Danny Green v Roy Jones Jr - Thunder Down Under.
by The Stinger on Dec.01, 2009, under American, Australian, Other Sports
The Green Machine, Danny Green defends his IBO Cruiserweight title against arguably one of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing, Roy Jones Jr who is striving to become the first person in history to have held a title belt in five different weight divisions from Middleweight to Heavyweight.
On Wednesday night in Sydney the two fighters will meet for the first time in the ring after a lead up to the fight that has been full of mouthing off between the two camps and Danny Green’s apparent dislike for Jones Jr’s management and promoter, McGee Wright. Hopefully Green is right when he says that this will not distract him during the fight.
The fight will be a battle between Jones Jr’s legendary hand speed and quickness, which is still evident despite his 40 years and Green’s hard chin and even harder fists. If Green can be patient and wait for his opportunity he might have a chance to test out Jones Jr’s increasingly suspect chin.
Roy will have to keep Green at arms length and stay away from the big one. He will have to stay out of the corners or risk being unable to use his quickness to elude the knockout blow Green will be looking for. Danny will be looking to trap Jones in a corner, evade the flurry of punches coming his way and then go for the knockout.
Jones Jr can still deliver his own knockout blow so Green will have to be wary about rushing in too quickly. Hopefully it will be a great fight and personally I hope Danny Green retains his title.
