Roy Jones Jr. fight, September 25
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Jones is going to be champ again.
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Johnson making first title defense
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SportsTicker
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Roy Jones Jr. won't have to wait long for a chance to become champion again.
Less than three months after losing his title to Antonio Tarver, Jones agreed Tuesday to meet IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson on Sept. 25 in the first sporting event to be held at the FedExForum.
Jones (49-2, 38 KOs) has been a world champion for the better part of a decade and earned titles in four weight classes. Nearly unanimously regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world prior to his fight with Tarver on May 15, Jones was knocked out in the second round and lost his WBC title.
Jones and Johnson (40-9-2, 27 KOs) both are 35 and reside in Florida but the similarities end there. Johnson needed 51 fights to win a title and will be making his first championship defense.
The fight will be televised by HBO
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Johnson making first title defense
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SportsTicker
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Roy Jones Jr. won't have to wait long for a chance to become champion again.
Less than three months after losing his title to Antonio Tarver, Jones agreed Tuesday to meet IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson on Sept. 25 in the first sporting event to be held at the FedExForum.
Jones (49-2, 38 KOs) has been a world champion for the better part of a decade and earned titles in four weight classes. Nearly unanimously regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world prior to his fight with Tarver on May 15, Jones was knocked out in the second round and lost his WBC title.
Jones and Johnson (40-9-2, 27 KOs) both are 35 and reside in Florida but the similarities end there. Johnson needed 51 fights to win a title and will be making his first championship defense.
The fight will be televised by HBO
yea i think that tarver will always give jones problems, but that dosnt always mean that tarver will beat jones, i wouldnt call tarvers punch in the second fight lucky, but i think it is unlikly to happen again. and tarver is already cast aside, his flavor of the month is up. no one wanted to fight him because he priced himself too high, i mean for everyone that thought one punch was going to erase all of jones accomplishments you are wrong. jones will me the more active fighter going into the rubber match so i will give jones a decent edge over tarver.
"Jones is an old man...Tarver punked that bitch from the start"
they are the same age smart guy.......lol and tarver hardly punked jones. tarver will only be remembered for throwing ONE punch. that would be the punch that knocked jones out. jones im sure will be remembered for a bit more then that. you do the math.
they are the same age smart guy.......lol and tarver hardly punked jones. tarver will only be remembered for throwing ONE punch. that would be the punch that knocked jones out. jones im sure will be remembered for a bit more then that. you do the math.
Roy Jones is a uniquely talented fighter - not only one of the finest post-war boxers at any weight, but arguably one of the greatest pro fighters in history. After he fights Glen Johnson for the IBF light-heavy title on September 25, I think we'll see him in a marquee bout at heavyweight. But look what happened when Tarver connected with that dynamite left hook in the rematch. Now picture what a monster heavyweight could do to him.
