Roy Jones on his place in history

[Toney616]

Against Benn sure.....the problem is the Euro names that get tossed about as Jones opponents are jokes like Dariusz Michalczewski and Sven Ottke.

Poet

Dariusz Michalczewski:
Dont really know much about this guy. I cant really bring myself to watch any of his fights after the award winning acting lesson against Graciano.

Sven Ottke:
Ottke beats any fighter in the world.... if the fight takes place in Germany

[StarshipTrooper]

Dariusz Michalczewski:
Dont really know much about this guy. I cant really bring myself to watch any of his fights after the award winning acting lesson against Graciano.

Sven Ottke:
Ottke beats any fighter in the world.... if the fight takes place in Germany

Michalczewski IS pretty unwatchable :chuckle9: Ottke, well, lets just say there's a REASON why he didn't fight outside of Deutschland :cool9:

Poet

[Toney616]

Michalczewski IS pretty unwatchable :chuckle9: Ottke, well, lets just say there's a REASON why he didn't fight outside of Deutschland :cool9:

Poet

I watched Ottke-Reid, disgraceful. Reid got a warning for hitting Ottke in the face

[JAB5239]

Against Benn sure.....the problem is the Euro names that get tossed about as Jones opponents are jokes like Dariusz Michalczewski and Sven Ottke.

Poet

Michalczewski beat some solid names at 175 and a fight with Jones would have been big back in 1999, 2000. I don't think he would have beaten Roy, but it was a fight that would have generated interest.

[StarshipTrooper]

Michalczewski beat some solid names at 175

You mean a well past it Virgil Hill and the previously exposed Montell Griffin? Other than that his resume's a "who's who" of "who the **** is THAT?"

Poet

[JAB5239]

You mean a well past it Virgil Hill and the previously exposed Montell Griffin? Other than that his resume's a "who's who" of "who the **** is THAT?"

Poet

Hill had just beaten a very good Henry Maske in his last fight and would twice after win a piece of the cruiser weight title. All Im saying though is that at the time a Jones-Michalczewski fight would have made sense and would of sold.

[The Surgeon]

Hill had just beaten a very good Henry Maske in his last fight and would twice after win a piece of the cruiser weight title. All Im saying though is that at the time a Jones-Michalczewski fight would have made sense and would of sold.

That fight made sense, any fool lookin at magazine rankings could see that when the number 1 guy has only a single loss on DQ that got avenged and the number 2 guy is undefeated with around the same fights. It was a natural. From what i remember it was more Michalczewski's fault than Jones' tho wasnt it? I mean why should Roy leave the states, he was Da Man after all

Im with poet tho DM was a whatever fighter and Roy would have took him to school. The dude would have had a PHD in Pain by the time Jones was done with him

[Scott9945]

Michalczewski beat some solid names at 175 and a fight with Jones would have been big back in 1999, 2000. I don't think he would have beaten Roy, but it was a fight that would have generated interest.

The major problem was that it was a huge fight in Germany, but just another fight in the US. Roy was inflexible about fighting outside of the US then. That tells you how desperate he must be now taking fights in Australia and Russia.

Make no mistake about it, in his prime Michalczewski was better than most of Roy's opposition at 175.

[JAB5239]

The major problem was that it was a huge fight in Germany, but just another fight in the US. Roy was inflexible about fighting outside of the US then. That tells you how desperate he must be now taking fights in Australia and Russia.

Make no mistake about it, in his prime Michalczewski was better than most of Roy's opposition at 175.

Agreed. His dominance over common opponents Harmon, Hall and Griffin reaffirm that statement.

[The_Demon]

That fight made sense, any fool lookin at magazine rankings could see that when the number 1 guy has only a single loss on DQ that got avenged and the number 2 guy is undefeated with around the same fights. It was a natural. From what i remember it was more Michalczewski's fault than Jones' tho wasnt it? I mean why should Roy leave the states, he was Da Man after all

Im with poet tho DM was a whatever fighter and Roy would have took him to school. The dude would have had a PHD in Pain by the time Jones was done with him

Glanced at your avatar and for a split second i thought Arreola had sufferend some drastic weight loss and was looking rather pasty as a result ,Tapia is a legend though