Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-12, pretty good fight between Roy Jones Jr and Enzo Maccarinelli: it gets three stars.The former world champion in four different weight classes Roy Jones Jr (46 years old, 11 more than Maccarinelli) entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 62-8-0 (45 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.61 cruiserweight in the world. He suffered three consecutive losses between 2009 and 2011, the last one against Denis Lebedev (=Lebedev vs Jones Jr), but since then he has won eight bouts beating Eric Watkins in August (=Jones Jr vs Watkins).
His opponent, the former Wbo Cw champion Enzo Maccarinelli, has a record of 40-7-0 (32 KOs=80%) and he entered as the No.54 in the same weight class. He lost to Juergen Braehmer last year (=Braehmer vs Maccarinelli), but then he came back to win in 2015 defeating Gyorgy Novak and Jiri Svacina. Jones vs Maccarinelli is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-12-12
Where: VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Jones’ previous fight: Roy Jones Jr vs Eric Watkins
Maccarinelli’s next fight: Enzo Maccarinelli vs Dmytro Kucher
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So sad, but it really is time to hang’em up for one of the most spectacular boxer the game has known.
I agree, Matt, he must be made to quit.
There is a recent article about Roy that will rip your heart out. Wear your asbestos suit, this is hell:
http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/roy-jones-jr-s-br-long-goodbye/
His knees are bad :( Did you know the day of his fight against our own Eric Lucas, he played a basketball game in the afternoon? Crazy.
Believe it or not, he’s not retiring and says ‘this is just the beginning!’ http://www.boxingnews24.com/2015/12/roy-jones-jr-to-continue-his-boxing-career/
Damn. Was afraid of that.
His news will bring joy to the ranks of B-fighters everywhere. They can be future conquerors of the old legend.
Russian boxing commissions will let him fight I guess, this is why he became a Russian citizen :(
I think you’re right, Matt.
Well, it’s his life, but I hope he gets out. He deserves some good memories of the glory years. There was a brutally funny letter on The Ring site the other day asking who’d win today in a mythical matchup between Roy and James Toney, another boxing casualty. It was cruel humor, but that’s where this whole sad business is heading.
Toney and RJ have met in the 90s, I saw it some time ago. Good match. Toney says he like Augustus :D (getting out of the subject here lol) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TLbrAYP_Fw
Enjoyed that, thanks. Emanuel deserved his props and then some.
Yes, I remember the Jones-Toney fight as well, Roy making the talented James miss as if he were a ghost. Good stuff :-)
I called this result from the moment the fight was announced. Maccarinelli has huge power if nothing else. Roy, please hang em up!
The thud of his head on the canvas was sickening. Same thing happened against Tarver and Johnson. For the love of his brain cells, it’s not worth it to continue.
Es increible ver a este Jones presentarce a esta edad,y dar lastima.
Una pena ver esta pelea y este KO.Saludos
I find it a crime to put shot fighters in the ring. It’s much like the old village practice of tying bears up in a pit to be killed slowly for pleasure. But what do you do when the fighter wants to die this way?
Roy is engaging in a kind of seppuku as the samurai did long ago. You know: that’s where, when beaten and humiliated, you use your sword to open your guts for redemption. For honor.
See this article for a shockingly personal view of why he is so screwed up. It’s not merely the usual “I gotta be champ again” egotism. This guy is consumed by the opposite of egotism. It is rage and impotence, and when you read about his relations with his father, you might agree with me Roy has turned his loathing inward.
http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/roy-jones-jr-s-br-long-goodbye/
one of the best boxing articles i’ve read in a while. really sheds some light on why jones keeps doing what he’s doing.
Great article, and kinda sad. Boxers are very interesting characters. I don’t know why, much pro athletes can’t handle their money. They make millions on a short time span, but they spend it like money will keep flooding in forever. Thanks for the article Arjay, very good :)
Sobering stuff. Fascinating background on Jones’s life – much of which I didn’t now. I agree it seems Roy – once the closest thing to unbeatable in a fighter I ever saw – is using boxing to slowly punish and destroy himself. Sadly, boxing will always oblige.
As expected it was a slow pace fight with just the Italian guy pushing the action. Roy just was defensive occasionally connecting some counter punches with undoubted results. The Italian has reach advantage and was a power puncher that connected a few but a hard punches that were enough to put Roy down for good. I guess is about time for Roy to go for full retirement since he isn’t anymore the boxer he was and is taking unnecessary health risks. He doesn’t need to fight anymore since I believe he is a a wealthy guy, I guess he is doing it just for pride but even his record is deteriorating bad. He should dedicate his efforts just to coach other boxers and/or as a boxing commentator.
“The Italian guy” is Welsh.
Wow!!! you are right, thank you. I got confused because I skipped the presentation and I saw the Italian flag on his pant. However, I checked again today and on his left side was the Welsh flag also.
I should have said “the guy with Italian ancestors” :-) but next time I’ll say Enzo much easier :-)