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| View Poll Results: Roy Jones Jr vs Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank at MW and SMW | |||
| He beat them both |
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73 | 80.22% |
| He loses to both |
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11 | 12.09% |
| He lose to Benn |
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5 | 5.49% |
| He lose to Eubank |
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2 | 2.20% |
| Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Some of these posts are ridiculous!
Eubank was a very good fighter. But he was more than happy to defend his belt at home, and has admitted as much on numerous occasions. He didn't chase the huge fights in the U.S. so the fight was never viable. Benn was my favourite fighter as a kid, and he'd have been dangerous for Roy early on. But I think Roy would have out boxed him and TKO'd him late. If Eubank and Watson could do it, Roy certainy could have. Roy had a famous saying that was "You fight a boxer, and box a fighter" He wouldn't have been stupid enough to trade with Nigel, he would have boxed him. Both fighters were interested in the fight, but at the time Don King wanted to tie Roy into a three fight contract. Roy didn't want to be tied to Don, and when they couldn't compromise, Roy turned his attentions to moving up to the 175 division. Collins was a warrior with a great chin, but I think Roy's speed would have been way too much for him. But I've got to give Steve a lot of credit for chasing Roy like he did. Calzaghe, said he wanted Roy, but never did anything to get a fight. Roy was in America at 175, while Joe was at home at 168 fighting mainly european competition in a weak divison. How the **** did Roy duck Joe? If Joe wasn't willing to fight in Roy's weight class or country, then the fight was a complete no go. It was too little too late when he finally went over in 2008. In 2006 he said that Roy was finished and a fight between them would be pointless, then two years later he tried to backtrack on what he'd said, and all of a sudden the fight was relevant. The guy was a joker, and he knows he couldn't have beaten Roy at his peak. When a potential fight was discussed in 2001/2002, Joe was still relatively unknown outside of europe. What you've got to consider when you look at the guys that Roy missed, is that the majority of them weren't as good as Toney and Hopkins etc. Last edited by robertzimmerman; 07-28-2012 at 02:43 PM. |
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