Ring legend Roy Jones Jr., now a trainer and promoter, will have two of his prized fighters from the training camp on his farm in Pensacola headline a fight card at Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington on Thursday night, streamed live on DAZN.
In the main event, undefeated hometown favorite super middleweight Andrew Murphy (7-0, 5 KOs) will fight in an eight-round bout defending his NBA Americas title against Devontae McDonald (5-3, 1 KO. In the co-main, super featherweight Mandeep Jangra (6-0, 4 KOs) will fight Gerardo Esqivel (5-3-1, 1 KO) for the vacant NBA Intercontinental title in a ten-rounder.
Roy carries on the tradition of mismatches and uncompetitive fights.
Roy would have been remembered as the greatest fighter of our generation had he retired after Ruiz.
But he never mastered the skill to go along with his otherworldly talent and stayed too long.
With that said I would not want him as a trainer because he never understood how important a jab is, especially as a fighter ages.
Yet he is still the most physically gifted fighter I have ever seen.
I hope his fighters do well.