by David P. Greisman - Roy Jones?career officially ended on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at 11:37 p.m. in Moscow, one minute and 57 seconds into the fourth round of his fight with Enzo Maccarinelli.
That’s if Jones finally makes the right decision.
He needs to make that decision.
Then again, he wouldn’t have needed to make it now if he’d made it before.
After all, Jones?career truly ended a long time ago.
It wasn’t over yet in May 2004, when Antonio Tarver landed the single left hand that dropped Jones and dethroned the longtime light heavyweight king.
It wasn’t over when Glen Johnson punished Jones for much of nine rounds that September before landing the right that finished their fight. If Jones wasn’t already out from that shot, then there was the force with which his head hit the canvas, ensuring he wouldn’t be able to get up.
It wasn’t even over when Jones returned a year later, in October 2005, dropping a clear decision to Tarver in their third and final match.
He had lost three in a row. This only meant that he could no longer compete with the best at 175 pounds, and perhaps the best in the sport in general.
That’s why he spent his next three fights over much of the next three years taking on lesser opposition, an attempt to rebuild himself, trying to regain his confidence, taking wins over Prince Badi Ajamu, Anthony Hanshaw and then in a pay-per-view with Felix Trinidad that essentially amounted to an expensive exhibition, as Trinidad was no longer active and nowhere near his best fighting weight.
And that’s also why Jones lost in his final crack at returning to the top of the division he once ruled, knocking Joe Calzaghe down in the first round in November 2008 and then losing the next 11 rounds and a wide decision on the scorecards. [Click Here To Read More]
That’s if Jones finally makes the right decision.
He needs to make that decision.
Then again, he wouldn’t have needed to make it now if he’d made it before.
After all, Jones?career truly ended a long time ago.
It wasn’t over yet in May 2004, when Antonio Tarver landed the single left hand that dropped Jones and dethroned the longtime light heavyweight king.
It wasn’t over when Glen Johnson punished Jones for much of nine rounds that September before landing the right that finished their fight. If Jones wasn’t already out from that shot, then there was the force with which his head hit the canvas, ensuring he wouldn’t be able to get up.
It wasn’t even over when Jones returned a year later, in October 2005, dropping a clear decision to Tarver in their third and final match.
He had lost three in a row. This only meant that he could no longer compete with the best at 175 pounds, and perhaps the best in the sport in general.
That’s why he spent his next three fights over much of the next three years taking on lesser opposition, an attempt to rebuild himself, trying to regain his confidence, taking wins over Prince Badi Ajamu, Anthony Hanshaw and then in a pay-per-view with Felix Trinidad that essentially amounted to an expensive exhibition, as Trinidad was no longer active and nowhere near his best fighting weight.
And that’s also why Jones lost in his final crack at returning to the top of the division he once ruled, knocking Joe Calzaghe down in the first round in November 2008 and then losing the next 11 rounds and a wide decision on the scorecards. [Click Here To Read More]
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