On January 19th, 2008 at the Madison
Square Garden in New York City Roy Jones is set to take
on Felix Trinidad in a highly anticipated light
heavyweight fight. Let us help you break down the
latest odds and give you a few predictions on how we see
this event shaking out.
For years, Roy Jones was known as the
best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but he's been
out of the public limelight the last few years.
The main reason is that he can no longer dub himself
that after the way Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been
dominating inside the ring. While Jones may be
past his prime and aging, he is still an eight-time
world champion who has claimed titles across the board
in different weight classes. He has won title
fights in the middleweight, super middleweight, light
heavyweight, and the heavyweight division. There
are not many other fighters in the history of the sport
that can display a resume quite like that. In
fact, he was the first middleweight fighter to win a
title in the heavyweight division in the last century.
However, those glory days are now in the rearview
mirror.
Felix "Tito" Trinidad is making a
comeback after taking a 32-month layoff from the sport.
It seems like he's retired more times than he has
actually boxed the last five and a half years and that
is why many pundits are taking Jones over Trinidad.
It may take him a few rounds to shake the rust, but he's
still a few years younger than Jones, and age should be
a factor since Jones is pushing 40.
We are going to take Jones though in
this one, even though you have to lay a pretty steep
price to get him.
