BY MARCUS HENRY
Roy Jones Jr. left boxing fans no doubt what his next move is during his media workout at Kingsway Gym on Wednesday. "As soon as I knock out Trinidad, I'm going to Wales."
For anyone scratching their head, Jones talking about heading to Whales to fight Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe told the Daily Mirror in a recent interview that he wants a big-ticket fight before he hangs up the gloves. He mentioned a date with Bernard Hopkins as his focus. But we all know if Jones is available, Calzaghe will jump at the chance.
Considered by some as one of the all-time greats, Jones still carries a name. Beating Jones, even at his current age of 39, is saying something. And Jones said he is more than willing to take on Calzaghe. He even said he would take the fight at 168 pounds.
If Calzaghe isn't available, Jones said he is willing to fight any of the big guns in boxing. "I would fight Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Chad Dawson - I don't care," he said. "Let me tell you one more time, my time, my probation period is over. I don't care who he is."
Sounds like the old Roy to me.
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Sounds like the old Roy, but he doesn't fight like it. Calzaghe - and any of the names he mentioned here - would easily defeat, and possible seriously injure, Jones at this point. Hopefully, Trinidad makes these fantasies moot. Chad Dawson!?!!! Jones needs therapy. That would be brutal.
RESPONSE TO DARDEL: I don't know if he would get seriously injured, but I don't see him beating Dawson or Calzaghe.
Marcus
I mentioned the possibility because Tarver, then Glen Johnson, knocked Jones silly - and that was a couple of years ago. He hasn't gotten any faster since then, and Dawson and Calzaghe, in my opinion, represent greater threats than Tarver or Johnson. Jones went through his career virtually untouched - you can probably count on one hand the number of big shots he absorbed. But he has been brutally concussed twice recently, and any further damage could haunt his life after boxing. Unfortunately, as it always is with boxers, they are the only ones who fail to acknowledge the slippage.