{"id":47457,"date":"2014-11-08T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47457"},"modified":"2014-11-08T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:43:07","slug":"roy-jones-jr-boxing-shocker-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47457","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones, JR. Boxing Shocker – Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"royjonesheader5\"<\/a>When undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas makes his second title defense, against former world champion Antonio Demarco, on the Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri world welterweight championship pay-per-view undercard, it will be more than a battle between two Mexican warriors, it will be the first time Freddie Roach and four-division world champion Roy Jones, Jr. have worked the same fight as trainers from opposite corners. Furthermore, Jones will be doing the commentary on the remaining pay-per-view telecast fights.
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How did the Vargas-Jones partnership come to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI called Jessie\u2019s fight on HBO when he fought [Anton] Novikov last August. Jessie won but I did not see the improvements I was hoping to see,\u201d said Jones. \u201cHe asked me to train him for the DeMarco fight and I agreed. I am working with five fighters right now but Jessie is my first champion. We worked on Jessie\u2019s mechanics for the first four weeks before we began sparring. He\u2019s developing more speed \u2013 and more speed means more power. My plan is to work Jessie\u2019s corner in Macau, then go back to ringside and call the fights for HBO Pay-Per-View.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met for first time at his gym for a fundraiser and right out of the blue he said he would like to give me tips on how to throw punches with much more power,\u201d said Vargas. \u201cSo I took him up on his offer and the very next day, in his gym in Las Vegas, he showed me a couple of things. I was intrigued by his method of teaching. That\u2019s when I asked him if he would train me. He accepted and I am very excited to be working with Roy. He has so much to teach me. He knows all about power \u2013 who can ever forget Roy\u2019s big hook? His in-ring positioning is the best and that is what he is teaching me. Already I feel the power. I am fighting my third straight left hander in DeMarco. We\u2019ve had three left handed sparring partners in camp. It\u2019s a thrill to be trained by Roy Jones. He not only tells you about a certain move but can show it to you, too. When you are a champion there are challenges and you have to keep improving yourself. I have a lot of stake in this fight. Manny is moving down to 140 lbs I am told. He is on my radar for the biggest fight of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vargas (25-0, 9 KOs), of Las Vegas, NV., will be fighting outside the U.S. for the first time in his professional career.<\/p>\n

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When undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas makes his second title defense, against former world champion Antonio Demarco, on the Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri world welterweight championship pay-per-view undercard, it will be more than a battle between two Mexican warriors, it will be the first time Freddie Roach and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10500,627],"class_list":["post-47457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-jr-boxing-shocker-breaking-news","tag-roy-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47457"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}