Enzo questions Jones' engine

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Jones (52-4, 38 KOs), an eight-time, four-weight world champion, has fought only once a year since two devastating knockout losses to Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2004.

"You can climb Mount Everest 10 times, you can lift 150,000 kilos of weight but three years out of the ring at the wrong time of his career wasn't particularly beneficial," Enzo Calzaghe said.

Calzaghe senior believes that is not enough to keep the now 39-year-old American sharp enough for his undefeated son Joe (45-0, 32 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, regardless of Jones' past achievements.

"You can't put that engine back in there, it can only disappear from you," he added. "So when that engine needs to be revved, is it there? So far I've seen nothing there and please tell me if it has.

"He can't acquire something he's never had before.

"We know he's fast off combinations. Three, four, five shots, and that's over for that period of time, but Joe will be throwing, three, six, eight, 10, 15 and that's the difference.

"Joe can go 12 rounds doing that and the longer the fight goes on the faster it gets and more powerful it gets.

"Jones knows that and his plan is to counter but that can't be countered."