“Damn, I can beat Klitschko”
Published 10 July, 2009, 16:37
Former middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the world Roy Jones Jr. says he’s ready to return to the heavyweight division to beat either Klitschko, Boxingscene reports.
The all-time Jones (53-5, 39KOs) has seen better days as a prizefighter – he used to be regarded as a pound-for-pound champion of the world. In 2003 he even risked the heavyweight division and beat John Ruiz to claim the WBA title, but since his loss to Antonio Tarver in 2004 he doesn’t seem to have fully rebounded. However, Junior hasn’t lost his ability to talk a good fight.
In his interview with Boxingscene, the 40-year-old claimed he’s strong enough to beat either Wladimir or Vitaly Klitschko and bring back at least one of the major heavyweight titles to America. Currently all four belts rest in Europe, with Nikolay Valuev holding the WBA one, Vitaly Klitschko the WBC, and his brother Wladimir holds the other two – the IBF and WBO.
“Everyone needs to understand that I'm the easiest guy to make a fight with,” says Jones. “I promote myself, so ain’t nobody in the way. I can't say no. I will do anything the fans wanna see. I would love to fight Bernard Hopkins or Glen Johnson. I’d fight either Klitschko because Chris Byrd beat one of them (Vitaly), and if he beat 'em, I know I damn sure can.”
“I’d like to get the title back in this country and it wouldn’t matter,” said the American. “I would do whatever my fans wanna see me do. I would fight either of them. To be honest with you, them having them belts keeps me awake at night.”
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