Roy Jones Jr has a death wish, wants Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Pavlik against Roy Jones Jr.? No, it's not in the works, but Cameron Dunkin, Pavlik's co-manager, told ESPN.com that Troy Ridgley, the former NFL player and Pittsburgh promoter who is friendly with Jones, called him to gauge Pavlik's interest in making the light heavyweight fight. "He said he was contacting me on Jones' behalf and was Kelly interested in the fight, even if we wanted to do it in Youngstown [Ohio, Pavlik's hometown]," Dunkin said. "No, there is no interest right now. I told him, 'Look, Roy just came off that terrible fight with Bernard Hopkins, and my guy just lost [the middleweight title to Sergio Martinez]. Why would we do a fight like that? There's not even any money in a fight like that."

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why dont jones take on alan green at 168 and fullfill his death wish.a nice perminent retirement...

no one cares about that fight and neither have been good PPV number guys historically

i would never watch this

It seems like the only way Roy is ever going to leave the ring for good is on a stretcher. I hate to say that but if he doesn't know its time to leave now when will he ever?

This is why the athletic comissions need to do more than collect gate tax. They should be saving people like Roy or Evander from themselves.

kbyte wrote:

It seems like the only way Roy is ever going to leave the ring for good is on a stretcher. I hate to say that but if he doesn't know its time to leave now when will he ever?

It really is beginning to look that way isn't it?

Can he be THAT broke? He never seemed like a flashy liver.

I never tire of watching Jones get KTFO.

kbyte wrote:

It seems like the only way Roy is ever going to leave the ring for good is on a stretcher. I hate to say that but if he doesn't know its time to leave now when will he ever?

Sadly, the story of Roy Jones is very common. Most great champions go out this way. Ray Robinson was opening shows before he decided it was time to retire. The champion who retires on time is the exception. I'm happy with the decision Lennox Lewis has made to stay retired. However, look at the other Heavyweights of his era. Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson, etc. Nuff said.

How much does Pavlik have left?

NBrooks5 wrote:

How much does Pavlik have left?

Enough to destroy Roy thats for sure.