Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver and Clinton Woods

Loudon · Aug 31, 2012

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I think General Zod and yourself have totally put to rest the idea that Roy ducked Calzaghe... Heck, even provided proof of Joe stating it himself... Other than Roy and Joe trying to sell their PPV, nothing would suggest Joe really chased Roy, that fight was one big contradiction by Joe in itself... I have a lot of friends who are total casual boxing fans here in America, just buy the big PPV fights, and still don't really know who Joe is.

Neither fighter chased or ducked each other... But if anyone had to do the chasing, It was Joe.

Imagine if Joe was the worlds P4P king at 168, and Roy was a LHW champ and relatively unknown outside of America... Then it would be Roy's job to chase the fight, drop weight and go dethrone the king. Bailey would be arguing this point to his grave had it been that way, but it is opposite. It is his bias that prevents him from seeing this...

There is a reason why Roy Jones is a household name in boxing world wide, not just in America... He always was... Some European fight fans fail to recognize that they were just as aware of Roy as Americans were, and he was more than Americans hyping their man.
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Thanks, I agree with everything you have said. They were both great fighters, but Joe back in the day, wasn't well known on a global scale. He claimed for years that he struggled to make 168, and he'd like to move up and have big money fights etc. But he never did until 2008. The truth is, in 2001, Roy wouldn't have given him any serious thought.

One of the things that I hate most in life, are dishonest people who tell lies. I can't abide it, and I've no respect whatsoever for Joe because of his actions. I respect him as a fighter but not as a person. I don't know how he could tell people that he'd chased Roy for 5 or 6 years? The guy's a complete joke!

He wanted Big fights, he wanted global recognition, and he wanted to be remembered as a great fighter etc. But at FW's request, he ended up having to fight Peter Manfredo at 34/35 to gain U.S. exposure. That for me, sums up his entire career. His ambition didn't match his skills, and his 46-0 record, will never help him to be remembered, as an all time great.

Regards, Loudon.
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