Roy Jones,Jr. K.O.’d Again…Opens Door For March 13 Pacquiao-Mayweather PPV Fight
It’s been a bad week for Floridian sports stars when it comes to getting knocked out unconscious. First it was golfer Tiger Woods, knocked out by his wife and a golf club, and last night Roy Jones got it from a fellow boxer.
Basically..40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. was knocked out last night by Australian Danny Green, who retained his IBF World Cruiserweight title in Australia last night.
This opens the March 13th date up for the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather bout that would have been postponed to a later date, if Roy had won, due to a scheduled bout against Bernard Hopkins, in a battle of the grandads.
Danny Green meets Roy Jones Jr.
The bout will never happen with the outcome for Roy last night.
The AP reports…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 middleweight to heavyweight.
The 36-year-old Green retained his title and improved to 28-3 with his technical knockout over Jones at the Acer Arena, in the American’s first professional fight on foreign soil in his 20-year career.
It was only Jones’ sixth loss since 1989, along with 54 wins, 40 by knockout.
Green floored Jones with a right hand to the head after one minute. Green moved in to apply more pressure, and following a series of blows, English referee Howard Foster stopped the bout after just 122 seconds.
Jones offered no excuses for a defeat which could signal the end of his career.
“We don’t make excuses, it was a great performance by Danny,” Jones said.
Green was almost apologetic for handing such a defeat to one of his boxing role models.
Green, who only came out of a 13-month retirement in April,
“That almost hurt me to do that to someone whom I aspire to look up to as a professional fighter inside and outside the ring,” he said.
“I am just overwhelmed – this is the greatest victory in my entire life.”
Jones Jr is now unlikely to continue in the ring and said: “I have got to take my hat off to Danny, it was a great performance. I guess now I go back into retirement.”
Jones had to win the Green fight for the Hopkins fight to happen on HBO on the March 13th date.
Roy Jones Jr. after fight
Now, hopefully boxing fans can be treated to a real battle between two boxers in their prime, and that is Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
In defeat,Roy Jones, Jr. officially hands March 13 HBO date to Arum, Pacquiao, and Mayweather…and I say Thank you Roy, I was a big fan of yours, won and lost bets based on my confidence in you.
Roy Jones, Jr. has earned his retirement, and I hope he goes back to broadcasting fights,starting with Mayweather and Pacquiao.
B-Hop will find someone else to knock out…he is still going strong at his advanced age,and as you can see, not every boxer can do what B-Hop does especially at his age.
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