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With MMA now mainstream, I struggle to figure out how people can watching a boxing match and stay awake...

It was a bit hard to fathom, some could tell he was totally out of his element. However he lost. Most all greats do @ some point. @ 40 years old, he was proved his worth imo.
54 Wins (40 knockouts, 14 decisions), 6 Losses (2 knockouts, 2 decisions, 1 disqualification, 1 TKO), 0 Draws It was a good ride and an entertaining boxer.

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Jones, a four-division eight times world champion, offered no excuses for a defeat which could signal the end of a wonderful career.

"We don't make excuses, it was a great performance by Danny," Jones told the crowd.

Green sounded almost apologetic after humbling one of the greatest fighters of this or any other generation.

"He's one of the greatest fighters of all time and the opportunity to fight him in Australia, thanks Roy Jones Jnr," Green told the crowd.{Quotes}
This was the first time Roy Jones Jr had fought outside the United States in 20 years.

Another legacy has ended. I suppose boxing @ 40 <


I personally am interested in the mayweather vs pacquiao fight. #1 reason pacquiao is from Philippines and my wife is Filipina. This pacquiao is tremendously popular in Philly. Mayweather is undefeated and savvy, both makes for a great party @ our home for this PPV match.

Honestly, that shot that knocked down Jones was a rocket.

Even in the frame by frame his head snaps to the side, I would say he was concussed and his 30 or so years of boxing told him to get up and cover up. Danny didnt give him an inch.

I feel for my Step Dad, he paid $50 for 122 seconds.....

Well guy. Like a true man! He didn't finish on his back. Whether you see it that way or not he got up, covered up and tried to get the cob webs out.

That is just for what it's worth.

But game over.

Originally posted by timmy6321
Honestly, that shot that knocked down Jones was a rocket.

Even in the frame by frame his head snaps to the side, I would say he was concussed and his 30 or so years of boxing told him to get up and cover up. Danny didnt give him an inch.

I feel for my Step Dad, he paid $50 for 122 seconds.....

from what I have seen from his boxing in his prime ...he does leave himself open to dare his opponents to come at him ...that was the 'cocky' nature of a great fighter in his prime ...but as a boxer comes into his twilight years of boxing, they slow down ...not as sharp as they used to be ...and roy in his prime was super sharp ...his boxing style prolly doesn't make the grade at his age.

Originally posted by Dtownokie
Well guy. Like a true man! He didn't finish on his back. Whether you see it that way or not he got up, covered up and tried to get the cob webs out.

That is just for what it's worth.

But game over.
he would have gotten laid out if the ref hadn't of stopped the fight, judging by his wobbly knees and how he wasn't offering a punch when Danny came at him

Originally posted by Dtownokie
Well guy. Like a true man! He didn't finish on his back. Whether you see it that way or not he got up, covered up and tried to get the cob webs out.

That is just for what it's worth.

But game over.

I am saying he got up. Yes, a ref is part of the each and every fight to stop @ there discretion.

That's it. Anything about his other 54 wins? Or those have to set up I am sure.

Personally I don't think any boxer 36 or almost 40 are in there prime.
I am thinking he might of been looking to his next fight and then retire.
If you know who that next fighter is. It is Hopkins he beat in 1993
We are talking 1993.

Jones was a class act, and put on a show. That's what he was suppose to do to make $$$$$$.

Anyhow thats old news.

Let's see if mayweather can defend. I would be curious and bet the kitchen sink the Filipino takes him out in 5

This is what I know, because I follow people, teams, associations I admire. For better or worse I stick with them just like I do Dallas Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners. (and they drive me nuts!)

Here is a little clip...it not for a case of argument, It is just fact. I am done with this thread, just because obviously it was meant as a poke in the eye, NP FYP

Idec: Bernard Hopkins thinks rematch with Roy Jones Jr. is still salvageable
Friday, December 4, 2009
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Roy Jones Jr.’s first-round knockout defeat to Danny Green on Wednesday in Australia should lead Bernard Hopkins into the light heavyweight fight that would mean much more than Hopkins’ ruined rematch against Jones.

It will not.

