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It was a perfect setup, really.
Like a left to the body that drops the gloves for a big right hand, the so-called “tune-up” bouts for Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins were supposed to set the stage for a big rematch between the two aging stars.
But when Jones was unexpectedly thrashed at the hands of Danny Green, hopes for the highly anticipated fight with Hopkins, were sent to the canvas as quickly as Jones in the first round.
Hopkins did...
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Dear Roy Jones Jr.,
As the President and CEO of the Roy Jones Jr. Nut Hugger Inc. Corporation, I respectfully beg of you to please, once and for all, hang the gloves up for good.
You have nothing else to prove, sir. In your prime, you had destroyed and humiliated the best out there. You owned 160, 168, 175 and even made history by getting yourself a heavyweight title, as well.
You beat the best of your generation (James Toney, Bernard Hopkins...
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From bleacherreport.com
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There is a time in every athlete's life when he must face the man in the mirror and hear the sad sweet song. "It's over. Don't look back. It has been a good ride, but this is the end of the road."
Either some people don't have that conversation with the man he watches shave every day, or he fails to pay attention to the warning or plea as it were.
That discussion should have taken place the morning after Roy Jones, Jr. was embarrassed by...
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From bleacherreport.com
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Watch Jones Jr. vs Green Live!Another legendary boxing event happens here. This is a match between Roy Jones Jr. vs Danny Green. Excited to watch this boxing fight live? Watch Jones Jr. vs Green Live Telecast today.Roy Jones Jr. from Pensacola, Florida is one of the world’s best boxer throughout the 90’s and much of the 2000’s. Jones Jr. is one of the favorite boxers of boxing fanatics. He challenged and defeated John Ruiz to win the WBA World...
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From free-sports-online.blogspot.com
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SYDNEY (AP) -- Australian Danny Green stopped Roy Jones Jr. in the first round of their IBO world cruiserweight title fight Wednesday, preventing the 40-year-old American from claiming his ninth title across five weight classes.
From rss.cnn.com
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- Boxing: Australian stops Roy Jones Jr. in 1st round (honoluluadvertiser.com)
- Roy Jones Jr. upset in Australia (northjersey.com)
- Green stops Roy Jones Jr. in first round (chron.com)
