Roy Jones Jr.

By Chris Williams: 47-year-old Roy Jones Jr. will be facing a fan tonight at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. This is part of a contest type fight in which a fans will have a chance to pick up $100,000 if he can beat Jones Jr. The fan that Jones Jr. is fighting is 33-year-old Vyron Philips.

Philips doesn’t stand much of a chance of beating Jones Jr. unless he can land something hard early on. Jones Jr. was knocked out in his last December by the big punching Enzo Maccarinelli. However, getting knocked out by a former cruiserweight world champion like Maccarinelli is nothing for Jones to be ashamed of, especially at his age. But for a fan a fans to try and beat Jones Jr., it’s going to be a much different story.

Jones isn’t a pushover that a regular person can beat him. He’s a well-trained fighter with vast knowledge of the sport. A fan isn’t going to stand much of a chance against Jones.

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By Cathal Jennings – Recently I caught up with Ireland’s most successful professional Boxer Steve Collins. See what the former 2x World Champion had to say about facing the winner of Chris Eubank/Nigel Benn, A potential fight with Roy Jones Jr, His views on Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin and the current state of Irish Boxing.

CJ: Without any World Champions, What do you think of Irish Boxing at the moment and where it is heading?

SC: I think Irish Boxing has never had so many great fighters and has never been in such a good place in the history of Irish Boxing. There are so many good fighters out there with the likes of the Hyland’s, Ormond’s, Keeler’s and O Sullivan’s and that’s just in my brother’s gym (Celtic Warriors). The problem now is that we have great fighters but we don’t have the big name promoter’s in Ireland to promote them. Before we had Barney Eastwood who brought a lot of guy’s on, then a lot of guys went abroad and fought with (Barry) Hearn and (Frank) Warren. Right now we have a lot of Irish fighter’s that are based in Ireland but due to unforeseen circumstances recently professional Boxing in Ireland has been setback. In regards the fighter’s we have plenty of talent we just lack the promoter’s.

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By Allan Fox: In a worrisome sign that things might not be going too well for 47-year-old former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. (62-9, 45 KOs), he’ll be fighting a fan in a contest televised on Pay-per-view on March 20.

Fans can apply for the fight with Jones by sending in a 90-second video giving their reasons why they should get the fight. The fans will then pick out the best guy they want to face the aging former world champion Jones.

If the fan is able to KO Jones, then they can pick up $100K. With the way that Jones has looked recently, it wouldn’t be surprising if he winds up getting knocked out by a fan, especially if the fan is a professional or amateur boxer of decent quality with good pop in their punches.

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By Tim Fletcher: Earlier this week, 47-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (62-9, 45 KOs) was expected to announce his retirement from the sport. However, he still hasn’t pulled the trigger by making an announcement. According to Russian news reports, Jones Jr. was going to hang up his gloves this week following his fourth round knockout loss to Enzo Maccarinelli last December in Moscow.

It was obviously an embarrassing moment for Jones Jr. because he had just been granted Russian citizenship without having to give up his American citizenship. The Russian fans flocked to see Jones Jr. fight Maccarinelli, but were greeted by an old and decrepit looking Jones, who did little more than fight with his back against the ropes for four rounds in the process of being stopped.

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By Gerardo Granados: Once upon a time, a slick boxer came out of the amateurs. He was so dominant at the amateur level that before and after he became a professional boxer I have never seen anyone like him. Not even Floyd Mayweather Jr, Oscar De La Hoya, Meldrick Taylor or Sugar Ray Leonard looked that impressive at the amateur level. The boxer I refer to suffered one of the most outrageous robberies in boxing history, be it in the amateur or professional rankings.

Note: Roy Jones Jr. says he will not be retiring after his 4th round knockout loss to Enzo Maccarinelli last Saturday night at the VTB Arena, in Moscow, Russia.

This is what Jones Jr. had to say via Fightnews.com: “This first fight as a Russian will not be the last. This is just the beginning. I said I wanted to finish my career, but now I feel a responsibility to re-enter the ring. I want to continue my work in boxing.”

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