Hopkins didn’t dismiss Chad Dawson by name following his easy 12-round victory over Enrique Ornelas on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. "The Executioner’s" exclusion of the undefeated Dawson during his post-fight interview on Versus validated, however, that Hopkins still isn’t interested in one of the most intriguing bouts boxing could offer in 2010.

Instead, Hopkins ridiculously contended that the Jones rematch, which was tentatively set for March 13 in Las Vegas, is a salvageable event.

"The thing is Roy Jones Jr. lost on his feet, not on his back," Hopkins said. "Knocked out and [technically knocked out] are totally different. It was a TKO. There were some punches thrown [by Green]. More of them missed than hit. … And [Green] was in his [home country].

"My whole thing is for a legendary champion like Roy Jones Jr., the public doesn’t want to see him hurt. But at the same token, let the man defend himself to the point where he’s either down or basically quit. I didn’t see that."

HBO Sports executives probably won’t see the need now to match Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC), who’ll turn 45 on Jan. 15, against Jones (54-6, 40 KOs), a 40-year-old former pound-for-pound king who is 5-5 since May 2004, including three knockout losses.

They’ll likely be interested in Hopkins moving up to try to join Jones by becoming just the third former middleweight champion in boxing history to win a heavyweight title. A fight against World Boxing Association heavyweight champ David Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) should be easy to make, since Haye is represented by Golden Boy Promotions, in which Hopkins is a partner.

That’s unfortunate for Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs, 1 NC) and fight fans who want to see the age-defying legend tested against a talented southpaw 17 years his junior. But based on historical and financial incentives, it is the path Hopkins probably will take next year.

SOUTHPAW SHOWCASE: The last time Paul Williams faced a fellow left-handed fighter with one loss on his record, Puerto Rico’s Carlos Quintana out-boxed Williams in one of the biggest upsets of 2008.

Williams, one of the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the sport, is confident that won’t happen again against Argentina’s Sergio Martinez on Saturday night in Atlantic City.

"It’s not that I have trouble with left-handers," Williams, 28, said. "I just had an off night that night [against Quintana]."

Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) avenged his lone loss by knocking out Puerto Rico’s Quintana in the first round of their immediate rematch, but Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) represents one of the biggest challenges of Williams’ career. Martinez moved up from 154 to 160 pounds for this 12-round middleweight match, yet he is certain his speed will trouble Williams, whose non-stop punching style typically overwhelms opponents.

"This is the challenge I’ve been struggling to get," Martinez, 34, said. "I know I can beat Williams and believe me, I will not only beat him, I will knock him out."

Martinez hasn’t lost in nearly 10 years, not since Mexico’s Antonio Margarito knocked him out in the seventh round in February 2000. Williams, of Augusta, Ga., out-pointed Margarito in July 2007.

Still, Williams and his handlers think Martinez will provide a more competitive fight than middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, Williams’ original opponent. A nagging staph infection in Pavlik’s hand forced him to withdraw from two scheduled fights with Williams, Oct. 3 and Saturday night.

HBO will televise the Williams-Martinez bout as the main event of a "World Championship Boxing" telecast from the 4,000-seat Adrian Phillips Ballroom inside Boardwalk Hall.

ARREOLA’S RETURN: Cristobal Arreola is barely two months removed from the 10-round beating he absorbed against World Boxing Council heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles. He is eager, though, to prove he has recovered mentally and physically from his first professional defeat.

Arreola (27-1, 24 KOs), of Riverside, Calif., will battle Brian Minto (34-2, 21 KOs), of Butler, Pa., in a 10-round heavyweight fight Saturday night in Atlantic City. The Arreola-Minto match will open HBO’s broadcast at 9:30, just before the Williams-Martinez fight.

Minto, 34, doesn’t possess Klitschko’s size or power, and he’ll give away five inches and probably 30-plus pounds to Arreola, 28. But he is athletic for a heavyweight, is a capable boxer and has displayed a solid chin throughout a seven-year pro career in which he has lost just twice by decision.

Roy Jones Jr.’s first-round knockout defeat to Danny Green on Wednesday in Australia should lead Bernard Hopkins into the light heavyweight fight that would mean much more than Hopkins’ ruined rematch against Jones.

