Who Did Roy jones ever Avoid.

[JakeNDaBox]

"He doesn't know how to fight, he doesn't know how to stand and he's wide open as the Holland Tunnel."


"I swear to you, Michael Nunn would beat him seven days a week, and twice on a Sunday."


"Nunn isn't as fast as (he) used to be, isn't as fast as Jones (is) now. But the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, or in boxing's case, a straight punch. Roy Jones can't throw straight punches (as) often, or as well as Nunn. If Nunn emphasises his speed, his right jab and his left hand I see him as a guy who'd beat and maybe school down Jones.

"He's (Nunn) sitting down on his punches more these days and isn't entering the ring jaded with any weight worries, he's going to hurt Jones. He's more fluid and flowing than Jones could ever be, with better timing than anything Jones has seen. He's 6ft 3", Jones would need to jump to land, and when he does, Nunn glides his upper body out of range, which should be second nature to him because he's been doing it for 14 years."


- Al Certo

Certo hated Jones with a passion for whatever reason. He was convinced that he could get Buddy McGirt to win a few comeback fights, and beat Roy Jones in a catchweight bout. Odd that he never wanted to have McGirt go anywhere near Ike Quartey, yet was begging for a fight w/ Roy.

in fact, Jones-Sosa was originally reserved as Jones-McGirt, at a catchweight of 162. Jones had to beat Tony Thornton (I know, daunting task) on HBO and McGirt to get past Andrew Council on a separate card on CBS earlier that day, in order to proceed with plans. Instead, Council beat the **** out of McGirt, and Jones was "forced" to settle on a different catchweight - moving up to fight Merqui Sosa.

Anyway, thought that might help put some of those quotes in perspective.

[Easy-E]

I hear alot of people accuse RJJ of fighting bum or ducking so so and so Without actually putting out names, So it got me thinking and i research but only Darius Miche.......ski's name came up...So i want to ask some of this people the same question "Who did he duck"..Serious answers please.

I wouldnt say Roy ducked or avoided any one, but there are certian fighers he didnt go out of his way to attempt to make a fight with them, and they didnt attempt to make a fight with them.
Whether that was because of Roy's personal choice, or because he didnt want to travel overseas, we will never know.

Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Joe Calzaghe
Dariusz Michalczewski

[Roque_sevilla]

Prime Roy Jones >>>

Y'all Musta Forgot!

" u remenber the hook that james toney got, sucka move i stole from a game ****...yall must´ve forgot!!!!!"

[Orange Sneakers]

I'd like to have seen him give Toney a rematch, a fit Toney

[Don Johnson]

He used the ropes for defense! It was awesome!

Nunn had great movement, that was his game, keeping guys on the end of his right jab, but against James Toney (JAMES TONEY) he stood right in front of him to prove a point... sure he came unstuck in the end, but he'd taken his foot off the pedal, and I'm sure you'd agree if he didn't take his foot off the pedal he wouldn't have taken those punches and would have shut Toney out down the stretch

Also the master of the left uppercut (with equal accuracy to head or body). He had faster hands than Jones, too, IMO

This guy is a nobody. Losses to Toney, liles, and other fighters have really tarnished his image in my eyes. He was still in his prime when he fought Toney. Not that Toney(he was losing by alot) or Liles are bums or anything but, you make this guy seem like he's the god or something he honestly wasn't even a top-tier fighter.

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[Jim Jeffries]

I'd like to have seen him give Toney a rematch, a fit Toney

C'mon, have you seen Toney LATELY?

[Orange Sneakers]

This guy is a nobody. Losses to Toney, liles, and other fighters have really tarnished his image in my eyes. He was still in his prime when he fought Toney. Not that Toney(he was losing by alot) or Liles are bums or anything but, you make this guy seem like he's the god or something he honestly wasn't even a top-tier fighter.

He was a HBO superstar against Kalambay and Barkley, and the consensus lb4lb #1 from 1988 not 1991

[robjr]

What's so funny?

Nunn was by far the most talented fighter of his era, forget Whitaker. He just ****** his career up his nose

Nunn was better founded than Jones, never off-balance, incredibly smooth and flowing. He didn't have to keep darting in-and-out against Toney, he just stood in front of him and totally outboxed him - more impressively than Jones did even on a weight-drained, near-death Toney

umm if you didnt see how masterful Roys performance was against toney yer just ******ed... ill leave it at that.

[Mike Tyson77]

Roy whooped everyone.