Prime Calzaghe vs Prime RJJ @168: who wins?

Roy by KO. Can't see it going any other way.

- -The Super Joe that dismantled undefeated KO artist Lacy and undefeated great Kessler would by far be the best fighter Roy ever fought. He ruined poor Lacy for life. Maybe someone can come up with a 2 fight streak by Roy that makes him better than the 50-50 I got. Well said.

- -The Super Joe that dismantled undefeated KO artist Lacy and undefeated great Kessler would by far be the best fighter Roy ever fought. He ruined poor Lacy for life. Maybe someone can come up with a 2 fight streak by Roy that makes him better than the 50-50 I got.

The king of slaps - Calzaghe - would be slapped all night long. With hammers.

Calzaghe showed me absolutely nothing to suggest he would be competitive with Roy Jones. Different caliber of fighters. No additional word necessary.

Roy...too fast for Calzaghe imo just like everyone else. I think its possible Roy could stop him early due to the fact that Calzaghe is actually an ambitious fighter who would turn up to win, otherwise it's a UD after the fight settles into a pattern. Calzaghe belongs in that ring, and would probably win a few rounds off activity, but unless Roy has long spells tucked up with his back on the ropes I dont see Joe having lots of success.

Joe remembers my thread inspired by daggum. :)

Jones at his best at 168 was unbeatable IMO. Calzaghe would have to make it an inside fight and force Jones to the ropes. Roy had better footwork. I would favor Jones by UD. Yea Roy was a nightmare for anyone, any style. Would be a great fight.

Jones at his best at 168 was unbeatable IMO. Calzaghe would have to make it an inside fight and force Jones to the ropes. Roy had better footwork. I would favor Jones by UD.

Thursday bump of peace.

Roy Jones was roided out of his mind back then but i'll still go with Joe by split decision. Calzaghe was special. I like this post. New posters need to get in in this timeless debate.

RJJ would destroy Calzaghe It would be a war.

RJJ would destroy Calzaghe

Calzaghe UD. Calzaghe will lose a few early rounds then will takeover to win on points. Roy Jones never liked to fight someone who would keep the fight in close range with high work rate. Prime or not. Ask John Scully I remember ROYCOTT. You can always look great when you ain't fighting anyone. http://youtu.be/mx187jOmRv4 Take over? Against a 25/26 year old version of Roy? Ha! It's a fantasy. You've got more confidence than Joe ever did. Roy didn't fight anyone? Oh dear.

Calzaghe UD. Calzaghe will lose a few early rounds then will takeover to win on points. Roy Jones never liked to fight someone who would keep the fight in close range with high work rate. Prime or not. Ask John Scully I remember ROYCOTT. You can always look great when you ain't fighting anyone. http://youtu.be/mx187jOmRv4

Calz fans amuse me though I have to say.

Roy knocks him down once every round until it's stopped or Roy wins like 120-96.

Roy juiced to gain weight for Ruiz. What would be the point for juicing up at SMW? Drugs don't make your reflexes better. But HW Jones is irrelevant to the topic. There's no evidence Roy juiced to fight Ruiz. He went up to HW with the help of Mackie Shilstone, who'd taken Michael Spinks up to HW to fight Larry Holmes. After he'd worked with Roy, he also helped Bernard Hopkins move up to LHW to fight Antonio Tarver.

So many people are deeply butthurt that Calzaghe went his career undefeated and has Hopkins and RJJ names on his resume, you can literally feel the seething anger and as a result the ridiculous hate Calzaghe gets on here!:bottle: Yeah RJJ was past his best when Joe beat him, but everyone knows RJJ was juiced up to his eyeballs in his prime and so wasn't a natural fighter. Even against a juiced up RJJ i still think Calzaghe has too much for him, too intelligent and RJJ fought nobody like him. A lot of people on here cant see past their hate to make a logical unbiased opinion. I find it laughable people think Hopkins won against Joe, he used negative tactics throughout and just tried to spoil and fake low blows etc. Calzaghe UD.:boxing: Joe would never have fought Roy in his prime. People are angered by Joe's win over Roy, because on THREE separate occasions, Joe said a fight would be pointless because Roy was past his best. Roy was 3-3 in his previous 6, and he hadn't had a top level win for 5 years. In 1999, Joe said that he wasn't chasing Roy, as he didn't want tough fights. In 2003, Joe then said that he thought he could give Roy his greatest ever fight, but he'd want the 'Crown Jewells' to take it, due to the element of risk involved. If Joe had seriously wanted Roy, he'd have moved to LHW and gone to the U.S. much sooner than he did. The truth is, he was more than content to keep defending his lightly regarded WBO belt at SMW. Regarding an actual fight, how could anyone have favoured Joe? As great as he was, he was always easy to hit. Even in his prime, he was dropped by Kabary Salem and Byron Mitchell. Look at who possessed the best attributes: Stamina - Joe Chin - Joe Work rate - Joe Speed - Roy Defence - Roy Accuracy - Roy Timing - Roy Power - Roy Reflexes - Roy Punch variation - Roy Who did Joe ever fight who was on Roy's level? Joe would have been facing a guy who was faster than him, who had more skill, and who hit harder, and who was harder to hit. You have more confidence than Joe ever did. There was a reason why he fought Roy just weeks from his 40th birthday.

Joe would slip his shots and keep coming. Despite being a great fighter, Joe was always easy to hit. Always. Especially with right hands.