Erdei targets Roy Jones

[Darien]

From f ightnews.com:
WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei has commented on his win Saturday over George Blades and his future plans. "The crowd was fantastic," said Erdei. "Therefore, I was worried about losing my head and becoming careless. Blades may have been able to continue in the eleventh round, but for health reasons it would not have been good. In any case, the fight would not have gone twelve rounds. The ring from the WBO is a great honor for me, an acknowledgement of my career. Now I'm ready for a title defense against Roy Jones."

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[Stinky gloves]

"Now I'm ready for a title defense against Roy Jones" -
finally someone is giving Roy shot at lineal title.
Erdei might wait a little linger however, Jones isn't fully finished yet.

[Darien]

Erdei also said that when he asked Kohl about a fight with Roy, Kohl said that it's impossible to bring him to Europe. Erdei said that if that's the case he will go to the US.

[El Bombasto]

That's what I would call padding your resume

[Stinky gloves]

That's what I would call padding your resume

Everybody wants cash somthing until the possibility is still there.

[Odo]

Erdei also said that when he asked Kohl about a fight with Roy, Kohl said that it's impossible to bring him to Europe. Erdei said that if that's the case he will go to the US.

Erdei shouldnt be blamed for the relatively weak oppositon he has fought lately.
He totally depends on his German promoter Kohl and Kohl's matchmaker.
Zsolt is a superstar in his native Hungary-a very likeable human being and a very capable and decent world champ.However,he is no big draw in the important German market,and almost totally unknown over the ocean in the USA.Kohl doesnt seem to be ready to invest big bucks in order to sign big names for Erdei's future fights.
I would love to watch Erdei vs Roy,but this fight will never come off.
I for my part would probably bet my money on the Hungarian.Roy doesnt seem to be able to dethrone him at this point of his career.

[jyuza]

Roy Jones is the De La Hoya of the supermiddle/lightheavy, of course everybody dreams to fight him.

[ApatheticLeader]

I wish so badly that Erdei would be made to fight Garay again outside of Hungary/Germany

[Chillman]

Erdei shouldnt be blamed for the relatively weak oppositon he has fought lately.
He totally depends on his German promoter Kohl and Kohl's matchmaker.
Zsolt is a superstar in his native Hungary-a very likeable human being and a very capable and decent world champ.However,he is no big draw in the important German market,and almost totally unknown over the ocean in the USA.Kohl doesnt seem to be ready to invest big bucks in order to sign big names for Erdei's future fights.


Speaking of his indeed weak opposition in 3 out of his last 4 fights:

Did you hear what that dumb ass commentator Ploog had to say during Erdei's fight? He had the nerves to ask why Erdei did not have to fight an EASIER opponent this time after having such a lot of hard fights in a row lately!!! :patsch :nut :-(

I couldn't believe what I heard, I almost would have laughed out loud at his bad commentating without knowledge of really tough opponents, had it not been so sad! ZDF ought to replace him immediately.

[PH|LLA]

i wish Hopkins would fight Erdei

[A-50]

Glass Jaw Roy Jones would never take this fight, and Erdei is a joke.

[BigEars]

That's what I would call padding your resume

If Jones beats Hanshaw he becomes a legitimate defense for any of the champions . A much better defense than Blades or Santiago for Erdei and better than guy Ruiz(who Dawson defended against) and De Lisle(who Woods defended against) .

[Sonny in Dallas]

What about a rematch with Gonzalez, the man he took the title from?

[WhataRock]

Erdei impressed me once, he beat a good fighter who beat a great fighter.
Since then he has looked pretty average and his level of opposition has gotten progressively worse. Even then he needs soft stoppages to get a KO.

[Fat Tony]

What about a rematch with Gonzalez, the man he took the title from?

No, not Gonzales. He did nothing to deserve another shot.
And the first fight wasn't close, so I don't think that would make any sense.

[Fat Tony]

Erdei impressed me once, he beat a good fighter who beat a great fighter.
Since then he has looked pretty average and his level of opposition has gotten progressively worse. Even then he needs soft stoppages to get a KO.

He looked average? He looked quite impressive in his last four fights.
He's feather-fisted, that's why he needs soft stoppages.
But, of course, three out of his last four opponents were bums (WBO #14-15) and the other (Ullrich) isn't world class either.
I hope we'll see some meaningful fights in the future, but I highly doubt it. I think he could beat any other LHW - instead of Dawson.

[WhataRock]

You answered your own question there, he has fought very very poor opponants of late, and struggled to put them away or really go after them. Thats not impressive if you ask me.
Im aussie but Paul Murdoch should not be in the same room as a title belt, let alone fighting for one. He was unranked by the WBO and I imagine Kohl just simply asked the WBO to rank him so they could fight.

He went life and death wtih Sahnoune and Garay. They are acceptable opponants, especially Garay, but he looked bad in those fights. He seemed truly bothered by their styles, and I think his recent choice in opponants reflects his management's lack of confidance in him.

[Fat Tony]

You answered your own question there, he has fought very very poor opponants of late, and struggled to put them away or really go after them. Thats not impressive if you ask me.
Im aussie but Paul Murdoch should not be in the same room as a title belt, let alone fighting for one. He was unranked by the WBO and I imagine Kohl just simply asked the WBO to rank him so they could fight.

He went life and death wtih Sahnoune and Garay. They are acceptable opponants, especially Garay, but he looked bad in those fights. He seemed truly bothered by their styles, and I think his recent choice in opponants reflects his management's lack of confidance in him.

Murdoch is one of the three bums I mentioned.
Erdei's style is not made to knock opponents out. Mayweather doesn't knock anyone out either and he's p4p#1.
I think he has improved since the Garay fights. He looks much sharper
and his stamina has improved considerably.
Against Sahoune he suffered from an injured rib, a very, very painful issue.
I don't think his management lacks confidence in him. (TV channell) ZDF does a pretty good job misinforming the German audience that these opponents are severe, world class ones. Erdei is not a big draw in Germany, he often fights on the undercard of Regina Halmich or Felix Sturm. His management is quite happy with the status quo, they are not interested to take any risks or paying big money for Roy Jones etc.

Once again:
His opponents are not acceptable! Yet I do think he could make some serious noise in the division. But unfortuneatly those big fights won't happen.

[WhataRock]

Mayweather doesn't knock anyone out either and he's p4p#1.


Thats stretching it mate.
Mayweather is a natural lightweight who has been moving up to chase $$ and greatness, and who doesnt stop his opponants generally because of their high quality.

I agree Erdei doesnt have a KO style but if he wants to endear himself to the German public, make best of what you got. If you have an average opponant in front of you, put him away and impressively. Erdei has shown glimpses of power before. I must say I havent been wowed or impressed with his form of late, the Ulrich fight was slightly entertaining but in the others he looked like he was sleep walking through it, such was the ease of the fights for him.

[pioterbezkitu]

I hate when decent guys in their prime call out a complete shot fighter after fighting ton of bums

[Darien]

The Murdoch fight was acceptable as Zsolt had a life-and-death battle right before that. It was more like a tune up. But I have to agree that his last two opponents (Santiago, Blades) did not deserve a world title shot.