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Entries tagged with "Roy+Jones+Jr.":

• Tarver Talks the Talk – May 3rd, 2011

  
  
  

• Roy Jones KO'd in Moscow – May 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Valuev Praises Lebedev – May 23rd, 2011

  
  
  

• The Executioner’s Song – May 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• The Road Warrior: Warp Speed – May 28th, 2011

  There’s nothing subtle about Johnson’s all-action, in your face, kamikaze, I’m-coming-to-get-you style…
  
  

• Carl Froch... Calzaghe’s Shadow – May 30th, 2011

  Froch’s legacy will always be compared to recent fellow world super middleweight champion, the retired, undefeated Joe Calzaghe…
  
  

• Bronson, Haye, and Tyson Fury – June 23rd, 2011

  We shall see if Haye is a little big man. Does he have The Great Spirit? Will he attack or slowly be worn down?
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Ortiz: The Unspeakable – August 8th, 2011

  Fighters grow old overnight. Nobody mentions this because nobody believes it can happen, but it happens…
  
  

• The Enigma of Floyd Mayweather – September 14th, 2011

  “And Mayweather is beginning to operate like a surgeon," said Jim Lampley. "Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality..."
  
  

• Enter Massimo – September 24th, 2011

  
  
  

• The Best I Ever Saw: Alan Kahn – September 28th, 2011

  Roy Jones hitting the bag side to side with one hand. Fantastic. Floyd hitting the bag one-handed while looking at the HBO camera? Oldest trick in the book…
  
  

• Khan/Peterson Square Off at DC Presser – October 6th, 2011

  In a press conference that featured as many political luminaries as it did boxing figures, it was standing room only at The W Washington DC Hotel...
  
  

• Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. – October 7th, 2011

  Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. were bitter rivals who are bitter rivals no more. Their careers have followed different trajectories, and while Hopkins is still on the ascendant, Jones is treading water. They fought twice, and their second fight, in June 2010, was little more than a revenge match for Bernard. Their first fight, however, which was fought on May 22, 1993 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, for the vacant IBF middleweight title, saw both men at or near their prime. Jones was 21-0 at the time and Hopkins was 22-1. We know what has happened to Roy Jones since. We also know that Hopkins has aged like fine wine...
  
  

• The Tyson Effect and the Fall of the Pure Boxer – October 9th, 2011

  Can we analyze the heavyweight division in a way that might better educate us on how the division has changed, and why it has declined…
  
  

• The Case for Steve Collins in the Hall – October 10th, 2011

  Steve Collins was an extremely tough, seasoned, iron-chinned, determined and talented fighter who had long paid his dues…
  
  

• Bernard Hopkins: Boxing’s Top (Under)Dog – October 13th, 2011

  Bernard Hopkins' final chapter in boxing has been the longest chapter that any fighter has ever authored…
  
  

• The Case for Jorge Fernando Castro in the Hall – October 16th, 2011

  Many thought it was time for Castro to finally end his long and glorious career and considered it a wonder that he would fight again…
  
  

• From Russia with Love – October 19th, 2011

  
  
  

• Roy Jones Jr. Plays with Fire – October 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson Preview – November 5th, 2011

  Johnson less resembles a prizefighter than a runaway train, and hitting him is like trying to knock bricks out of wall...
  
  

• Lights Out for James Toney – November 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao? Calm Down, Dear! – November 10th, 2011

  Lord, how we need him. Take away Manny and our battered old sport would be depressingly lacking in vintage talent...
  
  

• Top Rank Media Week—Arum Style – November 16th, 2011

  As I quietly watched him in action this past week there was a certainty in my mind that this was a man that was born to do what he was doing…
  
  

• Dariusz Michalczewski in the Hall? – November 20th, 2011

  Michalczewski was the only fighter in the world at 175 pounds who people gave much of a chance to beat a prime Roy Jones Jr…
  
  

• Roy Jones Jr. vs. Virgil Hill – November 23rd, 2011

  Whenever all-time greats stay too long we tend to forget their past achievements. When Roy Jones Jr. fought Virgil Hill on April 25, 1998 at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi, he was already fighting above his ideal weight. But he was still winning, and was still considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the game. Hill's record was 43-2. Jones was 35-1. Speed, power and precision were the hallmarks of Roy's gift, and they were all on display when he got it on with "Quicksilver" Hill...
  
