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When Bernard Hopkins dismantled Kelly Pavlik last week, he fulfilled his half of setting up a mega fight with Roy Jones Jr. All Roy has to do is defeat Joe Calzaghe next month and fans will most likely get to see a match we’ve been waiting on for years. Jones and Hopkins may both be over the hill right now, but they’re showing that they can still compete and put on entertaining fights. In the videos below you’ll see Roy chop it up with DJ Clue and talk boxing.

Why is a mixtape DJ interviewing Roy Jones for HBO? I have absolutely no idea. Judging by the questions Clue asks Roy in the videos below, he doesn’t seem to be much of a boxing fan, but I’ll leave that one alone.

By the way, Roy will shoot a 3 episode “24/7″ series that premieres this Sunday on HBO, I’ll be posting those for you guys.

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A couple days ago, Floyd Mayweather alleged that HBO holds a bias against black fighters. Many folks automatically wrote it off as “Floyd being Floyd”, but now Winky Wright is co-signing the comments.

“Black fighters, we have different styles,” Wright said. “But the announcers, they want someone that just walks out there face-first. Boxing is supposed to be an art. Black fighters, we’ve got style, we’ve got pizzazz. All they want is for us to just go out there and slug.

“I think they’re just always looking for the next white hype. They just don’t give black fighters the same credit that they do for a white fighter, or a Hispanic fighter like De La Hoya. They definitely have their favoritism.”

In the interest of fairness, the obvious rebuttal is that Floyd and Winky are boring fighters. Both of these guys are way too smart to charge in the middle of the ring and start swinging wildly at their opponent (but if you’re into that sorta thing CLICK HERE. The announcers don’t have anything against Floyd and Winky, they’re just not exciting enough to get announcer praise.

I think the truth lies somoewhere between what each party says….It’ll definitely be interesting to see who else jumps into this debate though. Bernard Hopkins? Roy Jones?

Floyd Mayweather is momentarily retired, and he’s using his newfound freedom to vent about HBO’s treatment of black fighters. There is no secret that although Floyd was the best boxer in the world, HBO NEVER threw roses at his feet. He was never treated like the king of boxing, the announcers never fawned at his performances, and he thinks it’s because he’s black.

“They talk about Kelly Pavlik, a white fighter, like he’s the second coming. Or they go crazy over Manny Pacquiao. But I’m a black fighter,” Mayweather said. “Is it racial? Absolutely. They praise white fighters, they praise Hispanic fighters, whatever. But black fighters, they never praise.

“I’ve noticed it for a long time but I couldn’t say anything because I had to do business with them. I’ll still do business with them, but I’m done holding my tongue.”

HBO responded with the typical corporate drivel press release “Floyds statements were unfortunate…blah blah … we love Floyd blah blah”.

I think Floyd was never really praised because he was too talented for his own good. Think about the guys Mayweather mentioned, Kelly Pavlik, Manny Pacquiao… those are mortal boxers. Pavlik is a slugger who gets in there and mixes it up, and the same goes for Manny. Pavlik nearly had his head taken off by Jermain Taylor in the first fight, and that made for exciting television.

On the other hand, Floyd Mayweather is SO good that his opponents can rarely get a clean hit on him, let alone knock him to the mat. Excellent boxing skill doesn’t always translate to well in terms of exciting television. You can’t be considered a “great boxer” by the media until someone beats your ass and then you get up.

Oh yeah, and I have to include this quote….because it’s so damned funny.

“Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant, Emanuel Steward, they’re always talking about the negative things in my life,” Mayweather said. “”Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant, Emanuel Steward, they’re always talking about the negative things in my life,” Mayweather said. “But I’ve seen Jim Lampley in the same strip club as me before. They always want to talk about me going to strip clubs, but they don’t want to talk about that. They always want to talk about me going to strip clubs, but they don’t want to talk about that.

Wait… so does this mean Jim Lampley goes to black strip clubs? Oh the comedic material this provides…