No Matter how the fuck he tries to slice this shit, that nigga is on some Bullshit!!!!!!!
Nigga dodging the hell out of Chad Dawson...he must have been infected with that new
Mayweather can't-fight-a-top-nigga-itis disease that's going around!!!
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/01/roy-jones-jr-vs-bernard-hopkins-ii-on-april-17th/
By Chris Williams: In a fight that is 10 years too late, 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) will be facing 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) on April 17th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was though that the pre-planned bout wasn’t going to go ahead after Jones was shockingly stopped in the 1st round in his tune-up bout against Danny Green in December.
However, Hopkins was still willing to go ahead with the fight anyway rather than take on Green, saying that he thought the fight had been stopped prematurely by the referee. For those who have seen the Green-Jones fight, few have said that they thought the bout was stopped too soon. Jones was taking severe punishment from Green after being knocked down by a big right hand.
There was still one minute to go in the round and there’s little question that Green would have put Jones down again if he had been allowed to continue to tee off on Jones for the remainder of the round. In hindsight, it was a bad idea on Jones’ part to take on a fighter as dangerous as Green with a well paying bout against Hopkins on the horizon. That’s the kind of fight that a young Jones could take, but not a 40ish one that has been stopped in recent years by Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver.
Jones previously defeated Hopkins by a narrow decision 17 years ago in 1993. If there was going to be a rematch, it should have taken place long ago when Jones was still in his prime. He’s not the same fighter now, and the rematch appears to be more of a money thing than anything that can really prove anything.
Hopkins is still fighting at a high level, and will very likely easily win this fight. Jones, however, has aged and his ring skills have deteriorated in the past seven years to the point where he’s been beaten by Tarver, Johnson and Joe Calzaghe. Jones’ wins in the past six years have largely come against 2nd tier opposition.
Jones reportedly made $4 million for the fight against Green, according to ESPN write Dan Rafael, which is obviously a strong reason why Jones was willing to take a risky fight against Green with a fight against Hopkins so close at hand. However, the loss to Green made the fight against Hopkins pretty much irrelevant in the minds of many fans.
This is perhaps why there’s very little excitement about the news of a Jones-Hopkins rematch. The loss to Green by Jones has left the impression in the minds of many boxing fans that Jones is shot and shouldn’t be fighting anymore.
There’s no question that Jones is still a popular figure with fans, but it’s questionable how well this fight will do on pay-per-view. The casual boxing public might take an interest in the fight if the promoters and a cable network like HBO market the fight hard, but beyond that, it might not bring in big numbers.
Green was hoping to fight Hopkins, but the fight was unable to be made because Hopkins wanted a bigger slice of the revenue than Green, who felt that he deserved a 50% cut. Even though Hopkins is still fighting at a high level and could easily arrange a fight with a younger fighter like Chad Dawson or Tomas Adamek, Hopkins will still likely make more money against the 41-year-old Jones, even if the fight doesn’t do that well. Jones is a more recognizable name than younger fighters with more abilities, leaving Hopkins going for what in effect will be an old timer’s fight.
It’s hard to get excited about this. Jones has looked terrible in fights against Calzaghe and Green, and Hopkins fought Calzaghe to a standstill in 2008. The Jones fight has the appearance of a bad mismatch, and a fight that is 10 years too late.
I can’t imagine that the fight will do well on pay-per-view if they price it in the $40 range. Maybe if they package the fight with a strong undercard they can possibly get people to want to purchase it. But it would have to have some talented fighters on the undercard. I won’t be buying it. It’s not worth it for me. If it’s on regular cable, then I’ll watch it just for the spectacle of it. I don’t see the bout proving anything because Jones is so far gone now. In his prime, I think Jones would beat Hopkins 100 out of a 100 times. The first fight was close because Jones injured his hand and fought one-handed for much of the bout.
Nigga dodging the hell out of Chad Dawson...he must have been infected with that new
Mayweather can't-fight-a-top-nigga-itis disease that's going around!!!
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/01/roy-jones-jr-vs-bernard-hopkins-ii-on-april-17th/
By Chris Williams: In a fight that is 10 years too late, 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) will be facing 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) on April 17th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was though that the pre-planned bout wasn’t going to go ahead after Jones was shockingly stopped in the 1st round in his tune-up bout against Danny Green in December.
However, Hopkins was still willing to go ahead with the fight anyway rather than take on Green, saying that he thought the fight had been stopped prematurely by the referee. For those who have seen the Green-Jones fight, few have said that they thought the bout was stopped too soon. Jones was taking severe punishment from Green after being knocked down by a big right hand.
There was still one minute to go in the round and there’s little question that Green would have put Jones down again if he had been allowed to continue to tee off on Jones for the remainder of the round. In hindsight, it was a bad idea on Jones’ part to take on a fighter as dangerous as Green with a well paying bout against Hopkins on the horizon. That’s the kind of fight that a young Jones could take, but not a 40ish one that has been stopped in recent years by Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver.
Jones previously defeated Hopkins by a narrow decision 17 years ago in 1993. If there was going to be a rematch, it should have taken place long ago when Jones was still in his prime. He’s not the same fighter now, and the rematch appears to be more of a money thing than anything that can really prove anything.
Hopkins is still fighting at a high level, and will very likely easily win this fight. Jones, however, has aged and his ring skills have deteriorated in the past seven years to the point where he’s been beaten by Tarver, Johnson and Joe Calzaghe. Jones’ wins in the past six years have largely come against 2nd tier opposition.
Jones reportedly made $4 million for the fight against Green, according to ESPN write Dan Rafael, which is obviously a strong reason why Jones was willing to take a risky fight against Green with a fight against Hopkins so close at hand. However, the loss to Green made the fight against Hopkins pretty much irrelevant in the minds of many fans.
This is perhaps why there’s very little excitement about the news of a Jones-Hopkins rematch. The loss to Green by Jones has left the impression in the minds of many boxing fans that Jones is shot and shouldn’t be fighting anymore.
There’s no question that Jones is still a popular figure with fans, but it’s questionable how well this fight will do on pay-per-view. The casual boxing public might take an interest in the fight if the promoters and a cable network like HBO market the fight hard, but beyond that, it might not bring in big numbers.
Green was hoping to fight Hopkins, but the fight was unable to be made because Hopkins wanted a bigger slice of the revenue than Green, who felt that he deserved a 50% cut. Even though Hopkins is still fighting at a high level and could easily arrange a fight with a younger fighter like Chad Dawson or Tomas Adamek, Hopkins will still likely make more money against the 41-year-old Jones, even if the fight doesn’t do that well. Jones is a more recognizable name than younger fighters with more abilities, leaving Hopkins going for what in effect will be an old timer’s fight.
It’s hard to get excited about this. Jones has looked terrible in fights against Calzaghe and Green, and Hopkins fought Calzaghe to a standstill in 2008. The Jones fight has the appearance of a bad mismatch, and a fight that is 10 years too late.
I can’t imagine that the fight will do well on pay-per-view if they price it in the $40 range. Maybe if they package the fight with a strong undercard they can possibly get people to want to purchase it. But it would have to have some talented fighters on the undercard. I won’t be buying it. It’s not worth it for me. If it’s on regular cable, then I’ll watch it just for the spectacle of it. I don’t see the bout proving anything because Jones is so far gone now. In his prime, I think Jones would beat Hopkins 100 out of a 100 times. The first fight was close because Jones injured his hand and fought one-handed for much of the bout.
