Jones interested in a rematch with Green
December 4th, 2009
By William Mackay: Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) is interested in getting a rematch against International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s), who stopped Jones in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Acer Arena, in Sydney, Austalia. Jones said in an interview with Fox News, “I was good by the time the referee stopped the fight. if he was going to stop it, I wish he would have stopped it earlier then he he did stop it, because by the time he stopped it, I was okay then.” When asked if Jones would be interested in fighting a rematch with Green, Jones said “Yes, most definitely.”
Hopkins, 44, is saying that he still wants to fight Jones, because Roy was stopped on his feet rather than taken out on the canvas. Jones was knocked down by a big right hand in the 1st while trapped in the corner. The shot that hit Jones appeared to land on the side of his head nearing the back of the head. Jones made the mistake of cringing and turning his head to the side as Green was throwing a shot. It was a bad move to do because it opened up the entire side of Jones’ head leaving him vulnerable for Green’s big right hand shot.
After getting hit, Jones collapsed to the canvas and rolled over and dragged himself to his feet after several moments looking hurt. Green then launched a flurry of unanswered shots while Jones attempted to cover up and block the punches. Some of the punches were blocked, but many of them connected to the head of Jones over a 20 second period.
Finally, the referee stepped in and stopped the bout when it seemed that Jones wasn’t going to start throwing punches anytime soon. There was still a full minute to go in the round and it’s hard to imagine that Jones would have been able to last out the remainder of the round taking the kind of one way punishment he was absorbing at the time.
Jones had to have known that Green was going to try and take him out as fast as he could, because this was a fight in front of Green’s home crowd and the arena was sold out with a loud pro-Green crowd. Jones was fighting okay for awhile, but he made the mistake of backing up into the corner and trying to cover up on the ropes.
This is how Jones’ has fought in the past five years since he started slowing down. Often times, Jones would make the mistake of lying up against the ropes and taking big punishment. Glen Johnson stopped Jones in the 9th round in their fight in September 2004 when Jones was backed against the ropes. It looks like Jones didn’t learn his lesson from that fight.
Jones would be better off not fighting a rematch with Green, however. Green is too big and too powerful for Jones to have any success with. If they were to fight again, I see the same outcome occurring with maybe Jones lasting a round or two longer before Green catches up to him.
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Roy Jones Jr. is the man and everybody knows it. Roy I don’t know why you fight these tomato cans anyway because they have nothing to lose fighting you. They know that your one of the greatest of all time and fighting you is like their championship. Roy stop letting these young big guys eat of you and fight the guys with a name. Roy has nothing else to prove, these fighters need to prove something. Everybody gets lucky sometimes look at Tarver and now where is he???
ROY JONES DID NOT GET HIT!!!! EVERYBODY IF YOU GO AND SLOW MO THE FIGHT YOU WILL SEE THAT ROY DID NOT GET HIT THAT FALL WAS AN UNNATURAL FALL HIS STAGGERING WAS FAKE AS WELL. WHAT I THINK ROY IS DOING IS HE GOT THE CROWD INTO THE FIGHT BECAUSE THIS DANNY GREEN’S TERRITORY AND THIS PLACE WAS PACKED. I THINK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MATCH BETWEEN ROY AND DANNY ONLY BUT THIS TIME ROY IS GOING TO DEMOLISH THIS GUY. THIS WILL BE TWO PAYDAYS WITH THE IBO TITLE. I AM WILLING TO DEBATE ANYONE ABOUT THIS FIGHT. IF YOU GO AND SLO MO THE ROY JONES GLEN JOHNSON FIGHT YOU WILL SEE THAT ROY FAKED IT IN THAT FIGHT AS WELL.
why does everyone care soooo much if that he retires. does it hurt you inside to watch him box you cry at night because roy is doing what he loves. leave the man alone and let him fight he will retire when hes good and ready
roy needs to adapt like hopkins has and tighten that defence he got lots of years left but needs a rematch soon with green
for me roy started well and his hand speed and jab still looked fast, but he did what everyone has said he allowed himself to be backed up against the ropes and green was just too powerful for him and roy didn’t expect it. I think going forward roy is still a good fighter and quick where he has slowed down is in his defence
roy looked sharpe jst got caught would not be like that next tym, and u no wat they say 40yrs is the new 20 lol roy should go bak t light heavey and fight chad dawson
SPARKS,COOL AND DANIEL, fools on crack i say get real and give creit where it is deserved you moron’s at 40 its time to start your own vegi garden and taking up lawn bowls not ixing it with the people who want to humiliate you,enjoy your retirerment roy your a champ and danny enjoy the cash that you get from your next fight.
