Who did Roy Jones avoid during his career?

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  1. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just curious. I know people always say he didn't fight everyone he could've faced.

    I know he could've fought Hopkins again. I know he could've fought that German fighter. Forgot his name.

    Who else did he avoid?
     
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  2. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Don't listen to this people, plain haters
     
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  3. maciek4

    maciek4 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Damn you are real boxing fan.

    Dariusz Michalczewski
    Vasily Jirov
    Nigel Benn
    Chris Eubank
     
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  4. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    If I'm right Benn refused 6mlns for fighting Roy
     
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  5. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He avoided everyone besides journeymen and trashcans with feet his entire career. Hopkins was green,Hill was coming off a loss,McCallum was 40,Ruiz wasnt that good,Castro was I dont what the haters say about him,Tarver was a gift decision,Toney was weight drained etc.
     
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  6. JETSKI

    JETSKI Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's gotta learn somewhere, mac. He's a newbie.

    Yeah, RJJ ducked the German fighter with the Polish name. How could anyone forget?
     
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  7. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Jirov have never fough at LHW
     
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  8. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Both Roy and DM didn't really want to fight eachother
     
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  9. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The only fighter Jones didn't make an offer to that was a threat to him in a weight class he was in was Nunn.

    The other fighters like Benn, Collins, etc either turned down offers OR were not in the same weight class as Jones like Jirov.
     
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  10. hitman_hatton1

    hitman_hatton1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    benn, collins.

    as well as hopkins and d-man.

    he's most guilty of not working things out with d-man i think.
     
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  11. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Benn and Collins turned down offers to fight Jones, Benn turned down an offer than would have been his highest payday ever.

    Hopkins also turned down a 60/40 offer, though he claims he didn't and that wasn't the real offer and Jones claims it was. People choose to believe the fighter they like in those situation since none of us were in the room. But I KNOW that on national TV Jones offered 60/40 and Hops turned it down.
     
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  12. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    60/40 was a fair offer. RJJ beat B-HOP clear and Roy wast the P4P King.
     
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  13. kk17

    kk17 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's a shame that he never fought the best LH during the 90th
    Dariusz Michalczewski.
     
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  14. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, but at the same time, Hopkins didn't lose since that fight and was coming off a huge upset win over Trinidad. And RJJ even told Tito not to fight Hopkins because he thought Hopkins would beat him.

    And i think RJJ realized how much more polished Hopkins became over that time span. When they fought, they were both very young still. And RJJ relied mostly on his raw talents which he had even then. But Hopkins relied a lot on his mind also to win fights and that really improved since he fought Jones.

    The bottom line is that if Jones really wanted Hopkins, he could've fought him. He could've made it happen. He held all the cards. And Hopkins obviously was asking for Jones and called him out.
     
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  15. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No way. Jones WAS holding all the cards. That's the point. And Hopkins was a better fighter mentally after he beat Trinidad, but more limited physically.

    Point is, if Jones is holding all the cards, the Hopkins needs to concede. You don't put it on Jones to give up his cards, which is what you're suggesting he do. Hopkins fought his next fight for far less money then he would have made fighting Jones. So that doesn't seem to equate.

    I mean, if Hopkins really wanted to fight Jones, wouldn't he have taken the more than fair offer instead of fighting someone else for LESS?
     
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