It will not.

Hopkins didn’t dismiss Chad Dawson by name following his easy 12-round victory over Enrique Ornelas on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. "The Executioner’s" exclusion of the undefeated Dawson during his post-fight interview on Versus validated, however, that Hopkins still isn’t interested in one of the most intriguing bouts boxing could offer in 2010.

Instead, Hopkins ridiculously contended that the Jones rematch, which was tentatively set for March 13 in Las Vegas, is a salvageable event.

"The thing is Roy Jones Jr. lost on his feet, not on his back," Hopkins said. "Knocked out and [technically knocked out] are totally different. It was a TKO. There were some punches thrown [by Green]. More of them missed than hit. … And [Green] was in his [home country].

"My whole thing is for a legendary champion like Roy Jones Jr., the public doesn’t want to see him hurt. But at the same token, let the man defend himself to the point where he’s either down or basically quit. I didn’t see that."

HBO Sports executives probably won’t see the need now to match Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC), who’ll turn 45 on Jan. 15, against Jones (54-6, 40 KOs), a 40-year-old former pound-for-pound king who is 5-5 since May 2004, including three knockout losses.

They’ll likely be interested in Hopkins moving up to try to join Jones by becoming just the third former middleweight champion in boxing history to win a heavyweight title. A fight against World Boxing Association heavyweight champ David Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) should be easy to make, since Haye is represented by Golden Boy Promotions, in which Hopkins is a partner.

That’s unfortunate for Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs, 1 NC) and fight fans who want to see the age-defying legend tested against a talented southpaw 17 years his junior. But based on historical and financial incentives, it is the path Hopkins probably will take next year.

SOUTHPAW SHOWCASE: The last time Paul Williams faced a fellow left-handed fighter with one loss on his record, Puerto Rico’s Carlos Quintana out-boxed Williams in one of the biggest upsets of 2008.

Williams, one of the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the sport, is confident that won’t happen again against Argentina’s Sergio Martinez on Saturday night in Atlantic City.

"It’s not that I have trouble with left-handers," Williams, 28, said. "I just had an off night that night [against Quintana]."

Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) avenged his lone loss by knocking out Puerto Rico’s Quintana in the first round of their immediate rematch, but Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) represents one of the biggest challenges of Williams’ career. Martinez moved up from 154 to 160 pounds for this 12-round middleweight match, yet he is certain his speed will trouble Williams, whose non-stop punching style typically overwhelms opponents.

"This is the challenge I’ve been struggling to get," Martinez, 34, said. "I know I can beat Williams and believe me, I will not only beat him, I will knock him out."

Martinez hasn’t lost in nearly 10 years, not since Mexico’s Antonio Margarito knocked him out in the seventh round in February 2000. Williams, of Augusta, Ga., out-pointed Margarito in July 2007.

Still, Williams and his handlers think Martinez will provide a more competitive fight than middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, Williams’ original opponent. A nagging staph infection in Pavlik’s hand forced him to withdraw from two scheduled fights with Williams, Oct. 3 and Saturday night.

HBO will televise the Williams-Martinez bout as the main event of a "World Championship Boxing" telecast from the 4,000-seat Adrian Phillips Ballroom inside Boardwalk Hall.

ARREOLA’S RETURN: Cristobal Arreola is barely two months removed from the 10-round beating he absorbed against World Boxing Council heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles. He is eager, though, to prove he has recovered mentally and physically from his first professional defeat.

Arreola (27-1, 24 KOs), of Riverside, Calif., will battle Brian Minto (34-2, 21 KOs), of Butler, Pa., in a 10-round heavyweight fight Saturday night in Atlantic City. The Arreola-Minto match will open HBO’s broadcast at 9:30, just before the Williams-Martinez fight.

Minto, 34, doesn’t possess Klitschko’s size or power, and he’ll give away five inches and probably 30-plus pounds to Arreola, 28. But he is athletic for a heavyweight, is a capable boxer and has displayed a solid chin throughout a seven-year pro career in which he has lost just twice by decision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-e7_yxQpg&feature=related Learn something Timmy you multi of Thunder....Your first win against an American should bring joy for your down under Country!