Quotes From Wednesday Boxing Media Workouts
Kingsway Gym – New York City – Jan. 16
Roy Jones Jr., Andrew Golota, Mike Mollo & DeMarcus
Corley
NEW YORK—Roy Jones Jr. worked the mitts and showed the blazing
speed that made him the pound-for-pound best boxer on the planet
for a decade during a media workout today at Kingsway Gym in New
York featuring fighters from Saturday’s “Bring on the Titans”
boxing event at Madison Square Garden and on HBO Pay-Per-View.
“Guess who’s back, Roy Jones Jr.,” Jones declared. “Ain’t
nobody got the speed to handle me. Only Floyd Mayweather comes
close to me and he’s still 10 miles an hour slower,” Jones
quipped.
Jones, Andrew Golota, “Merciless” Mike Mollo and DeMarcus “Chop
Chop” Corley all performed a light workout and answered
questions.
Jones will face Felix “Tito” Trinidad in the main event; the
International Boxing Federation North American champion Golota
will take on once-beaten World Boxing Association Fedelatin
champion Mollo; and the former World Boxing Organization junior
welterweight champion Corley will take on undefeated 20-year-old
phenom Devon Alexander “The Great” to kick off pay-per-view
telecast.
Roy Jones Jr.: “The best birthday present
for me would be a knock out on Saturday night. Tito’s fighting
the toughest fight of his career. He picked me to get up for
this fight. He knows I’m a guy who normally beats him so he
knows what type of shape he’s got to get in to step into the
ring with me. I understand that.
“Ain’t nobody got the speed to handle me. Only Floyd Mayweather
comes close to me and he’s still 10 miles an hour slower.
"I feel good. Now is just the waiting. You fight the fight a
bunch of times in your head and I think of different ways to do
it. I have several options and every night I think of a
different option."
Andrew Golota: “Everybody is talking
about Mollo’s speed and his offensive abilities. Why isn’t
anybody talking about his defense? I guess we’ll know more
after the first round. It shouldn’t go the distance. I can’t
see it going the distance.
“He says he wants to start fast and be aggressive. I feel the
same. It’s better for me because now I know what he is going to
try to do. Mollo’s a good fighter and I know he wants to win.
How is he going to win? Be there to watch me.
“Bernard Hopkins is my role model. I’m not too old yet. I stay
in shape. I even got a hair cut to be more aerodynamic. I feel
much lighter!”
Mike Mollo: “Golota’s an old fighter. He’s
been great and I respect him. He’s fought in some tremendous
fights that have slipped away from him for whatever reason.
“I feel like I’m younger and faster and should win the fight.
Now I need to get in the ring to prove I’m ready to move to the
next level. I fear no one. I have butterflies like I should
but no fear.
“I’ve been to the Garden before for a basketball game but this
will be my first fight there.”
DeMarcus Corley: “It’s do or die for me right
now. I’m fighting on one leg. I’m like a dog with a broken
leg. If I lose this one I’m out. I can’t call Don King and ask
for another match if I lose another fight.
“If I knock this kid Devon Alexander out it would help me. Just
getting past him is not enough. I need to knock him out. He
and his team have shown me a lot of respect. I appreciate
that. After the stare down at the press conference, I told him
to bring his “A” game. He asked for me. You gotta be careful
what you ask for because you might get it.”
