Roy Jones must have a lot of bruising on his brain

If you read my earlier post...I believe it's because his KO's are from chin shots which trigger a nerve to the brain as opposed to direct head shots which rattle the brain and more likely to leave lasting effects. He recovers but he seems to have damage to the muscle in the jaw...like when you have damage to muscle and tendons in the hand you remain vulnerable to hurting it over and over. All his 5 KO's came by way of right hands to the jaw...the only one that I'm not sure about is the Danny Green KO which was a right hand but it's a bit hard to tell if it was on the jaw or not...I think it was. He has a glass jaw. I don't know maybe your right

Pretty sad. I think many fighters have a tough time accepting that their time in the sport is over, their youth is gone, and that their time in the spotlight is done. It must be tough knowing you were on top of the world once, and with a blink of an eye it's gone. Yeah, Roy needs to retire, it's pretty bad seeing those knockouts. And please believe those knockouts are affecting his health, it's not "he avoided a beating over 12 rounds."

Actually listen to him speak he speaks better than Floyd,Broner James Toney If you read my earlier post...I believe it's because his KO's are from chin shots which trigger a nerve to the brain as opposed to direct head shots which rattle the brain and more likely to leave lasting effects. He recovers but he seems to have damage to the muscle in the jaw...like when you have damage to muscle and tendons in the hand you remain vulnerable to hurting it over and over. All his 5 KO's came by way of right hands to the jaw...the only one that I'm not sure about is the Danny Green KO which was a right hand but it's a bit hard to tell if it was on the jaw or not...I think it was. He has a glass jaw.

When he gets hit his body just shuts off,i think he has a serious condition Actually listen to him speak he speaks better than Floyd,Broner James Toney

Mayweather's words hang in the air. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

I wish he would retire. He has made a fortune in his life and he has his job with HBO so it's hard to believe he needs to fight for money. He is just a shell of his prime self. He seems intelligent but continuing to fight is crazy especially in the hard hitting cruiserweight class that he doesn't belong in.

From memory...the shots all seem to be on his chin...his left side. I wonder if he has some wicked scar tissue there that has shortened up the tendon/muscle in his jaw that is severely spasmed...leaving him so vulnerable. I don't think it's his brain rattling around in his head from head shots. There's a nerve in the jaw that triggers up to the brain that cause the KO from the chin...with head shots it the brain floating in the head getting banged on the inside of the skull. Or sometimes a KO comes from the nerves in the neck pinching and choking the signals...but with Roy it always seems to be the left side of his jaw and it's instant shut-down on contact.

At this point it's just sad watching him get KO'd over and over. When will it ever end? Read this when you have time - http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/roy-jones-jr-s-br-long-goodbye/ Quite possible he won't stop until they finally stop giving him a license “Cruiserweight title. Nobody in history has won all the titles I’ve won and the cruiserweight title. I’d be the only man in history. That’s when you die and go to heaven, and God can look at you and know you did everything with the gifts he gave you. If I died today, could I really say that? If I stopped fighting, could I live the rest of my life knowing I didn’t do everything I was put here to do?” “I think a lot of people would say you’ve done more than enough to justify a place in history.” “After I win that cruiserweight title, it’ll be enough.” “You sure?” I laugh uncomfortably. “Unless they threw crazy money at me for one more. Yeah, I figure it’d be enough. Maybe after I win the cruiserweight title, just one little fight in my own backyard.” So he calmed down enough to inquire about the last story I’d worked on before flying out to Pensacola. I told him it was about Spain’s relationship to bullfighting. His eyes lit up: “I’d love bullfighting. Always wanted to see one. That’s something I gotta see. Who’s the Ali of bullfighting?” “A matador named Juan Belmonte.” “He get gored pretty bad?” “His critics said that the only thing he didn’t do inside a bullring was die in one. He did everything else.” “How’d he end up?” Jones Jr. asked eagerly. “He came out of retirement a few times. He lived hard, but he got old. Developed a heart condition and lung cancer. His doctors told him if he wanted to prolong the inevitable, he couldn’t smoke, drink, f--k or ride horses anymore.” “What he do?” “He had his horse brought over to his house, some cigars, couple bottles of his favorite wine and two of the best-looking prostitutes from a Seville brothel sent to meet him at a cottage he rode over to. The next morning, he blew his head off.” Jones Jr. laughed. “I wouldn’t blown my damn head off,” he smiled mischievously. “Why blow your head off? I’d have had that day over and over again until I finally died. My old barber, they told him if he kept drinking, he was gonna die. He said, ‘OK. But I’m not gonna stop drinking.’ So he kept drinking until he died. But you know what he told me? He said, ‘I gotta die of something.’”

Not to many years back I remember hearing about how he was already going in for some kind of treatment for his brain. I think he has similar problems to what Rahman has where they have trouble just keeping there balance. Which is why when they take a shot, they hit the ground like a ton of bricks.

Ever since the Tarver KO. When he fought Glenn Johnson months later, he went out like a light and continues ever since.

I think the bruising is probably affecting his decision making. The man should have retired already, but his brain malfunctions and he holds on to the good ol' days. At this point it's just sad watching him get KO'd over and over. When will it ever end?

i think the only reason he speaks and thinks clearly after all those fights is that he has that paper chin. He takes a huge blow and gets KTFO and the fight ends. İf he had Oliver McCalls chin he would be talking punch after punch and would talk like Terry Norris now.

Thats what the body does when extreme trauma is introduced! The brain is conditioned to protect itself and that means shut down! It tries to keep the blood flow normal instead of "rushing" to increase flow when trauma arrives. Induced coma's help the brain to relax and not "pump up"! He does have a serious condition and he's been in the danger zone for years now! Some fighters have no way out of the ring, its the squared circle. Ray

Why does he never just get stopped? He always has to getting dropped like a massive sack of sh1t with his head bouncing off the canvas a few times. He should have ended on that Jeff Lacy fight.

A crap chin is saving him. Imagine the damage he'd take if he was able to take punches.