Roy Jones to Keep on Fighting

Posted by Ramon Aranda on 09.08.2010

When is a loss not a loss? When you ignore a handful of them and keep on fighting.


A poster boy for not knowing when to quit

Not to be deterred by his horrific performance against Bernard Hopkins in April, Roy Jones Jr. is fighting on, according to ESPN.com.

Jones, who is now 41 years old, will be taking on Danny Santiago at cruiserweight on Oct. 7 in Pensacola, Fla.

ESPN reports that the fight will be at a contracted maximum of 185 pounds; 200 is the division's weight limit.

"What are you gonna do? You gonna box or sit around? I've been sitting around and I wasn't enjoying it," Jones told ESPN.com on Tuesday night. "This is still what I want to do. Got nothing else to do but get in trouble or get fat, so what I got to stop for? I'll fight and I'll fight to win."

Jones says that retirement has not crossed his mind, even after the embarrassing loss to Hopkins.