Prime Joe Calzaghe vs Prime Roy Jones, Jr.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

As good as Cal is and as much talent he has, Roy Jones would beat him handily prime vs prime. Roy Jones is just on another level in every category of the game and I don't see anyway Zags could beat him.

I was watching the fight last night asking myself:
"what does Calzaghe do BETTER than Jones"?

Handspeed? Be real.

Footspeed/footwork? Not Joe's best feature.

Power? Snort, chuckle.

Defense? Joe's activity IS his defense, much like Ouma/P-Dub.

Chin? Joe seems to have the better chin.

Conditioning? Not an issue for EITHER guy.

Ring Smarts/Confidence/Intangibles? I gotta go with Roy

[me2007]

prime Jones haha no such thing,

Jones stopped taking drugs and fighting bums = KTFO

[pesticid]

I'll take Jones but it won;t be like the fight he had against Toney, moreso like the fight he had against Hopkins or Tarver 1.

[Fox McCloud]

no, but you can show me what happens to overrated fighters who finally grow some balls but end up getting KTFO

Growing some balls... like, facing James Toney at 168? I mean, isn't that the weight we are talking about here?

He whitewashed the undefeated P4P elite James "Lights Out" Toney, who was still a technical defensive master counterpuncher, and was in-shape. Jones made Toney look average, at best, that night.

[kayjay]

I was watching the fight last night asking myself:
"what does Calzaghe do BETTER than Jones"?

Handspeed? Be real.

Footspeed/footwork? Not Joe's best feature.

Power? Snort, chuckle.

Defense? Joe's activity IS his defense, much like Ouma/P-Dub.

Chin? Joe seems to have the better chin.

Conditioning? Not an issue for EITHER guy.

Ring Smarts/Confidence/Intangibles? I gotta go with Roy

I agree with the whole post and also picked Jones. but you understate Joe's one huge advantage. Joe's chin is one of the best in boxing, Roy's is outright bad. In fact the chins cancel out the power in this fight, no way there would be a knockout.

[Left2body]

I can easily make an arguement about nobody from 160 to 175 beating jones in his prime. He was on another level from any fighter I have ever seen. Yeah he got caught when his hunger was gone and when he was 35. But in his prime he ate up shots all day long.

Agree with you there. At 168lbs RJJ has better handspeed, footspeed, reflexes and power. Calz impressed me against Kessler and he stepped it up and had more in the tank than I've seen him show in a long time but RJJ is as you stated on another level.

I would even also put JT over Calz. Calz is a great SMW but just falls short of those guys IMHO.

[Duke McKenzie]

Joe's power - certainly a few years back - is also underrated.

(Note for those hard of thinking: in no way did I say it was comparable to RJJ's. You noticed that, right? I made a statement that did not require a tedious strawman argument attached to it).

[Easy-E]

Jones wins clearly.

[robjr]

unless YALL MUSTA FORGOT.. You all should know Roy would murder calzaghe at a prime 168.. not to discredit Joe at all.. But Roy was just too damn good.. end of story.

[sonofisis]

A prime Roy Jones, Jr. against a prime Joe Calzaghe.

Vote above...BE HONEST.

RJJ, no problem. Easy work imho..