Anyone know odds for what a 2002 fight would be. Ring had Jones 15-1 in 96 or 97. Clearly be different in 2002....
Sosa fight was catchweight (171 or 172), though Sosa was willing to come to down to 168. Right before the fight, Ring (subjective of course) said...
Weight would have played an issue, since prime Jones is probably going to fight between 168 and 172.
I was a big Jones fan, and wanted to see him fight at heavyweight. I liked Hopkins, but Jones wasn't getting any younger and the talk about going...
I remember that, and you called it trivial, but it seems to matter to you now. Though I wasn't talking P4P rankings, which can be more subjective....
Because a magazine that down played Jones win over Ruiz before the fight even took place, rated Hopkins higher in their mythical P4P rankings.
Ya, he was a tough, took a lot of punishment. Jones wanted to go into the later rounds with that fight as well.
Lucas one is interesting to me because of how much Jones was criticized for fighting him at the time. That and fighting him on the same day as...
It was at 160, and it was impressive. Really impressive.
Before he fought Toney, he did have a number of fights above the 160 limit of middleweight. But always weighed in around 164-165. Percy Harris...
To be fair, while it says May 2003 those rankings are from before the Ruiz fight. But Hopkins would have ended 2002 ranked #1 by Ring. You're...
After the Toney fight Jones would have jumped to #2 behind Whitaker. Couple years later Jones finally was #1, but would lose his spot not to long...
To be honest, I think anytime Toney connected with anything Jones came right back him, overwhelming him at times. Nothing fazed Jones. His...
Hopkins. I know at one point Hopkins talked to Bernard Fernandez explaining why he turned down a fight with Jones at that time. Going off memory,...
Not at all trying to wiggle out of it. I guess you don't understand, and maybe I wasn't clear. After the Woods fight, you take the rankings for...
