Roy Jones Jr. is giving boxing followers a singular reward this vacation season by serving as a commentator whereas cornering 5 of his fighters on a card he’s selling on the Legends On line casino Lodge at Toppenish, Washington on BLK Prime PPV ($12.99).
Within the spirit of the vacation season, BoxingScene requested Jones which fights he’d prefer to see get gifted for followers in 2025, and the previous pound-for-pound king and Corridor of Fame fighter’s want listing included:
Canelo Alvarez vs. David Benavidez
“That is it. I do not need to see Canelo combat anybody else,” mentioned Jones.
Naoya Inoue vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko
“You understand what, to be sincere with you, I would prefer to see Loma come again down they usually meet to see what Loma can do with it,” mentioned Jones. “That will be a superb combat as a result of Loma has good method. Loma is combating guys which might be manner larger than him now. Inoue is nearer to his dimension. That is a very good combat.”
Zhilei Zhang vs. Martin Bakole
“Each of those guys are fighters that nobody ever actually gave an opportunity to, or tried to offer an opportunity to. Each of those guys deserve a shot. They each can combat and having two massive guys who can combat share the ring is an superior factor within the heavyweight division. Why would we not try this? The very best combat for these two is one another. They’re each big guys, nice punchers, they usually each have good boxing IQ. Why not make the combat occur? They’d each be opponents for Tyson Fury as a result of they’re large enough.”
Different fights Jones listed have been:
Gervonta Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson
Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder
Terence Crawford vs. both Jaron Ennis, Sebastian Fundora, Tim Tzsyu, or Jermell and Jermall Charlo.
A lot of the big-money fights, nevertheless, would doubtless require the involvement of Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the Common Leisure Authority in Saudi Arabia.
“I believe will probably be sustainable shifting ahead,” mentioned Jones. “I like their involvement as a result of it permits these guys a possibility to take the fights that folks need to see, and they’re getting paid for it correctly. Why would you not take the combat? You simply need to be prepared for it, since you do not need to leap in too early due to the cash and get beat.”
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