Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:00 pm
Sixteen years after they first met, Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins will finally fight again.
The light heavyweight stars signed an agreement Friday night to meet in a rematch sometime in the first quarter of 2010, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Square Ring CEO John Wirt.
The deal is contingent on Jones' first winning a planned Dec. 2 fight in Australia against Australian cruiserweight Danny Green.
Under the terms of the agreement, it is a 50-50 split of the revenue. However, if there is a knockout, the winner of the fight will get 60 percent and the loser 40 percent.
When Hopkins and Jones first met in 1993, Jones won a unanimous decision to claim a vacant middleweight title.
The light heavyweight stars signed an agreement Friday night to meet in a rematch sometime in the first quarter of 2010, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Square Ring CEO John Wirt.
The deal is contingent on Jones' first winning a planned Dec. 2 fight in Australia against Australian cruiserweight Danny Green.
Under the terms of the agreement, it is a 50-50 split of the revenue. However, if there is a knockout, the winner of the fight will get 60 percent and the loser 40 percent.
When Hopkins and Jones first met in 1993, Jones won a unanimous decision to claim a vacant middleweight title.