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Liles and Collins "ducked" Roy Jones
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Originally posted by Toney616 View PostI can't see how Collins would of stood a chance. Liles and Nunn at smw would of been interesting. They really should of interviewed Liles and Collins, so they could tell their side
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Collins brought constant pressure and was not a bad boxer, technician either. He gave even McCallum a tough fight, McCallum was at his peak and Steve was quite young, 25-26. I think he hadn't yet reached his peak or maturity as boxer. And still he managed to give Bodysnatcher a relatively close fight. How? With constant pressure. Nobody likes constant pressure, if somebody claims he does he's talking bs. That somebody deals with it better than others is a different story. But nobody deals with it better than with a style that has less pressure.
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And after Jones watched tapes of this unrelenting pressure Collins was bringing, Roy couldn't stop trembling. After weeks of not sleeping caused by the sheer terror at the thought of fighting Collins, Roy phoned Seth Abraham (HBO's big dog) and begged him not to pair him with Collins. After careful thought (he knew of Collins pressure also),Seth relented and let Roy off the hook by having him face the much easier James Toney. As dumb as this sounds the thought that Jones ducked Liles is even more stupid!
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Originally posted by Boxing Bob View PostAnd after Jones watched tapes of this unrelenting pressure Collins was bringing, Roy couldn't stop trembling. After weeks of not sleeping caused by the sheer terror at the thought of fighting Collins, Roy phoned Seth Abraham (HBO's big dog) and begged him not to pair him with Collins. After careful thought (he knew of Collins pressure also),Seth relented and let Roy off the hook by having him face the much easier James Toney. As dumb as this sounds the thought that Jones ducked Liles is even more stupid!
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Stone, who were these people who were seriously calling for a Jones/Collins match up? The Brits? Pastrano? The thread stated that Roy ducked Collins and Liles, which anyone with any boxing sense (that excludes you Pastrano) knows is just plain silly. That version of Jones could probably whip them both at the same time. My grind here is with Pastrano who seems to want to make people believe that Pernell Whitaker, Marvin Hagler, and Roy Jones were not really great fighter but media creations and that they ducked serious competition. When called on his bull****, he responds with crude comments not facts or even good humored remarks (like mine).
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Stone, the next thing Patrano will suggest is that your hero and mine (Duran), moved up from lightweight to duck Jim Watt
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With Liles you can blame Don King because King did not want to lose a champion. And with Collins after Reggie Johnson and McCallum, he was better going after the lesser wbo belt. Either way both these guys would have been dominated by Jones Jr. badly.
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Originally posted by Jury View PostWith Liles you can blame Don King because King did not want to lose a champion..
Originally posted by Jury View PostAnd with Collins after Reggie Johnson and McCallum, he was better going after the lesser wbo belt. .
Originally posted by Jury View PostEither way both these guys would have been dominated by Jones Jr. badly.
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Originally posted by Toney616 View PostKing wanted to make the fight. Through out the early 90's he tried to unify the belts.
He had the wbo belt and wanted to unify with Jones
Liles would of given Jones a hard time. Lampley said himself that Jones back then didnt want to fight any southpaws. Which is why he avoided Nunn
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