40 years old. WOW. The guy is superhuman..

[Crazylegs77]

This fight was more exciting then Bernard vs Wright/Tarvar/Taylor II put together

It was actually a good fight,and Roys speed and the way he put together punches impressed me alot,and the corner work did too,the way he knew what he was doing and pointing out the mistakes he could see,he was inteligent in the corner

I agree, thought JOnes put on an entertaining performance. He dusted off some of his old combos.

[restless_438]

Jones just turned 39, so he's not 40 yet, he also beat a former welterweight that been washed for years.

Lets not get carried away with this fight, Hopkins is the Freak of Nature, not Jones.

Hopkins at the age of 42 dominated the best light heavyweight in the world and also won a close fight against the P4P #2.

exactly.. remember all the predictions from people going into that one?? almost all for Tarver

[jcarr71]

It wasn't that Roy won, it was how crisp he looked when he was on offense. Roy has lost almost all of his movement on defense and probably some of his timing, but somehow his raw handspeed at 39 is still the same as it ever was. It is incredible. I don't think we'll see Jones KO'd again for the record. His new old man stand still and catch defensive style is actually going to be better in that sense. He was horrible defensively in the past and just dodged punches on physical ability. Now he actually blocks them so he probably won't get KO'd. The problem is that opponents can score with judges against Roy now and he can be beat by decision more easily. Calzaghe would beat him by a fairly wide marging too at that.

[Benny Leonard]

i'm gonna watch it again in better quality this week but i seriously doubt its as impressive as the performance Bernard Hopkins put together against Antonio Tarver.. that was just amazing to see with your own eyes..

I wasn't impresed. Tarver was clearly deflated from the weight-loss, just like Roy was. It was a "what goes around comes around" example (since Tarver didn't believe what Roy said about losing muscle weight in a short time hurts you).

[GunStar]

exactly.. remember all the predictions from people going into that one?? almost all for Tarver

Yup and I was one of them.

[ironmt]

Roy was simply amazing.Yeah I know It was over a middleweight fighter but you have to give Roy all the credit In the world for the stamina he has at 40 years old.If you did not know his age you would have thought you were watching a 30 year old Roy Jones(Roy could have fought an additional 5 rounds).He also has a tremendous defense as most of the punches Tito threw hit Roys gloves.Last but not least Is Roys speed,he Is still lightning fast and by far the fastest boxer In his division.The negative things that Roy showed once again tonight as he did In the Tarver fights were laying on the ropes and dropping his hands which will certainly catch up with him as It did In the past.As far as Tito goes he certainly Is not shot and could still make a nice living fighting at a lower weight class.

[CUFreeze]

wow you guys are pathetic.

You can't even admit that for a 40 year athlete (ok 39 jeez) he is amazing.

No he is not the guy he was years ago and no he cannot beat everyone out there right now. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. You should have all watched what he did tonight in amazment. 40 years old and that kind of handspeed and physical shape is just a freak of nature.

[MikeBrew328]

Bernard uses great boxing technique, great defense, but his reflexes, if he had his hands down all the time, are nowhere near Roy's.

You don't need great reflexes if you have a great based defense.

Roy doesn't throw his jab enough, and his reflexes aren't what they used to be.

Bernard Hopkins stops Roy Jones.

[restless_438]

wow you guys are pathetic.

You can't even admit that for a 40 year athlete (ok 39 jeez) he is amazing.

No he is not the guy he was years ago and no he cannot beat everyone out there right now. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. You should have all watched what he did tonight in amazment. 40 years old and that kind of handspeed and physical shape is just a freak of nature.

I didn't say Jones turned in a "bad" performance tonight.. he did look good from what i could see.. he can prepared to fight and you could tell he still keeps himself in great shape and it should be a model for other boxers as they get deeper into their careerse

however, his performance tonight against this Tito Trinidad who hadn't fought in 3 YEARS(!!) didn't warrant as much acclaim as Bernard's performance against the 24-3 light heavyweight champion at the time, Antonio Tarver who was coming off his 2nd win against who? Jones Jr.

[CUFreeze]

Restless- again...you are the one that brought Bernard in this thread. I simply said that roy for his age is a freak. can you not even admit that?

(btw as you know they already fought in their primes...and...welll....you know)