By Lyle Fitzsimmons - LAS VEGAS – Roy Jones Jr. sounded early Sunday like a man who’d finally made a decision to change jobs. Which is convenient, because for most of the 12 rounds that had begun late Saturday it looked like a choice he should have made at least one uninspired fight sooner.
Pensacola’s four-division world champion – and arguably the finest fighter Florida has ever produced –continued a late-stage tailspin before 6,792 largely frustrated fans at Mandalay Bay, dropping an intermittently interesting decision to nemesis Bernard Hopkins in a light heavyweight bout.
“I’m going to go home and talk to the team, and if they decide to call it a day we’ll call it a day,” the 41-year-old Jones said. “But it’s not my decision. I’ll talk to my coaches.”
The loss, which came by lopsided 117-110 (twice) and 118-109 scores, was the Washington High product’s sixth in 11 fights since he opened a brilliant career with 49 wins in 50 fights after first achieving fame with a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [Click Here To Read More]
Pensacola’s four-division world champion – and arguably the finest fighter Florida has ever produced –continued a late-stage tailspin before 6,792 largely frustrated fans at Mandalay Bay, dropping an intermittently interesting decision to nemesis Bernard Hopkins in a light heavyweight bout.
“I’m going to go home and talk to the team, and if they decide to call it a day we’ll call it a day,” the 41-year-old Jones said. “But it’s not my decision. I’ll talk to my coaches.”
The loss, which came by lopsided 117-110 (twice) and 118-109 scores, was the Washington High product’s sixth in 11 fights since he opened a brilliant career with 49 wins in 50 fights after first achieving fame with a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [Click Here To Read More]
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