Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr Verbally Agree On Third Fight

Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins have both verbally agreed to fight for the third time to finally settle the score.

It might be too late for Jones and Hopkins to face each other inside the boxing ring once again and evidently, there’s no demand for their fight to happen from the boxing world. However, it will still be interesting to see two of the greatest boxers of all time go toe-to-toe for an important reason.

Hopkins, who hasn’t won a fight since 2014, and hasn’t fought in roughly three years, started the challenge when he called out his old rival via a video recording. According to “B-Hop,” he can fight Jones anywhere and he wants an immediate response from the former champ, FightHype.com reported

“The point is this, we are 1 and 1, you got one, I have one. let's break the tie.We can go to Russia, we can go to China, or we can go anywhere in Europe to fight. Let’s do it! Hey Roy, hopefully you get this video. Because I don’t want to get lost in the clouds somewhere," Hopkins stated.

It didn’t take long for Jones to respond to Hopkins’ challenge. The 50-year-old boxing legend fired back at Hopkins and said that the fight is on as he is always ready.

To assure everybody that he’s not playing around, Jones even asked Hopkins to tell which weight they will be fighting at so he can prepare ASAP.

“We can do it anytime, anywhere any day. You know me, I don’t play, I stay ready. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to do something like this anyway,” Jones responded.

“Let me know which weight so I can get down, because I’m up. I know I’m bigger than he is. Tell me which weight so I can start heading in that direction,” Jones added.

While the two were both in their primes, Jones beat Hopkins by a 12 round unanimous decision.

Back then, Jones’s hand speed was arguably the best in the world. He turned it on anytime he wanted to during the fight, and made Hopkins look horribly bad.

After seventeen years, Hopkins avenged his loss to Jones by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision in April 2010. However, Jones has drastically faded from age and ring rust when the epic rematch happened. Many in boxing couldn’t give Hopkins the credit because he never beat Jones when they were both in their prime.