Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:05 pm EDT

Saturday's "March Badness" event was a success at the box office with 6,500 in attendance at the Pensacola Civic Center. No one can blame Roy Jones Jr. if he wants to keep making a living in the ring and use his appearances as a tool to build his company Square Ring Promotions. If Jones lines up a few more tomato cans like Omar Sheika, who pose little threat to his aging reflexes, fine. But you know that won't be the case. The 40-year-old Jones is now calling out top level fighters who are in their prime:
"I would like to fight super middleweight, but if I told you I was going to do that (for sure) I'd be lying to you," Jones told the Pensacola News Journal. "Because if someone called me and told me they want to fight me for the heavyweight title tomorrow, I would be on my way back to 199 (pounds)."
Jones is targeting Jermain Taylor. There's also the possibility of 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins, who at worst is at the back-end of his prime, would be wasting his time against Jones. The fight couldn't do more than 200,000 pay-per-view buys and a victory now over an aged Jones is hollow. BHop needs to continue with his "Defeating Father Time" storyline against younger fighters in their prime.
The beating that Jones took at the hands of Joe Calzaghe last November is clearly a distant memory. He's also not worried about becoming another Evander Holyfield or Tommy Hearns, two of the many great boxers who fought way past their prime:
"Don't you understand?" Jones said. "I don't know how to go out of boxing yet. I haven't learned that yet."
What top five fighter from 168 to heavyweight could Jones face that would interest boxing fans? More importantly, who would he stand a chance against?
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Hearns pretty well knew what he was doing and Evander is one tough sucker in a pitifully weak division. Nobody bullies Mr. Holyfield !
Jones on the other hand is not a tough guy . He relied on speed and skill. Tarver, Glendon Johnson and Calzaghe all humiliated Roy Jones . I don't think Bernard Hopkins quite won his fight with Calzaghe but Bernard underestimated the guy to such a degree that I personally do not believe he prepared himself properly-- mentally or physically for the fight .
I doubt that Bernard will fight again as he has actually improved his status since losing two close fights to Jermaine Taylor. The victory over Pavlik is a great way to go out .
Jones is simply washed up as is Oscar de La Hoya. Losing in a close fight is one thing. Being beaten up is an entirely different category . A better comparison would be Muhammad Ali
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I wouldn't want to see Roy against Taylor though. Taylor would not doubt beat Roy. He just needs to hang it up as he has nothing else to prove and I just don't see him winning another major title.
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