Roy Jones - In the ring interview, just prior to the Brannon fight.

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  1. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    I know there's a few guys out there who wanted to see this interview of Roy from 1996. It was conducted an hour before his fight with Bryant Brannon, answering questions from Steve Farhood, Tony Paige and Ron Borges.

    http://youtu.be/4TPjvtASn0c
     
  2. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    He was so handsome there
     
  3. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    **** thats a great interview. roy was a great personality
     
  4. Mind Reader

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    Thanks for posting!:good
     
  5. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    This video is getting ignored... I figured.
     
  6. Mind Reader

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    It does prove one thing, that there was a time when Roy went to HBO and told them to make any fight.

    I wonder what the offers were and why they were turned down.
     
  7. BoneKrusha

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    Exactly
     
  8. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's an interesting interview, because Ron Borges and Larry Merchant have always been his biggest critics.
     
  9. Mind Reader

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    Roy has tried to make fights in the past after being heavily criticized... He proves it here, and Kohl proved it when he admitted to not answering Roy's calls.
     
  10. Loudon

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    :good

    Roy has always been accused of ducking everybody.
     
  11. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Have you been in the Jones going to **** after Hall thread? IB seriously just owned it. I don't think even Bailey could squrim out of it.
     
  12. Sweet Jones

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    Which just reinforces that the criticism was always B.S., and they knew it.

    I had forgot about that shot he took at James Toney, too. :lol:
     
  13. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Its funny too that people accuse Roy of ducking a 2nd fight with Toney, even though he fought the winner of Toney-Griffin.
     
  14. pecho26

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    Nice pal!!
     
  15. BatTheMan

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    Roy never ducked anyone. There just happens to be an endless line of deserving fighters that Jones didn't fight due to circumstance. :deal: