In his prime many wanted to be just like Roy, even sound like him. I for one thought Mayweather and Mosley would be able to do some of the things Roy was capable of as they moved up in weight but that was the youth in me then. Too even think that anyone can ever do what Roy could I guess is just wishful thinking. The speed and reflexes Jones had for his weight and height is what I believe makes his so special. I even thought that Andre Ward would be able to but HBO quickly threw him under the bus and even Larry Merchant said he needed to find his own identity b/c he can't do what Roy Jones Jr can. Some experts say Roy should have fought Dariusz Michalczewski and Joe Calzaghe while in his prime but for what, everybody all over the world knew who Roy Jones Jr. was and is but never in the states can you then or can you now show a picture of Calzaghe and Michalczewski and get anybody except the people on this board lol. If they really wanted to fight the legend in his prime they would have campaigned for it the way Ricky Hatton called out Floyd Mayweather the same way Paul Williams called out Margarito instead of blowing smoke. I hope Roy will now retire b/c it was difficult watching him fight last week, he still makes his classic reflex noise that followed blistering combinations in the past but are now are just faints and fumes but no substance or even a punch. Bernard may have got the victory last weekend but the real victory was Roy proving he wasn't going to let Bernard make him look bad and I hope that was enough for him to call it a career in the most unforgiving sport ever.
The only one who got debunked was you, and I can see that it's time for your anger-management medication Pisspac.
LOL. So did he avoid them? Or just not fight them?
Are you still clinging to this list? It's been debunked over and and over.
Go check out the timeline as to when the Benn fight could happen. By the time it even could have happened Benn was already saying things like "Roy would beat me"...
And don't even start with "I hide in Germany" DM. LOL@that guy.
The only one who got debunked was you, and I can see that it's time for your anger-management medication Pisspac.
Hating on what? That Jones never fought the best competition available, and when he finally did he started getting stretched out.
nah man, i was talkin bout daze, he just hatin on you, your obviously a very articulate person who suffers from no form of mental retardation
i mean you are right afterall, tarver did get robbed BIG time in that first fight
hops never got his rematch when they were both prime.
toney never got his rematch to prove beyond doubt. IMHO this should've happened at HW after Jones beat Ruiz and Toney beat Holyfield.
these were great wins for RJJ, but he needed to do more.
jones made tarver jump through hoops before he even thought about fighting him
Let's not forget RJJ was milking HBO fighting teachers and mailmen. Karma's a bitch. RJJ wasted his prime imho.
who were the teachers?
funny, i coulda sworn he beat hopkins(middleweight king)
toney(supermiddleweight king)
and tarver(lightheavyweight kingpin after jones left)
hmm..
hops never got his rematch when they were both prime.
toney never got his rematch to prove beyond doubt. IMHO this should've happened at HW after Jones beat Ruiz and Toney beat Holyfield.
these were great wins for RJJ, but he needed to do more.
jones made tarver jump through hoops before he even thought about fighting him
Let's not forget RJJ was milking HBO fighting teachers and mailmen. Karma's a bitch. RJJ wasted his prime imho.
-Hopkins was middleweight king when they fought the first time?
-Tarver got robbed big time the first time they fought, everyone knows that.
That's quite a stretch.
-Hopkins was middleweight king when they fought the first time?
-Tarver got robbed big time the first time they fought, everyone knows that.
who was better than hopkins at middleweight at that time?
you should make a poll for that second statement
not gonna read all that.
RJJ can't be NEO. Neo fought the baddest mofo in the matrix. RJJ didn't fight the baddest mofos in and around his weight class.
funny, i coulda sworn he beat hopkins(middleweight king)
toney(supermiddleweight king)
and tarver(lightheavyweight kingpin after jones left)
hmm..
BS.
So after beating Toney for the IBF SMW title his next 5 fights at that weight had to be a mando?
Dont talk sh1t
Jones made some decent defenses at 168 and some horrible ones.
How do u think a fight between Roy and Byrd in 03 would have turned out?
I liked Byrd then and still do, although you can never rule out Jones. In fact, come to think of it, I don't know.
lol cmon now,Roy was a beast but he didnt have to fight all those guys.
He could have taken a few decent voluntaries.
When you're p4p#1 and on HBO u have a certain pull.
I think the problem HBO had with Roy was that he refused to relinquish his titles. Thus, he fought his mandatories. On the plus side, he pretty much cleaned out the whole division - good contenders and bad.
Yeah. Who needs DM, Nunn, Benn, Eubank etc. when you've got the formidable Vinny Paz.
Are you still clinging to this list? It's been debunked over and and over.
Go check out the timeline as to when the Benn fight could happen. By the time it even could have happened Benn was already saying things like "Roy would beat me"...
And don't even start with "I hide in Germany" DM. LOL@that guy.
not gonna read all that.
RJJ can't be NEO. Neo fought the baddest mofo in the matrix. RJJ didn't fight the baddest mofos in and around his weight class.
I don't know, pull. The baddest mofo from 160-175 was James Toney.
In his prime many wanted to be just like Roy, even sound like him. I for one thought Mayweather and Mosley would be able to do some of the things Roy was capable of as they moved up in weight but that was the youth in me then. Too even think that anyone can ever do what Roy could I guess is just wishful thinking. The speed and reflexes Jones had for his weight and height is what I believe makes his so special. I even thought that Andre Ward would be able to but HBO quickly threw him under the bus and even Larry Merchant said he needed to find his own identity b/c he can't do what Roy Jones Jr can. Some experts say Roy should have fought Dariusz Michalczewski and Joe Calzaghe while in his prime but for what, everybody all over the world knew who Roy Jones Jr. was and is but never in the states can you then or can you now show a picture of Calzaghe and Michalczewski and get anybody except the people on this board lol. If they really wanted to fight the legend in his prime they would have campaigned for it the way Ricky Hatton called out Floyd Mayweather the same way Paul Williams called out Margarito instead of blowing smoke. I hope Roy will now retire b/c it was difficult watching him fight last week, he still makes his classic reflex noise that followed blistering combinations in the past but are now are just faints and fumes but no substance or even a punch. Bernard may have got the victory last weekend but the real victory was Roy proving he wasn't going to let Bernard make him look bad and I hope that was enough for him to call it a career in the most unforgiving sport ever.
not gonna read all that.
RJJ can't be NEO. Neo fought the baddest mofo in the matrix. RJJ didn't fight the baddest mofos in and around his weight class.
It was easy looking great against 100-1 shot bums though wasnt it?
All his mandatories were a joke who didnt belong in the same ring as him,nobody knew who the fukk they were lol
Yeah, that's usually the case with mandatories.