Roy Jones Jr Tribute/Retirement thread

Not close? are you smoking?..It was close and i think tarver won it but i guess you got to knock the champ out and thats what he did the next fight Jones won by at least 3 rounds, you should go back and watch it again. There was times when jones was just dominating tarver!! and this is the weight drained Jones jr fresh of the heavyweight win.

Not close? are you smoking?..It was close and i think tarver won it but i guess you got to knock the champ out and thats what he did the next fight

Jones couldnt have beaten tarver. He lost the first fight IMO but his name got him that fight hell no did jones lose that fight!! Jones beat tarver!!! all tarver did was swing wildly at roy while he was on the ropes, that shit don't cut it. Roy won that fight and i don't think it was that close.

Jones couldnt have beaten tarver. He lost the first fight IMO but his name got him that fight

This should have happened a long time ago. Roy should have quit the first time he got layed out definitely not the first time, the second time maybe, but he should have fought a fight like last nights after the johnson lost and went out on top then!

This should have happened a long time ago. Roy should have quit the first time he got layed out

roy now reminds me of the harlem globe trotters.. he just performs for show.. lol that made me laugh. Globetrotters are pretty good though :)

it hard to believe he lost that fight after watchin' that round again...! Yes i watch that round and can't believe that he loses this fight, and what's more unbelievable is the way he fought after this round. It's like Roy jones jr was always better than everyone and that's where his mentality was at. But once a fighter showed he can hurt him or was giving him a good fight, it's like his mentality changed. He was more cautious and fought in a scared way. The way i seen him stumbling across the ring and almost falling out of the ring in that fight made me believe that it was time to hang them up.

roy now reminds me of the harlem globe trotters.. he just performs for show..

it hard to believe he lost that fight after watchin' that round again.......Roy has a certain affect on my generation of boxing fans.......we love the man simple and plain.....as he walked to ring last night and recieved that great ovation from his hometown crowd.......it gave me the chills........for a second or two I was caught in the moment and I to felt like Roy's biggest fans.......I'm not a big Roy fan but thats the affect I was sayin' that Roy has on my generation........I still believe he has to retire sooner than later but its hard not to wanna see Roy ever fight again! Its because Roy has a swagger about himself, when he walks to the ring....its I'm the king of boxing walk. Even though hes not the king anymore, its still Roy Jones Jr. There definitley is a Roy Jones mystique because of how great he once was. And he still has some flash in the ring and alot of charisma.

This is the time for him to go out. He's basically just a journeyman if he continues at this point, and he's got too good a legacy to resign himself to that. I hope he changes his mind and retires now, but I'll always rep him.

This is the 5th round in the 3rd Tarver fight, probably the last good round roy ever had against an elite fighter, after this round he went into turtle shell status :( it hard to believe he lost that fight after watchin' that round again.......Roy has a certain affect on my generation of boxing fans.......we love the man simple and plain.....as he walked to ring last night and recieved that great ovation from his hometown crowd.......it gave me the chills........for a second or two I was caught in the moment and I to felt like Roy's biggest fans.......I'm not a big Roy fan but thats the affect I was sayin' that Roy has on my generation........I still believe he has to retire sooner than later but its hard not to wanna see Roy ever fight again!

I am a fan of Roy myself, I think he has a great personality, great respect towards other fighter... and also, of course great skills in his prime. I just kinda feel sorry for him because he has taken that one fight too many and hasn't been the same since Tarver II... I remember when watching the Calzaghe fight and wanting Calzaghe to win, and feeling sorry for Jones because it looked like he felt embarrassed... and everyone could tell he isn't even a fraction of the fighter he used to be. After that fight, I still knew and admitted that prime vs prime Roy would have won... but Roy still got my respect for holding his own and having the heart to carry on through that nasty cut, I felt bad for him after the loss obviously because you could tell he didn't have it anymore but he still gained more respect from me for trying. He has been a great fighter and has given a lot of fans loads of joy, that is what we should all remember him by... not the fact that he took that one fight too many.

RJ is my favorite active fighter. I'll miss him when he does hang 'em up. In his prime, he threw flurries of just left hooks that were so fast, it looked like a cartoon character throwing shots! Only his was for real! And think of this...how many other great fighters got to where they are in the all time pecking order without hardly ever using their jab? Great fighter. That’s right no fundamentals at all, and the word “great” is probably not a high enough explanation of his athletic abilities. I could just imagine how large of a sand glass will be required to time how long it will be before anything like this in boxing is repeated. That being said, I hope he retires before he gets hurt.

RJ is my favorite active fighter. I'll miss him when he does hang 'em up. In his prime, he threw flurries of just left hooks that were so fast, it looked like a cartoon character throwing shots! Only his was for real! And think of this...how many other great fighters got to where they are in the all time pecking order without hardly ever using their jab? Great fighter.

^^^^me too

You know why I'm getting tired of these kind of threads? No offense to the thread starter, i'm not trying to be an ass.... but we keep stating the obvious, of course he should retire. of course hes past his prime, we all know that. but saying it a million times, isn't going to make him retire. He will make that decision when he wants to. It is what it is, you don't want to watch it anymore, don't watch it.

The fans were happy last night, I saw alot of smiles in the crowd. I had fun watching Roy throw his flashy combos aswell. The bottomline is, if he wants to fight fighters that be can beat for fun and for his fans. I have no problem with that. So far he hasn't signed on to fight Dawson or Calzaghe etc.

This is the 5th round in the 3rd Tarver fight, probably the last good round roy ever had against an elite fighter, after this round he went into turtle shell status :(