This kid is REALLY good and that was TERRIBLE job of MATCHMAKING!.Jones has got VERY good skills and showed a lot of toughness.A 19yr old had NO buieness in with a kid that good in 1st fight.You never know how a young kid is gonna take his VERY FIRST fight and to put him in with a 3 time nat champ in his country.I know the kid lost his last fight and was off 2 yrs but I know what I saw and that kid was good.Go back and just watch him you would think he was a prospect now he will be thrown to wolves and will have to work other job so we may never hear from him again but the kid has skills.You also cant compare him to Madrimov(who looked great and was matched tough)because he is 24 with 350+ fights who already went thru one fight(also wbss)and has his man strength.Any ways Jones has the skills to pay the bills and we now know hew is mentally strong(he got tired)and also takes a decent shot at least.He was very impressive imo.
Didn’t he win ?
Reading this sob story you would think he lost?
You must not have the knowledge to understand breaking down a fighter and a dec to match him this tough in 1st fight for 19yr old from a "sob story". Really "sob story"smdh lol.
I wash impressed by Jones. You could see he's a special talent even though it was his first fight.
No doubt if he is not afraid of a lot of hard work he looks cant miss even though due to opponent he did not look "unreal"to the casual fan.Nice post
Georgian binman are regularly getting iced on the Euro scene. Don't cry about it.
Dude we not talking about MOST Georgian fighters we are talking about the kid that fought Sat.And that kids not a "binman" and crying???idiot
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He was a national champ in Georgia FFS. The top Georgian guy at his weight has a record of 47-49, doesn't seem like the deepest talent pool. Thread is from bizzaro world, a prospect makes his debut against a random who has never faced anyone with a winning record before and you're talking like he was thrown in the deep end. Apparently this one fight proves his chin, skill and mental strength are top level, really?
1st off you cant just go by stats to prove a point lol.2nd from being around boxing for over 35yrs I can tell talent when I see it and that kid he fought had some talent.Just because you cant see it and have to run to boxrec to bash the oppenents of a 6 fight novice is just silly.3Rd I NEVER SAID he had "top level chin or mental strength maybe you need to learn how to read.4th I seen kids in their 1st fight just freeze up and VERY good AMs too but you would not prob know that because its obv you have never spent much time with boxing outside of just watching it(boxrec lmao).But since you brought that part up he did show VERY GOOD mental strength because the kid did get tired a bit from end of 2nd-4th and bite down and still was winning.You will prob never know that feeling but trust me its enough to break a lot of tough guys.If that kid was weak mentally he very well could have lost control after getting tired(and also finding out mid way it was a 6rder) with someone who was trying to win(again not the case with most debut's).That kid Jones will be champ unless he proves to not have the desire because he did show a DECENT chin at least.And if the Georgian kid gets lucky and is moved right and not thrown to wolves in fights on short notice(prob the case)would not be surprised if he went on to Euro champ or POSSIBLY more.How many 19 yr olds making their debut face that???
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He was a national champ in Georgia FFS. The top Georgian guy at his weight has a record of 47-49, doesn't seem like the deepest talent pool. Thread is from bizzaro world, a prospect makes his debut against a random who has never faced anyone with a winning record before and you're talking like he was thrown in the deep end. Apparently this one fight proves his chin, skill and mental strength are top level, really?
I'm willing to bet that the golden gloves champ from the state of Georgia beats the national champ of the country Georgia
Apparently they gave Jones a choice of a few fighters, and this is the one he chose.
Who cares? he looked good out there, and it was better for him than a 1st round KO.
I'm just surprised he's choosing to fight at 135 when he was in the Am's at 140. The fact that he weighed in at 132 makes me think that they were seeing how he could possibly look at 130.
let's be honest though, Highlight of the fight was the confused ref shouting "HOW MANY ROUNDS IS THIS FIGHT?? DO THE JUDGES KNOW THIS?!?"
Jones more than likely asked to be matched up tough.
Well you don't let the 19yr old run show.And I know he passed and will be better for it but still that kid was too good to fight in your debut and 6rds.That kid really was skilled and tough if he had money behind him and someone matching him right he COULD be a contender some day.But now he will get matched tough on short notice ect.