Hold the phone! More stunning revelations from Calzaghe's autobiography 'No ordinary Joe' which I'm reading at the moment. First there was the shock disclosure, within the very first chapter, that Joe would "never" appear on Strictly Come Dancing now in chapter 8, or 'Round 8' as it's called in the book I came across this:
"By this stage (2006) Roy Jones had been knocked out by Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver and, although he's still active, I would never want to fight him now. He's not the same fighter and I'd have nothing to gain by beating a shadow of what he once was. Jones was a great fighter in his day and a great name, but he's been knocked out twice, knocked out cold. What would I gain by knocking him out for a third time?"
Fast forward to November 2008 and a 39-year-old Jones was still dangerous enough to put Calzaghe on his backside in the first round of their clash at Madison Square Garden before Joe went on to win convincingly on points in what turned out to be his last fight. In the book Calzaghe insinuates that Jones's demise was due to steroids or the lack of them after the revelation that he had failed a test some years ago. Jones was recently knocked out for the third time in his career by Australian journeyman Danny Green in what may, if he has any sense, be his last fight. But if the Calzaghe book proves anything it's that in boxing you should never say never.
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