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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostRoy Jones is an all-time great according to almost any boxing historian you care to mention.
The same can’t be said for Dariusz Michalczewski. What CAN be said for him is that he was incredibly fortunate to be active in the same era…but sadly he never had the stones to measure himself against all-time. That’s a blemish that echos through eternity I would think.
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Roy Jones is an all-time great according to almost any boxing historian you care to mention.
The same can’t be said for Dariusz Michalczewski. What CAN be said for him is that he was incredibly fortunate to be active in the same era…but sadly he never had the stones to measure himself against all-time. That’s a blemish that echos through eternity I would think.
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post
- - Dariusz was lumped in with all those Ukrainian fighters who were making fortunes in Germany is what I meant to say, ie the $$$ was there in excess of what Roy could command in the US.
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
Where do you get the Ukraine from? Sounds like another thing you're just making up. And as I said to The Devil, it's a two way street.
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post
- - If Roy wanted an all time legacy bout to match his all time dominance in boxing, they fight after the contract is signed with all the terms agreed upon in Ukraine which is where the larger weight classes tend to dominate in boxing starting in those days.
Big George fought all his first career title bouts in foreign countries for the reason that's where the $$$ is...DUH...
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
The Ukraine? What was the purse and when were they supposed to fight in the Ukraine?
Big George fought all his first career title bouts in foreign countries for the reason that's where the $$$ is...DUH...
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
I don't disagree with you. The Ukraine certainly would have been a more neutral site than Germany though. Michalszewski fought all but two of his fights in Germany. I just read an article poster on CBZ years ago where Jones said he'd fight in Germany for 12 million. I think he outpriced himself at that time, but i think that is the only way he was going to take a chance of being robbed. Dariusz was the lineal champion, but Jones was still the attraction. It's a shame neither would budge.
Yes. A shame for us fans that the fight never happened.
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Originally posted by BattlingNelson View Post
They got robbed against Foreman and DLH. Had they won, history would look different. That’s the point.
A lot of people thought Loma got robbed against Haney.
It's boxing.
The great ones don't let that stop them.
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