Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. are going to get it on sometime in the first quarter of 2010. The rematch comes 16 years after Jones won an unanimous decision over Hopkins for the IBF Middleweight Championship.

Both guys are legends and I give them all the respect they’re due.. But there’s no way I’m paying to watch two 40+ non-factors fight. They should be ashamed of themselves for putting this fight on PPV.

Here’s the first three rounds from their 1993 middleweight fight:

There’s bad news for anybody that was looking forward to Roy Jones Jr. boxing mixed martial artist Anderson Silva. UFC President Dana White says he will not grant permission for Silva to participate in the match if terms are reached. Since White is the Prez he has veto power over Silva’s dealings while Silva is under contract with the UFC.

I wish I could see Jones and Silva fight, but I also understand where Dana White’s coming from. The UFC and Silva have everything to lose and nothing to gain. If Anderson beats Roy, he beat a has been that’s past his prime. If Jones wins, then Silva lost to a has been that’s past his prime. He would pocket a fat paycheck but other than that it’s lose-lose for Silva.

For the last year and a half or so, fans of boxing and MMA have been going back and forth about which sport is better. The answer is clearly boxing, but instead of arguing the two sides should join forces. I’m talking about one event, pay-per-view or not, with boxing matches and MMA fights. I’m not sure how the organizers would put a ring and an octagon side by side, but if they can put monster trucks and dirt bike races inside buildings, then this small problem can be solved. The cost of a PPV would probably jump $25 or more though you’d have to admit a card with Mayweather-Cotto and Silva-Okami would be worth the price. This seems like an idea that Mark Cuban and his maverick ways could make happen.

Dana White won’t permit Silva-Jones Jr. fight. Courtesy of Yahoo Sports

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Roy Jones Jr. is fighting on the 14th of July against 21-0 Anthony Hanshaw. I don’t care either, but Roy did an interview with Robert Cassidy of Newsday that caught my eyes. Cassidy touched on several topics with RJJr including the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight, UFC vs. Boxing, and then Michael Vick.

Q. What do you think about Michael Vick and the dog-fighting allegations that are swirling around him?

A. People tend to talk so hard against people. They make it such a bad thing, like dog fighting is worse than killing someone. I’m not a dog fighter. I’ve never been to a dog fight. But just because they have the animals doesn’t mean they are fighting the animals. Michael Vick doesn’t have that kind of time to train and raise dogs… I like bulldogs and I like their mentally. They are making this so bad, but really two dogs fighting can happen in anyone’s backyard or on the street. It happened in my backyard, two of my dogs fought and one died. I was devastated because I love dogs. Fighting animals don’t necessarily get mistreated. They get treated just the way I get treated. They train me, they feed me; if I lose, I lose, and when I get in the ring, there is that chance I could get killed.

I was with RJ for the first half of the paragraph. When he started with the “dogs fighting can happen in anyone’s backyard”, and he gets treated just like a fighting animal, he lost me. Dogs aren’t roving the streets and backyards looking for a scrap, and they’re damn sure not gettin paid. And you know Roy wasn’t done yet.

Q. You’ve always raised animals, haven’t you?

A. I’ve raised dogs and I’ve raised game chickens, but I don’t raise them for fighting. I just love them, I love their demeanor. But I can’t stand to see them hurt. It used to be that you could drive to Louisiana and fight chickens. But they passed a law and that’s illegal now.

Maybe Roy meant to say “I don’t raise them for fighting anymore” because saying “I don’t raise them for fighting” would be a lie. Roy’s love of his cocks and fighting them has been well documented. Hulk Hogan wrote Roy Jones Jr. a letter on the behalf of the Humane Society “urging” Jones to stop participating in the sport. “I can’t stand to see them hurt”.. Seems kinda strange.. Or smart. He has to go with the “I ain’t never seen no cockfighting” routine now that cf’n is illegal and because of the Michael Vick situation.

Toe-to-toe with Roy Jones Jr. Courtesy of Newsday

Hulk Hogan Takes Roy Jones Jr. to the Mat on Cockfighting. Courtesy of The Humane Society

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