Roy Jones Jr: “ll fight Calzaghe anywhere He Wants”
November 27th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
In somewhat of a shocking display of bravado, former eight -time world champion Roy Jones Jr. called out super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe at a recent press conference, saying “I can fight at practically any weight right now. “I can drop down to 168 pounds and take on Joe Calzaghe. “‘ll fight him anywhere” he […]
Roy Jones Jr. Promising To Stop Trinidad In Four
November 26th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Roy Jones Jr., Felix Trinidad
Former eight-time world champion Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) predicted that he’ll be stopping Felix Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) in four rounds for their January 19th bout, adding also “I can fight at practically any weight right now. I can drop down to 168 pounds and take on (Joe) Calzaghe. I’ll fight him anywhere […]
Will Hopkins Fight Jones Instead Of Calzaghe?
November 19th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
Bernard Hopkins’ trainer Nazim Richardson feels that Hopkins should choose to fight Roy Jones Jr. rather than Joe Calzaghe, the current undisputed super middleweight champion, according to AP. Richardson believes that Calzaghe isn’t in Hopkins’ class, and that he would be better off fighting Jones because Hopkins still has a “score to settle” with Jones […]
Is Hopkins The Best Option For Calzaghe? Why Not Roy Jones Jr?
November 5th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
Now that WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) has defeated Mikkel Kessler in the WBC/WBA unification match, most of the latest boxing news has indicated that Calzaghe will be choosing the grizzled veteran Bernard Hopkins as his next opponent rather than a younger more crowd pleasing opponent such as Kelly Pavlik. Unfortunately, […]
Roy Jones Jr. - Should He Move Up To The Heavyweight Division?
October 29th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Roy Jones Jr.
With five-time world champion Roy Jones Jr’s bout with Felix Trinidad fast approaching, I thought this would be a good time to consider whether Jones should move back up to the heavyweight division following his light heavyweight bout with Trinidad. Clearly, the 38 year-old - soon to be 39 - Jones isn’t what he […]
Trinidad-Jones: Does Felix Have Enough Left To Beat Roy?
September 20th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Roy Jones Jr., Felix Trinidad
Three-time division winner Felix Trinidad (42-2, 35 knockouts) will be coming out of his 2nd retirement on January 19, 2008, when he takes on four-time division winner light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) at New York’s Madison Square Garden. This is kind of a desperation fight for both of them. Neither of them […]
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Zsolt Erdei
August 1st, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Roy Jones Jr., Zsolt Erdei
By Larry Brown: Light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) is reportedly considering a bout with WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei, possibly to take place in November some time. Erdei (27-0, 17 KOs), a Hungarian fighter based in Germany, is perhaps the weakest power of the light heavyweight champions, but is by far […]
