Shopworn icon Roy Jones Jr. won a 10-round unanimous decision against a mannequin named Max Alexander Saturday night in Atlanta, Georgia.
"I'm feeling wonderful. I want a cruiserweight title, the world title," Jones, 42, told ESPN.com. "This is just a start. I'm not through yet."
Jones (55-8, 40 KOs), who became the first former middleweight champ to capture a heavyweight crown in more than a century when he defeated Metheun’s John Ruiz by a unanimous decision in March 2003, snapped a three-match losing streak.
Junior, voted 1990s "Fighter of the Decade," is more delusional than ever if he truly is “feeling wonderful” about his latest lackluster performance.
Alexander (14-6-2, 2 KOs) is now a sterling 0-6-1 in his last seven bouts and he hasn’t emerged victorious in the squared circle since 2007.
"He was taking his time, but I was there for the whole night," said Alexander, 30. "He thought I was going to lay down. I could have done a little bit more. If it was a 12-round fight, I think I would have stopped him."
Ed LaVache is the owner of the Boston Boxing Club in Allston.
LaVache believes Jones continues to battle strictly for monetary reasons and has concerns the erstwhile great is jeopardizing his health.
"For a lot of these guys, boxing is all they know and it's the only way for them to make money,” said LaVache. “So, they keep fighting until the fight is lost in them."
Famed sportswriter Jimmy Cannon once appropriately referred to boxing as “the red light district of sports” because of its rogue nature.
Unfortunately, boxing indeed is the most corrupt of all sports.
Therefore, despite the likely dangerous repercussions, Roy Jones Jr. definitely is “not through yet."
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