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Jones Jr. wants to prove he's still 'the man'
Dan RafaelSep 30, 2005, 03:00 AM ET
Close- 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism
- ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005
- Five years at USA Today
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Roy Jones Jr. finally broke his silence Friday, albeit briefly.
On Thursday, the former four-division champ and one-time pound-for-pound king had arrived at his news conference, strode defiantly to the podium and barked out a 17-second statement: "I ain't got much to say. My hand is fine. I ain't got no excuses. I got no reason for being here but one -- that's to kick ass. That's what I came for. That's all I got to [expletive] say."
With that, the heavily bearded Jones exited the St. Pete Times Forum, got into a Rolls Royce and was whisked away.
Jones (49-3, 38 KOs) has been anything but talkative during the buildup to his third showdown with rival and light heavyweight king Antonio Tarver (23-3, 18 KOs), with whom he has split two fights, including a crushing second-round knockout loss in May 2004.
However, after registering 173 pounds at Friday's weigh-in at the city aquarium (Tarver was 175 pounds), Jones allowed ESPN's Brian Kenny to interview him for about two minutes.
Jones was animated about his return t
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It could be that the most talked about Michael Jordan nowadays isn’t Michael Jordan the athlete, but Michael Jordan the actor.
Michael Bakari Jordan has scored a cinematic knockout for his role as a boxer in “Creed II,” a sequel to the original 2015 film “Creed,” a continuation of the “Rocky” movies.
In the latest film, Jordan, a 31-year-old native Californian who grew up in Newark, N.J., is cast as Adonis Creed, son of fictional boxer Apollo Creed. Having become heavyweight champ, Adonis trains in the movie under the tutelage of screen boxing icon Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone. Adonis’ training is all in preparation to face his brutal challenger, Viktor Drago, played by Florian Munteanu.
Here’s the plot:
In 1985 during “Rocky 4,” Apollo Creed lost his life in a bloody, brain-rattling ring battle with Ivan Drago, the father of Viktor, who was played by Dolph Lundgren.
In “Creed II,” Adonis seeks to avenge the death of his father in his match against the son of the man who gave Apollo a merciless beating.
There are two Adonis-versus-Viktor fights in “Creed II,” the first in Brooklyn, the second supposedly in Moscow.
Moviegoers are wowed by Jordan’s powerful, chiseled physique. Since the original “Creed,” he has maximized muscularity while minimizing body fat
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