Roy Jones Jr. - "Hopkins Can Forget a Rematch!"

[THE REED]

Hopkins - RJJ Should be 50 - 50

yeah i agree, IF roy beats joe... which im gaining confidence every day...

[IMDAZED]

it WONT get done for 60-40 ... mark mine.

Well that's why it ain't happening LOLOL.

[T-97]

Fuck you then Roy!

[THE REED]

Well that's why it ain't happening LOLOL.

bernard OR roy aint takin 40... unless roy loses.. and even then

[IMDAZED]

yeah i agree, IF roy beats joe... which im gaining confidence every day...

Now Reed you know damn well that if Roy beats Joe, he isn't taking 50/50.

"I beat you! KnowwhatImsayin? How we gon split 50-50 when you lost to me AND Joe and I just beat Joe? Matter of fact, I really deserve 70-30!"

[THE REED]

haha u beat kelly pavlik at a catchweight... i dont buy that shiiiit son!

[Silencers]

These few paragraphs sums it up I think.

Here's the catch, however, that must be pointed out: Hopkins and Jones have tried negotiating before with famously unproductive results, and a Jones victory against Calzaghe guarantees nothing.

The talk of Jones-Hopkins II first became serious in 2000, when they agreed to appear on the same HBO card in Indianapolis, with Jones facing Richard Hall and Hopkins taking on Syd Vanderpool. I interviewed Hopkins prior to that doubleheader, when all signs were pointing toward a fall meeting with Jones at Madison Square Garden.

"I've waited seven years for this," Hopkins said at the time. "I'm a much better fighter than I was seven years ago, and now is the time for Bernard Hopkins to establish himself as the man in boxing."

Negotiations unraveled, however, and Hopkins had to wait another year to establish himself as the man, or at least close to it, by knocking out Trinidad. With B-Hop hotter than ever after that, talk of a Jones rematch bubbled to the surface again in 2002, when the two fighters again shared an HBO twin bill, this time from two separate locations.

The end result was split-screened boxers barking uncompromising percentage splits at one another.

"How we gonna split it 50-50? I beat you one time," Jones argued. "60-40, I kick your [butt]."

Every punch Hopkins throws carries behind it the weight of how underappreciated he feels. After the way he took Pavlik to school, can you imagine him settling for 50 percent or less of the pie against Jones?

And if Jones beats Calzaghe and is coming off a win just as remarkable as Hopkins' victory last weekend, can you imagine a man who stood alone as boxing's pre-eminent egomaniac for most of his career settling for 50 percent or less of the pie against Hopkins?

Unless the promoters can bake up a pie too large to resist, the chance of two stubborn superstars like Hopkins and Jones agreeing to an even split seems remote.

But then again, it isn't any more remote than the chance of a 43-year-old man looking 26 and a 26-year-old man looking 43 on Saturday night.

[Darkstar]

No way!!!

Hopkins puts on a great boxing performace against Pavlik, looked better than ever and is ready for one last big fight thats 15 years overdue. He paved the way for a perfect career ending fight.

First thing out of Roy Jones mouth: "Hopkins can forget a rematch!!'

I would have never expected that from Roy Jones. Never.

[THE REED]

No way!!!

Hopkins puts on a great boxing performace against Pavlik, looked better than ever and is ready for one last big fight thats 15 years overdue. He paved the way for a perfect career ending fight.

First thing out of Roy Jones mouth: "Hopkins can forget a rematch!!'

I would have never expected that from Roy Jones. Never.

then u havent been following the feud between these two... if u did, u would understand it

[goldenglove2]

then u havent been following the feud between these two... if u did, u would understand it

I think the last time Roy fought the guy everyone wanted him to, the guy that was persuing him non stop. He got KO'd silly.

Heck I dont blame him for NOT wanting to fight X.