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(Poll) In His Prime Was Roy Jones Jr Unbeatable?
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Originally posted by lfc19titles View Postno, he was a sensational boxer but in my opinion a bit over hyped by the media due to him being american. Also for one reasons or another a lot of top boxing fights did not get made with him
name me a fighter in their primes other than Ray Robinson who was more untouchable in their primes!!
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Originally posted by capt_sam View PostRJJ was exceptional. Maybe the greatest talent boxing has seen since SRR, and certainly since Ali. Unbeatable? No. But extremely tough to beat.
His punch resistance isnt the best, but is that a matter now of aging, or did he just not face a big enough banger in the days gone by? These are the questions we will always ask.
Legend.
My own opinion is that, since we can only pass judgement on the evidence we actually have, including factual events, and since we can't legitimately speculate on "maybe" "perhaps", "everybody gets old" etc. we must come to the conclusion that,
"in his prime he was unbeatable", because that's exactly what happened.
And don't bring up that ridiculous DQ.
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Originally posted by Dynamite Kid View PostNunn lost to Rochi because he could not handle the pressure he was being put under, if he could of kept the fight in the centre ring he may have done a lot better but he could not and got outworked.
Nunn never looked comfortable when pressured imo( Barkley), although in his prime he was able to pick off on the way in (Roldan) because he had better reflexes etc.
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Roy Jones beat a lot of good fighters. His win against Toney deserves recognition, but it's obvious Toney was not at his best. His win against Ruiz deserves the same, then again Toney did the same thing injured and out of shape.
Still, unbeatable? He never dominated any great fighters to make him look unbeatable. He dominated a weight drained Toney who I wouldn't consider "great" at the time.
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Originally posted by BattlingNelson View PostBut it didn't. There was so many fights that would have been nice to see Jones take but somehow he avoided them. He did fight Pazienza though. Great fighter....
5'6-7", really only a little guy.
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