Bernard Hopkins decisions Roy Jones Jr. in miserable fight:
"I don't want to sound like I have no respect for these two fighters. I do. But neither of them looked like they had anything left tonight, the fight was hideous, and the tiny violin-worthy actions of Hopkins were despicable. The fight was truly bad in every single way. Neither fighter landed much by way of significant punches (Jones may not have landed one truly good shot all night), Hopkins flopped three times, Jones later called time on a second Hopkins low blow, and overall the whole thing just felt farcical and embarrassing."
Full write-up at badlefthook.com, photo via lasvegassun.com
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That was one of the worst fights I have ever stolen off of the internet for free.
B-Hop was acting like Ric Flair out there.
by SilverNBlackZach! on Apr 4, 2010 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Hopefully this will be further motivation for RJJ to switch to mma for a superfight with Anderson Silva.
"If your going to come on then come on!" - Harold Howard
Because you hate RJJ and wish him dead?
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Apr 4, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously.....
Why would you want RJJ to fight a guy that can slip in and out of the matrix at will….
by Jonnycaz2.0 on Apr 4, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Fight only drew 6,792 and according to Dan Rafael most of them were free tickets. I thought that a poster on the UG was kidding that only 1,000 tickets were sold. I heard that HBO didn’t pick up production costs and just sent the announcers.
Ticket sales didn't matter
BHop made 3.5 mil. for the fight and RJJ gets a significant percentage of PPV buys.
Considering how washed up both guys are (especially RJJ) that’s some nice cash.
And make no mistake about it, RJJ would murder Anderson if the fight ever happens (which it probably won’t)
When you only sell around a 1,000 tickets for a highly hyped 17 years in the making rematch, it certainly does.
The fight might not even make it to 3.5 according to Dan Rafael. A 50-50 split of the total revenue, and Hopkins/Calzaghe barely did only 200,000 and that was with no final four and a solid economy. RJJ/Calzaghe only did 225,000 and how many buys will this fight get after Jones was destroyed by Danny Green?
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=5046549
Article summarizing this all up. I wonder how much Jones will actually make considering this event is going to bomb. Why should spend 49.95 with PBF/Mosley coming up, and we already had a Manny fight last month.
It wasn’t an HBO event. HBO sent nothing. The announcers: Tessitore does ESPN stuff, Doug Fisher is a maxboxing.com guy, and Sugar Ray Leonard is just Sugar Ray.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 4, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
RICHARD SCHAFER'S COMMENTS ON WHY THE CROWD BOO'D...
When Schafer was asked to why he thought fans were boo-ing two once lengendary fighters, Shchafer responded,
“…unfortunately in boxing people seem to have forgotten that it [boxing] is called the ‘Sweet Science’ and it [Boxing] is not only about going toe-to-toe . (Richard Schafer).
The only ‘Science’ witnessed in the ring last night, was the fact that we all get old, and no matter how great we once were, we all succumb to the ‘Science’ of ageing.
"I'm Nobody's FanBoy" - higgledy-piggledy
by higgledy-piggledy on Apr 4, 2010 1:02 PM EDT reply actions
DON'T TAKE MY WORK FOR IT, HERE'S A LINK TO SCHAFER'S COMMENTS (SWEET SCIENCE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIv_qOAk4zA&#t=01m58s
When the fight is over, promoters need to stop the Promoter-Talk. The fight was rubbish and the fans would appreciate it if a promoter would own up to what everyone just witnessed, instead of trying to spin the whole debacle.
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by higgledy-piggledy on Apr 4, 2010 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
Amen
you can add the commentating during the match to that as well. You have to love in rounds 8-12 how they kept saying Roy has to win some of these rounds to take the fight. The fight was a debacle, and I am a boxing fan, which it is honestly becoming harder and harder to be
Cash is King!
This was just all about the money. The fight was really poor and earn big bucks. What else is there to say between two fighters in their forties way way past their prime. Don’t say because they have a grudge and the rivalry between them. That’s just pure BS.
I said it on BLH last night.
Roy Jones Jr. is my favorite fighter in any combat sport ever. He clearly lost that fight, but the biggest loss was in my level of respect for Bernard Hopkins.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 4, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Roy Jones Jr. is my favorite fighter in any combat sport ever.
It’s no wonder I like you so much.
by Chris Barton on Apr 5, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
There wasn't anything sweet or scientific about Jones vs Hopkins 2.
It was an awful circus/mess of a fight.
by snakecharmer1340 on Apr 4, 2010 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
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