Hanshaw-Jones dispute escalates! Tuesday, July 10 2007 Bad blood between the Roy Jones Jr. and Anthony Hanshaw camps continued to boil Tuesday as the two prepare to fight in a scheduled 12-round bout for the IBC light heavyweight title Saturday night at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. For the second straight day, the Hanshaw team was physically barred from using the boxing ring and various bags, owned by Jones, at the host IP Casino-Resort-Spa. "I am getting sick of all this King Roy crap," the undefeated Hanshaw said. "My people are calling the hotel and the operators answer by saying, 'This is the home of Roy Jones.' And look at the posters and billboards and TV ads. They have my name so small you need a magnifying glass to see it. I will make Jones pay in that ring." Meanwhile, Jones' longtime trainer "Coach" Alton Merkerson, commonly known as Merk, reacted to public comments made Monday by Hanshaw's trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. Merkerson was more than irritated to read that Mayweather referred to Jones as "a glass-chinned bum." Merkerson said, "I got a message for Mayweather. You tell him any comments between these two athletes is one thing. That is okay. But the only for sure bum around here is Mayweather. Make sure you tell him I said that. Let's keep the comments between the two athletes." As a precaution for rising tempers, promoter Murad Muhammad (once a Muhammad Ali bodyguard), has hired an expert security detail to keep things cool at all future pre-fight meetings between the fighters. http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EEluEEVuklTkAbRFrK.html
This is all a load of fabricated hogwash. The HBO free card featuring Antonio Margarito vs Paul Williams is going to make Jones-Hanshaw PPV embarrasment, and the promotion has come up with this bullcrap spiff between camps to try and lively up the interest! The embarassing thing is the fabricating details on the spiff are so obviously made up, it embarrassing! atsch