  

• In the Matter of Michael Nunn – December 1st, 2011

  He was an outstanding fighter who possessed a rare combination of size, speed, punching power and technical boxing…
  
  

• For $9.99 You Get Roy Jones – December 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Capital Showdown Final Presser – December 8th, 2011

  “If he wants to fight on the inside I will hurt him.,” said Peterson. “People are crazy for thinking I can’t hurt this kid…”
  
  

• Does the Referee Pool Need New Blood? – December 11th, 2011

  Perhaps referees like Italian Massimo Barrovecchio and Panamanian Hector Afu can be part of a seminar for new and/or aspiring amateur referees...
  
  

• Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones II – January 15th, 2012

  Antonio Tarver and Roy Jones fought three times. Jones won the first fight by majority decision in Nov. 2003. The rematch on May 15, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was a shocker in more ways than one. Jones had a nearly perfect 49-1 record going in and was still considered a master at the top of his game. Tarver was 21-2, and while a respected if not scintillating fighter, he was never considered a world-beater, at least until he fought Roy a second time...
  
  

• Hopkins vs. Tarver Redux – January 25th, 2012

  I don’t know who won the round or won the fight, or even if there was a round or fight to win…
  
  

• Ten-Count for Wayne Kelly – February 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• When Fans Go “Oooh and Aaah” – February 3rd, 2012

  Sometimes cuties are flashy or stylish, but more often than not, their calling card is reliance on a crafty persona…
  
  

• Return to Sender – February 7th, 2012

  
  
  

• Pendulum Shift: Part Two – February 20th, 2012

  The continuing moral proclamations from Hall of Famer Jose Sulaiman relative to female abuse were stomach rumbling…
  
  

• Was “Double S” Off His Game? – February 26th, 2012

  
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part II: Antonio Tarver – February 27th, 2012

  Sometimes the boxing stories write themselves like literature, with colorful, complex characters authoring the combat…
  
  

• Yuriorkis Gamboa M.I.A. Again – March 5th, 2012

  There would be press conferences in New York where, for reasons known only to him, Roy Jones would simply not show up...
  
  

• The Crossroads: Holt vs. Coleman – March 9th, 2012

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Julio Gonzalez – March 11th, 2012

  
  
  

• Roger, Floyd, and Sugar Ray Robinson – March 14th, 2012

  Roger Mayweather the boxing historian should have stopped while he was ahead. But stopping while he’s ahead is not Roger’s style…
  
  

• Friday Night Fights: Rated R vs. Pit Bull – March 16th, 2012

  On this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, Kendall “Rated R” Holt faces Tim “Pit Bull” Coleman in a 10-round “loser go home” bout…
  
  

• Crunch Time: Rosenblatt vs. Parker – March 20th, 2012

  “His body began to break down on him little by little. All the wear and tear over the years, it finally caught up with him…”
  
  

• Carl Froch: Lord of the Rings? – March 25th, 2012

  
  
  

• Boxing’s Five Greatest Moments: 2000-2009 – April 6th, 2012

  It’s about the individual moments, indistinct passages of time where, as we’ll see, two minutes can seem like a second and a second can seem like two minutes…
  
  

• Unmitigated Savagery in the Year 2002 – April 8th, 2012

  On July 23, 2002, Elvir "Kosovo Kid" Muriqi met Sam “Slamming Sammy” Ahmad in New Rochelle, NY on an ESPN televised fight…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part IV: Marco Antonio Barrera – April 12th, 2012

  Marco Antonio Barrera had come a long way in pursuit of a young dragon to slay…
  
  

• Open Letter to Yuriorkis Gamboa – April 14th, 2012

  Whether it turns out it was your confidence, ego or a pinch of self-delusion that kept you from getting there, it won’t matter...
  
  

• The Triple Crown of Bob Fitzsimmons – April 17th, 2012

  Fitzsimmons may not be the fashionable choice, but Ruby Robert was as precious as any one of the great jewels of boxing…
  
  

• Ring Around the Rosie – April 21st, 2012