Hopkins and RJJ go at it on podcast!!

[match]

I have no interest in ever seeing Roy fight again. The second he started getting ko'd repeatedly, shut out by Calzaghe, and made it clear he could no longer draw flies to sh!t he lost the right to be in position to make ANY demands, I don't care how many c-level fighters he beats.

[DatsiK]

I've been wanting to see this fights for years! I'll be so happy if it gets made!

I'll be rooting for B-hop if it does.

[rjj tszyu]

Just read the highlights of the interview on fightnews, it seems like Bernard is not confident at all about beating Jones. But that said Jones is the only man to clearly beat Bernard without any doubt being raised afterward, maybe Jones is in Hopkins' head.

[Gandalf]

I wouldn't mind seeing this fight really and I would be rooting for Jones Jr all the way. I don't actually think it would be beyond belief to see Jones pulling off the win. Both guys have a reduced output and take their time between punches and I'm not convinced that Hopkins has the power to put away Jones Jr whatsoever. I can see it being a relatively close fight. Jones Jr has the obvious handspeed advantages and is fighting canny these days. Hopkins might win rounds, but I can see Jones edging more of them with his combinations and flash.

[Dizaster]

I wouldn't mind seeing this fight really and I would be rooting for Jones Jr all the way. I don't actually think it would be beyond belief to see Jones pulling off the win. Both guys have a reduced output and take their time between punches and I'm not convinced that Hopkins has the power to put away Jones Jr whatsoever. I can see it being a relatively close fight. Jones Jr has the obvious handspeed advantages and is fighting canny these days. Hopkins might win rounds, but I can see Jones edging more of them with his combinations and flash.

I can see it being a bit of a chess match just like it would have been at any time of their careers.. A different sort of matchup compared to 10 - 15 years ago, but still it wouldn't be the most boring fight of the year...

[Southside Slugger]

I would pay to see it before i would pay to see B-Hop fight the others he mentioned. I agree B-hop got his azs handed to him in the interview. You must think Roy will beat you again if you wont take the lions share of the 60/40 split.

[JonesJrMayweather]

"He's having the best time he's ever had in his life at 44 yrs old, cause when we were in our primes Bernard couldn't eat because I was there, so now its his time to eat so let him eat, I'm not trying to stop him from eating, leave him alone, let him enjoy himself. He wants to enjoy that, he wants to live off legacies, i don't care about a legacy. Long as I beat him I'm cool so I don't worry 'bout it. People can say Bernard is p4p the best ever long as when they look at your legacy it will have an "L" by my name"

"I'm not going to pay Oscar part of my money when I fight, and he don't pay me part of his when he fights"

"Go down there and beat up them little guys, you'll beat all them then come make a big a fight with me, then it will be worth your time. Because they want me to beat you, because when I beat you its over for you" -

Roy Jones Jr.

All bias aside, Bernard got his ass handed to him in this little debate...There's no argument for not accepting 60/40 lion share to the winner and BHOP can pick the judges...he's full of shit thinking Dawson or Adamek would net him more money than a fight with as he calls it "a shell" of roy Jones. Bernard is pretty pathetic trying to prove to himself that he's better than roy by bringing up how he did against guys that beat roy when roy was past it. But as Roy said, he didn't beat him.

"Bernard are you there?"

"NO! He gone"

"We started off with Bernard but ended up with-"

"The Truth"


Bernard got schooled...

[Master]

I think these guys hate each other so much that they will not fight one another again. Similar to the fact that there will be no EM v MAB IV.

[Spicoli]

The reinvention continues .All Jones had to do after Hopkins beat Pavlik was defeat Calzaghe.He lost and looked every bit a deteriorated fighter.Hopkins was all over the place talking Roy up,literally prior to and at ringside.Jones brings a name and some added fan attraction ....how packed was that arena for the Lacy fight?...but Hopkins will face a more current and lively threat in either Dawson or Adamek than he will in Jones at this point.Who called who again?

[Taeth]

I think these guys hate each other so much that they will not fight one another again. Similar to the fact that there will be no EM v MAB IV.

The thing is that money is the most important thing to these two. Otherwise hating the other person is the best reason in my mind for wanting to fight them. Who wouldn't want to be paid to hit someone you hate?

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I think these guys hate each other so much that they will not fight one another again. Similar to the fact that there will be no EM v MAB IV.

The thing is that money is the most important thing to these two. Otherwise hating the other person is the best reason in my mind for wanting to fight them. Who wouldn't want to be paid to hit someone you hate?

Exactly. It's a rivalry.

[JazMerkin]

Tbh, Hopkins just says what everyone here has been saying for months. Adamek, Dawson & Williams are all far greater challenges & names at this stage for his career. That Roy is still fighting is a crying shame. Yes, he beat Sheika & Lacy, but his fall from the fighter he once was is tragic, particularly as there are 'fans' who encourage another of our greats to fight well beyond. It's the same as people who claim that Hatton would beat everyone bar PBF & Pac. Jones dressin up as a pirate is the greatest evidence of how far he has fallen

[Master]

I think these guys hate each other so much that they will not fight one another again. Similar to the fact that there will be no EM v MAB IV.

The thing is that money is the most important thing to these two. Otherwise hating the other person is the best reason in my mind for wanting to fight them. Who wouldn't want to be paid to hit someone you hate?

Exactly. It's a rivalry.

It is a bit like Hatton v Witter. Ricky hates him so much he does not want him to have a pay day.

[Puerto Rican Punch]

This can actually be a good one; why boxers cannot be paid 60 for the winner and 40 for the looser in even fights, unifications, etc?? I feel that this is fair, and if a popular boxer does not prepare for the fight and loose, then he will take the pay he deserves. This should also apply for other fights where a boxer who is the clear favorite and now may win 80 or 90, and the opponent 10/20. Then the favorite/popular knows that he has to prepare well or the can loose the big $$$. The winner takes the bigger part, no matter it is 60/40 or 90/10. This will reward fairly boxers that worked hard to win an upset; this would be also a motivation for fighters to be better prepared. This should increase the chances for greater fights and better entertainment.

[Fenster]

[I]"He's having the best time he's ever had in his life at 44 yrs old, cause when we were in our primes Bernard couldn't eat because I was there, so now its his time to eat so let him eat, I'm not trying to stop him from eating, leave him alone, let him enjoy himself. He wants to enjoy that, he wants to live off legacies, i don't care about a legacy. Long as I beat him I'm cool so I don't worry 'bout it. People can say Bernard is p4p the best ever long as when they look at your legacy it will have an "L" by my name"

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You can't beat that.