Calzaghe-Jones fight announced in New York City
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| CALZAGHE vs. JONES Photos courtesy Gary D. Morgan |
The 12-round light heavyweight fight between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. was formally announced yesterday in Manhattan. The fight will take place on Nov. 8 at Madison Square Garden and wll be broadcast live on HBO PPV. Calzaghe has a record of 45-0 while Jones is 50-4.
Gary D. Morgan was at the New York presser and filed the following observations for this corner:
How about a press conference where one fighter has been after his dad to get him a fight with Roy Jones for years and the other fighter has been after his trainer to get him a fight with Joe Calzaghe for years?
While that sounded good, this fight really could have been made years earlier, but that's a debate for another day.
So finally, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones got together for one of those rarities in press conferences, a non-combative, mutual respect, let's settle the deal session. Both fighters talked about how good looking they were respectively, how talented the other was, and what a great fight it will be. Jones won the prize for the funniest line of the day when he talked about Joe Calzaghe who he said will throw enough punches to keep us all busy and that Calzaghe will start throwing punches at 7 p.m. on the day before the fight. Calzaghe added that Jones was the only fighter he wanted to fight after his victory against Bernard Hopkins. Calzaghe has continued to say that this will be his last fight.
Dimitry Salita who is represented by Square Ring (Roy Jones' company) was in the audience and introduced by Roy Jones. Salita will be on the card on November 8th.
I asked Showtime Boxing analyst Steve Farhood for his thoughts on the matchup: "I don't think Roy proved anything in beating Trinidad," he said. "I picked Joe Calzaghe's opponents in every fight except for Hopkins and was proved wrong, so this time I am picking Joe in this fight, because I do not want to be wrong."
I also asked author Ron Ross for his thoughts. He said it's a difficult fight to pick but he's picking Joe Calzaghe "for the quantity of punches and the windmill style which is going to be too much for Jones to handle. But he also added, at the same time, Jones will be trying all the way but tiring in the later rounds. As for whom I think will win the fight, I believe that these two great fighters will mix it up feverishly with Calzaghe winning by decision. Calzaghe is at the top of his form and his speed will be too much for Jones."
 
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| ROY JONES and JOE CALZAGHE MEET the PRESS Photo courtesy Gary D. Morgan |
More to come on this fight in ensuing blogs. -- CASSIDY
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