PUBLIC TRAINING SESSION
From 12noon, Tuesday 24 November
See legendary pound-for-pound former champion Roy Jones Jnr in action for the first time in Australia at his public training session at Sports Theatre & Bar (Star City Casino). This open training session will take place live in the ring, don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see Roy train for his clash with Danny Green.
Roy rocked up (on time, how good is that!) and answered a few questions from the crowd, saying all the right things, before handling some media commitments. He then hopped in the ring and did a few rounds of pad work (although the trainer didn't actually have pads, just used his hands). While this clearly wasn't a 'real' training session Roy looked good, he was tripling and quadrupling the left hook and quick as ever.
Then as he left he was signing autographs and chatting to fans. What a legend
I got to say G'day and pat him on the back but didn't get anything signed... I will recitfy that at the weigh in
Roy rocked up (on time, how good is that!) and answered a few questions from the crowd, saying all the right things, before handling some media commitments. He then hopped in the ring and did a few rounds of pad work (although the trainer didn't actually have pads, just used his hands). While this clearly wasn't a 'real' training session Roy looked good, he was tripling and quadrupling the left hook and quick as ever.
Then as he left he was signing autographs and chatting to fans. What a legend
I got to say G'day and pat him on the back but didn't get anything signed... I will recitfy that at the weigh in
Oh, I meant to mention that. It was the fist time I have been to the new sports bar and it is a strange set up with some stadium type seating and standing room behind that where the bars are. All in all I would say there were maybe a hundred people there.
Marlin wrote:Oh, I meant to mention that. It was the fist time I have been to the new sports bar and it is a strange set up with some stadium type seating and standing room behind that where the bars are. All in all I would say there were maybe a hundred people there.
geezz.....i would have thought there would have been 10 x that amount. They need to ramp up the PR machine in the next week.
American boxing superstar Roy Jones says there is no bad blood between him and Danny Green, but is planning on relieving Australia's IBO Cruiserweight World Champion of some of that precious liquid in their December 2 clash at Acer Arena.
A confident and relaxed Jones joked Green would be up against "a 40-year-old killer."
Appropriately for a fighter renowned for his fast hands, Jones proved he was capable of bestowing a compliment with one hand and swiftly removing it with the other.
Asked if there was any specific Green punch he should be concerned about Jones said "he does have a good overhand right ... but no."
While negotiating haggles generated some friction between the camps, Jones denied there was any bad blood between Green and himself.
"He (Green) may have developed some bad blood, he can have all the bad blood he wants, I don't care, I hope to see some of that blood," Jones told reporters before a public workout at Sydney's Star City Casino on Tuesday.
"I'm relaxed, I ain't got no problems, he's got the problem, he's fighting a 40-year-old killer."
The four-division, eight times world champion dismissed any suggestion he would fall guilty to overconfidence or complacency.
"I never get overconfident, you've got to always know that one thing about me," Jones said.
"I talk a lot but I'm not saying anything stupid."
"I'm not saying the guy can't punch."
While Jones has met Green's adversary Anthony Mundine, the American stressed he would stay out of any rivalry between the two Australians.
"He (Mundine) invited me to work in his gym if I needed it, but I think you've got to stay neutral," Jones said.
"The beef between him and Danny Green is nothing to do with me. That's their beef before I came here and I'm not here to add to that."
Jones dismissed any suggestion his preparations had been disrupted by a four hour delay his American sparing partner Rayco Saunders experienced on Monday night.
The 35-year-old light heavyweight reportedly was initially denied entry to Australia because he hadn't disclosed a criminal history.
Saunders said he had not been upset about the delay.
"I understand our paperwork wasn't properly submitted, so that was the holdup right there," Saunders told reporters on Tuesday.
"There was no holdup because of past convictions or anything like that, it was just done wrong."
Upon his arrival last Sunday Jones predicted Green would not last the twelve round distance, but on Tuesday he shied away from nominating a round in which the bout would end.
"That's pretty hard to predict because I'm not sure what round he's going to lose his mind in," Jones said.
In a question and answer session with the public, Jones nominated his victories over James Toney and John Ruiz as his favourites
Marlin wrote:
Then as he left he was signing autographs and chatting to fans. What a legend
I got to say G'day and pat him on the back but didn't get anything signed... I will recitfy that at the weigh in
At the press conference today I got Roy Jones Jr to sign a glove!!!
There were about the same number of people there as the open training, however it turns out that that was more than I thought. The seating which I thought held about 50 people actually hold 225 so I dare say my estimation of around 100 people was grossly inacturate. Anyway that is beside the point.
I actually think Danny was a bit cut because he and my mate Roy left from differnt sides of the stage and the entire crowd swarmed to Roy's side!
I was about the second person to get to Roy and he signed my glove no drama's then about 4 seconds later I got to him again and asked him to sign the other glove, he said "I've already signed one of your's mate" (yes he said mate ) to which I replied "Ya'll must've forgot" D , while this did make him smile he still didn't sign the second glove.
All in all this was a great day. Roy handled the press conference much better than Danny always knowing what to say while Danny was rather hesitant and unsure when he spoke. I was particularly worried when they were asked how they were feeling going into the fight. Roy pretty much said he was great while Danny said he didn't want to answer that question because he didn't want to make any excuses and he didn't expect to lose. Perhaps I am reading too much into it but i thought that was a strange way to answer...
Marlin wrote:
Then as he left he was signing autographs and chatting to fans. What a legend
I got to say G'day and pat him on the back but didn't get anything signed... I will recitfy that at the weigh in
At the press conference today I got Roy Jones Jr to sign a glove!!!
There were about the same number of people there as the open training, however it turns out that that was more than I thought. The seating which I thought held about 50 people actually hold 225 so I dare say my estimation of around 100 people was grossly inacturate. Anyway that is beside the point.
I actually think Danny was a bit cut because he and my mate Roy left from differnt sides of the stage and the entire crowd swarmed to Roy's side!
I was about the second person to get to Roy and he signed my glove no drama's then about 4 seconds later I got to him again and asked him to sign the other glove, he said "I've already signed one of your's mate" (yes he said mate ) to which I replied "Ya'll must've forgot" D , while this did make him smile he still didn't sign the second glove.
All in all this was a great day. Roy handled the press conference much better than Danny always knowing what to say while Danny was rather hesitant and unsure when he spoke. I was particularly worried when they were asked how they were feeling going into the fight. Roy pretty much said he was great while Danny said he didn't want to answer that question because he didn't want to make any excuses and he didn't expect to lose. Perhaps I am reading too much into it but i thought that was a strange way to answer...