GOOD WIN FOR DANNY BUT IT WAS ROYS FAULT … HE GOT TO OVER CONFIDENT HES TO ARROGANT… HES STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOXERS… DANNY SHOLD TAKE HIS WIN AND NOT LOOK BACK. I DONT THINK HE SHOULD GIVE ROY A REMATCH THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. BUT WASAP WITH ROY HES BEEN GETTING KNOCKED OUT TOO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR… HIM AND TARVER SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT.
RJ would win in a rematch, RJ was actually winning the 1st round until DG hit him in back of the head. Yea DG was throwin alot of punches but most of them was gettin block and actually DG was doin sum illegal stuff, tryin 2 hold RJ head in place and punch him and turnin him around and punchin him but ne waysz thats typical RJ on the ropes while his opponents throwin punches, it was hurtin him the ref stopped it premature.
jones was winning that round by a mile n then he got caught with a lucky right he wasnt geting outboxd hes not the same person he used 2 b but still good better than green who got lucky n whats green talkin about fighting holyfield and hopkins fight sumone whos not 4 years past it jones shouldnt b fighting at cruser anyway
Hmm watching a few of Green’s other fights today, yeah maybe not as quick as Roy in his prime, but he punches like a heavyweight and he’s clinical. Definitely not B level boxer, just because we haven’t seen him here you can label him B level? I think he’ll spring a few surprises when he comes back over.
Jones is past it. In his day light years ahead of Green as i am sure Danny would agree . Its not his day.
As for the stoppage the ref separated them maybe 5 seconds before he stopped it and Jones staggered backwards badly. He was not recovered and he was not going to win.
Danny just played lotto and he won. He shouldn’t gamble that win by calling out other greats.
I hope the rematch comes and Jones plays more careful and doesn’t get caught. I hope for it coz I’m a huge Jones fan and like Tyson said once “I don’t want to disrespect boxing by losing to this caliber of fighters”
Jones shouldn’t neither. I love the guy and he should just put Green back in his place.
Green is a B level boxer, he just got lucky there.
I have been following R.J.Jnr.for a long time,and I have been aware that his 40yr.old legs are,nt underneath him like they used to be.So he takes little breaks behind his high defence,and depends on his speed of hand to get him out of trouble.It was a known fact that he parrys with his right glove and either rips or hooks with his left glove.Using speed as the main ingreadiance.That was great in the middle of the ring,but now hence the leg problem he is trying to do the same manouvre with his back in a corner.Hence being caught with bombs.I think Roys ring position in the ring has gone rusty he should’nt have been in the corner so early in the fight with Danny.
I dont think Roy wants people to know what that punch did to him. Regardless of where it hit(it does matter) the angle, timing and the sound of it gives away what Roy’s ego will never do,weakness.
He was a legend but he is going to do serious harm to his memory if he tries to fight this guy again.
Please man, we already respect you Roy, dont hurt yourself.
I keep saying this,before the fight & after the punishment Roy handed to Jeff Lacy,the world all said Roy still had the IT factor. Once Danny Green disposed of Roy the world thinks Roy’s an old man with not a clue. He still got electric hands but whether your 20 or 40,if you get smacked by Danny Green like that,your gonna drop. Most others simply would have been unable to continue right there but Roy managed to get back up. Also,Roy is full of crap saying he was OK when the ref stopped the bout cause you could see him begin to fall sideways as the Ref grabbed him. Besides,Roy im certain will beat B Hop on points whilst Danny would hand B Hop a very similar demise as he did with Roy. Danny im sure can unify cruiserweight.
Roy is a better fighter then green and will beat him if there is a rematch. the punch was in the back of the head and roy get up hurt but block all the shots and was ok to continue, his mistake was that he didnt throw any punch and did that so he can block but thats a mistake you have to throw if not the ref will stopped and thats what happend. But Roy will kill green in the rematch.
Roy is Roy the king of boxing. Always will be my favorite fighter. Still want to watch him fight in the hoping he made some of his flashy moves, but now with the outcome of what happened lastime with Green I’m makes me wonder he should think twice before stepping into the ring. But if he decides to fight I still love him, Roy the King of Boxing.
Give him the rematch.The fight was stopped way too early.
hes gonna get killed in the ring if he carrys on.