Final thoughts on Roy Jones-Felix Trinidad
It’s exciting to hear Roy Jones Jr. talk about fighting Joe Calzaghe or Bernard Hopkins or the winner of their fight. BUT, the reality is, he could have fought both of these men a long time ago.
Calzaghe’s championship reign at super middleweight has run from 1997 to the present. Throughout that time there was plenty of talk – speculation – about Jones fighting Calzaghe. It never happened. Nor did the unification match against WBO light heavyweight champion Dariusz Michalczewski.
Jones beat Hopkins for the vacant IBF middleweight title in 1993. The Executioner has tried to get a rematch with Roy ever since. He went unbeaten for nearly 13 years, but still couldn’t lure Jones into the ring.
Roy is also talking about fighting the Taylor-Pavlik winner or dropping further in weight to fight Oscar De La Hoya.
Jones is a first-ballot hall-of-famer. No questions asked. But, as great a fighter as he is, there is quite a lack of “mega” fights on his resume. Some of it has to do with the quality of opposition during his era, some of it has to do with his immense talent, but enough of it has to do with Roy not taking chances.
So why, at 39, do we think he’ll start taking chances?
If you think about the Trinidad fight, it was a perfectly calculated risk on the part of Jones. Trinidad looked terrible against Winky Wright in 2005. Was he really going to look much better against a superior boxing like Jones? In 2008? The only thing Roy had to worry about was Tito’s power – considerable indeed – but it has certainly diminished since his heyday at welterweight.
Ultimately, it was a nice night for both of them to retire on.
Replay. HBO will broadcast the Jones-Trinidad fight on Sat. Jan. 26 as part of a Boxing After Dark card that features heavyweights Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers… Check out Newsday.com’s photo gallery of the fight… Also, Newsday’s Wally Matthews had the best postfight line of all when he wrote, "… the truth is, Jones and Trinidad have a future in boxing, all right, so long as they continue to fight each other." Read his column here.
PPV Success. ESPN.com is reporting that the Jones-Trinidad fight drew better-than-expected numbers. According to the story, the fight had 500,000 buys and $25 million in domestic television revenue.
Say Goodbye. It’s time for Trinidad to retire. He’s had a great career and has nothing left to prove in the game. Same for Roy. He always said he wouldn’t let himself get hurt. It’s time take your own advice. -- CASSIDY
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