Post by Trini1791 on Jul 15, 2007 15:38:44 GMT -5
Jones Jr. Beats Hanshaw, Bring on Trinidad
By Mark Vester
BILOXI, Miss. - The trash talking is done, Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) came back after nearly a year away from the ring to win a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Tony Hanshaw (21-1-1, 14 KOs) at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The second straight win for the 38-year-old former four-division champion.
The fight was entertaining at times, but not the most exciting Jones battle to ever be witnessed. Jones dropped Hanshaw in the eleventh, the only real highlight of the contest. Hanshaw tried to pound Jones against the ropes like other fighters have done in the past. In this fight, Jones used a very tight defense to block Hanshaw's punches when he got trapped against the ropes.
The scores were 114-113, 117-110 and 118-109.
Now the fight with Felix "Tito" Trinidad is going to heat up.
Trinidad recently announced that he would return to ring in January 2008, and wanted Jones as the opponent. Minor discussions have been held, but the fight would have been totally off if Jones would have lost to Hanshaw.
Now the serious talks can begin.
Trinidad was set to fight Jones back in 2001, then the fight was derailed after Bernard Hopkins knocked Trinidad out in twelve rounds. Both fighters are calling for the January bout, let's sit back and actually see if it happens.
Credit: Boxingscene.com
By Mark Vester
BILOXI, Miss. - The trash talking is done, Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) came back after nearly a year away from the ring to win a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Tony Hanshaw (21-1-1, 14 KOs) at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The second straight win for the 38-year-old former four-division champion.
The fight was entertaining at times, but not the most exciting Jones battle to ever be witnessed. Jones dropped Hanshaw in the eleventh, the only real highlight of the contest. Hanshaw tried to pound Jones against the ropes like other fighters have done in the past. In this fight, Jones used a very tight defense to block Hanshaw's punches when he got trapped against the ropes.
The scores were 114-113, 117-110 and 118-109.
Now the fight with Felix "Tito" Trinidad is going to heat up.
Trinidad recently announced that he would return to ring in January 2008, and wanted Jones as the opponent. Minor discussions have been held, but the fight would have been totally off if Jones would have lost to Hanshaw.
Now the serious talks can begin.
Trinidad was set to fight Jones back in 2001, then the fight was derailed after Bernard Hopkins knocked Trinidad out in twelve rounds. Both fighters are calling for the January bout, let's sit back and actually see if it happens.
Credit: Boxingscene.com
