Rounds 11 and 12 of Jones-Tarver I

havent seen any of them, except for the second one on youtube Why not? I suggest you watch the first fight especially. The third fight is tough to watch as a Roy fan because you can just see he is a shell of himself but his effort towards the end of Tarve I is awesome.

When I first watched it, without scoring I thought Tarver won. He wasn't hurt, as far as I remember, and rocked Jones and beat him up. However, when I actually scored it I had it 115-113 Jones. I realised that all over Tarvers work had been done in a few rounds, allowing Jones to take it on points. I can't see how the fight was scored for Tarver, but I can see how people would think Tarver won without scoring it. I agree with this post T. I can see how if you just watched the fight through you may have thought Tarver won it. He definately landed the bigger and more impressive combinations and did more damage to Roy. However, it has got to be one of the easiest close fights I have ever seen to score. It is 7-5 Jones all day. I can barely see how another score can even be arrived at.

I will bro i will give it another gander and see if i see it differently..

I thought Tarver had won the first fight by far... Didnt score it though and never watched it more then once so watching it again my mind may change... Yea bro, watch it and score it round by round :biggthump I thought Tarver won at first, a friend convinced me to rewatch it and score it. What do ya know, 115-113 Jones!

I thought Tarver had won the first fight by far... Didnt score it though and never watched it more then once so watching it again my mind may change...

I feel Roy doesn't get enough credit for them. I just re-watched the fight and it occured to me that I had never fully appreciated how spent Roy looked at the end of the 10th. He was clearly fatigued and weight-drained and had been beaten up pretty badly by Antonio yet managed to pull it together, dig down and pull out a superhuman effort to take the last two rounds. Roy fought through true adversity and proved his greatness that night. Despite the damage he took, or maybe becuz of it, that's my favorite RJ fight. Tarver had him dead tired from the 6th rd on and couldn't do shit but launch flurries on the ropes. People who think Tarver won that 1st fight are nuts. :boxing: couldnt agree more

Despite the damage he took, or maybe becuz of it, that's my favorite RJ fight. Tarver had him dead tired from the 6th rd on and couldn't do shit but launch flurries on the ropes. People who think Tarver won that 1st fight are nuts. :boxing: When I first watched it, without scoring I thought Tarver won. He wasn't hurt, as far as I remember, and rocked Jones and beat him up. However, when I actually scored it I had it 115-113 Jones. I realised that all over Tarvers work had been done in a few rounds, allowing Jones to take it on points. I can't see how the fight was scored for Tarver, but I can see how people would think Tarver won without scoring it.

that is very true. those who rely on SUBJECTIVE criteria like those to score fights are bond t0 do it poorly.

Despite the damage he took, or maybe becuz of it, that's my favorite RJ fight. Tarver had him dead tired from the 6th rd on and couldn't do shit but launch flurries on the ropes. People who think Tarver won that 1st fight are nuts. :boxing:

Yea, he did get beat up in that fight and came through it. Shame about how he fought in the 3rd fight though :( Yeah Roy was pretty much a broken man by then. The effort he put in in that first fight against Tarver though was incredible. He was running on empty for pretty much the entirity of the second half of the fight.

Yea, he did get beat up in that fight and came through it. Shame about how he fought in the 3rd fight though :(