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 After his knockout loss to Glen Johnson in September of 2004, many people, including me, thought Roy Jones should retire. After taking almost upwards of a year off, Jones decided to fight Antonio Tarver for a third time on October 1, 2005 in Tampa, Florida. I ordered the pay-per-view with apprehension, since I really thought […]

 After his shocking knockout loss to Antonio Tarver on May 15, 2004, Roy Jones returned to the ring four months later. His opponent was IBF champ Glen Johnson, and the bout on HBO was held at the Fedex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Jones was a 7-1 favorite, I for one figured he would come back

After trying to get a fight with Mike Tyson, Roy Jones instead accepted the rematch with Antonio Tarver. The bout was set for May 15, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, and I definitely planned on ordering the pay-per-view card. I watched this one alone, and was rooting hard for Roy. Tarver annoyed

  After winning the heavyweight championship from John Ruiz on March 1, 2003, Roy enjoyed the victory, and contemplated his future. A boyhood nemesis named Antonio Tarver hounded Jones for years, and Roy finally agreed to fight him on November 8th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. I vividly recall the advertisement for the

 After his easy win over Clinton Woods in September of 2002, Roy Jones accepted a fight with WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz for March 1, 2003. In order to put some muscle on for the bout, Roy hired the services of trainer Mackie Shilstone, who had worked with many fighters, most notably Michael Spinks when

 In July of 2001, Roy Jones had his fight with Julio Cesar Gonzalez broadcast on pay-per-view instead of on HBO. I wouldn’t have paid for this thing for anything, and was satisfied to read about it in the paper the next day. The bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was a carbon copy

After the ridiculous fight with Richard Frazier in January, Roy returned in June to take on a real fighter in Reggie Johnson. It turned out to be a boring, one-sided affair, with Roy winning all twelve rounds. If it had been on pay-per-view and not HBO, I would have wanted my money back. Seven months

After regaining the light heavyweight title in his rematch with Montell Griffin in August of 1997, Roy Jones didn’t return to the ring until the following April against former champ Virgil Hill in Biloxi, Mississippi. The HBO bout on April 25 was figured to be a test for Jones, since Hill had been a champ

Roy traveled to Atlantic City on March 21, 1997 to take on the undefeated Montell Griffin on HBO. The fight from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was expected to be another one sided affair, but it was not. Griffin boxed well in the first four or five rounds, and was actually ahead on

On January 6, 1996, we had a three foot blizzard hit southern New Jersey where I grew up. I had planned a trip following Saturday to Las Vegas, to try and place a bet on the Roy Jones vs. Merqui Sosa fight at Madison Square Garden on January 12. Despite the mess on the highways,