sosa
Thulani Malinga
Thomas Tate
Reggie Johnson
Lou Del Valle

When Roy Jones won Heavyweight title, that accomplishment hadn't been since early 1900s. Jones has beaten 4 Hall Of Famers, and has won World titles at Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight. Yep i bet he is regretting not making the most out of his career alright

Apart from maybe the Toney and Ruiz fights you mentioned none of the above were superfights considering that Jones was the P4P number 1 in the world at the time.


In his prime Jones did not take much risk with who he fought and he was quite open about the fact.Jones wanted lots of money and not much risk.

Now he is regreting it by fighting way past his prime which he used to say he would never do.

Mike McCallum = Hall Of Famer.

John Ruiz = Heavyweight World Champion.

Clinton Woods = 32-1 coming into Jones fight, had never been stopped coming into Jones fight. Jones is the only one ever to have stopped Woods, plus dominate him.

Montel Griffin = Beat James Toney, coming into Jones fight.

James Toney = Hall Of Famer top 3 P4P at that time.

Bernard Hopkins = Hall Of Famer.

Virgil Hill = Hall Of Famer

Vinny Pazienza = Better at the lighter weight classes, but still a good name to have on your record.

Julio Cesar Gonzalez = 27-0 at the time, and went on to give Dariusz Michalczewski his first ever loss, who was 48-0 at the time. Jones is the only boxer to ever dominate Gonzalez.

Eric Harding = Beat Antonio Tarver, Montel Griffin coming into Jones fight.

Merqui Sosa = Had never been stopped or knocked down coming into Jones fight. Went the distance with the likes of Nunn, Toney, Liles.

Thulani Malinga = Lost a controversial decision to Benn in there 1st fight. A lot of people thought Malinga should of got the decision. Malinga did rematch Benn and beat him, thats what stopped a possible Jones vs Benn fight. Malinga had gone the distance with likes of Eubank, Benn x2, Rocchigiani. Also out boxed Robin Reid when he was 40+. Coming into the Jones fight Malinga had never been stopped.

Thomas Tate = Went 12 rounds with one of the hardest hitting. Middleweights of all time Julian Jackson Shortly before Jones fight. Had never been stopped coming into Jones fight.

Reggie Johnson = The first man to drop James Toney, and lost a controversial decision to Toney. Also beat Steve Collins, all of Johnson's losses were close decisions. Jones is the only boxer who ever dominated Johnson.

Lou Del Valle = Was WBA Light Heavyweight champion at the time, only had one loss coming into Jones fight. And that was close decision loss to Virgil Hill.

Most of these boxers had been in there with World class opposition, and had good names on there record. Plus they were respected names.