The OFFICIAL who thinks Roy Jones will beat Joe Calzaghe thread?

[Flawless]

For some reason I got Calzaghe to win

[Pugilistic™]

Calzaghe wins UD.

[abadger]

This poll is split 50/50 more or less. I have a long memory.

[Mushashi]

Head says Cal, but my heart says Roy (no ****)

[IMDAZED]

Right.

All of you who are saying that "Roy has the style and skills to beat Joe" - no he doesn't. He might have done once, but now Roy is shot and is a low workrate, cautious boxer with little mobility and even less stamina, and he never had the greatest power at LHW either. He is nowhere even close to the fighter he was. Roy used to have the style and skills to trouble Joe, but not anymore I'm afraid.

If anyone has the style and skills to beat his opponent it is Calzaghe, who as a counterattacking southpaw with excellent stamina is pretty much the embodiment of the type of opponent that Roy Jones, even in his prime, found difficult. Every time Roy has faced an elite southpaw he struggled. Tarver is the best example, but Harding is another good one. As for Joe's workrate and stamina, look what happened when Roy fought Glen Johnson, and I'm not talking about the knockout, just the fact that Roy could not live with Johnson's pace, and this was 4 years ago!

When Roy Jones and Calzaghe fight, Roy is not going to be magically ressurected into the fighter he used to be. All the 'hunger' and 'desire' in the world, all the average opponents and time spent 'recovering' and 'building himself up' can't turn back the clock. Roy is over the hill and Calzaghe is going to beat him convincingly.

In other words, this is your typical Calzaghe opponent.

[abadger]

In other words, this is your typical Calzaghe opponent.

I'm not sure what you mean. If you are suggesting that I always say the same thing about Calzaghe being the most likely to win then please bear in mind that so far, he always has!

If you mean that Roy, like Hopkins is old and that Calzaghe "only fights over the hill fighters", then what about Lacy and Kessler? He fought and beat the two young ranked champs in his division to unify. Now he has moved up to LHW where the guys are older. He still fought the champ and won! Also, Calzaghe is NOT YOUNG. He is almost 37, this is normally considered borderline ancient.

[P4P Opinion]

Just so you people know, if you really think Jones will win, you have to give Calzaghe credit afterwards. You can't say "Roy Jones will whoop Calzaghe, but if he loses he was shot", it doesn't work that way.

If you think Roy wins and he doesn't: Joe gets credit.
If you think Joe wins and he doesn't: Roy gets credit.
If you think Joe wins and you think Roy is shot: no one gets credit.

I won't let any of you get away with it if you're wrong! I'll give Roy his dues if he wins.

[RichCCFC]

I'm not having a go at people who voted for Roy, this is for after the fight when you all try to claim Roy was nothing and you said "Calzaghe was going to own him becuz he's teh oldz!!!"

[hishaam15]

I got Roy on this 1 all the way. Roy still got sumthing to prove and hes gonna prove he can beat Calzaghe. i dont see Clz KOing Roy and i think Roy is too skilled to lose a decision. All the disadvantages are stacked on Joe. Firstly,the fight is gonna be in New York, not Wales. secondly hes fighting at a weight class we havnt seen him perform very well at, hes just a 168 pounder fighting with the extra 7 pounds. thirdly, RJJ isnt gonna be fighting at 170 like he was against Trinidad, hes gonna be fighting at his natural weight he is normally comfortable at. Calzaghe is also going to be more cautious in this fight, as undoubtedly it will be his his toughest, and after being knocked down from Hopkins he knows he cant afford to make the mistake with Roy, so hes gonna be extra careful when hes unloading, especially since his undefeated record is on the line. and also Roy is going to be pumped up for this fight as it is his biggest since Ruiz, and he will train long and hard to win his place in the p4p rankings again.


RJJ has this 1. only way i see him not winning is if the match gets fixed.

[abadger]

I got Roy on this 1 all the way. Roy still got sumthing to prove and hes gonna prove he can beat Calzaghe. i dont see Clz KOing Roy and i think Roy is too skilled to lose a decision. All the disadvantages are stacked on Joe. Firstly,the fight is gonna be in New York, not Wales. secondly hes fighting at a weight class we havnt seen him perform very well at, hes just a 168 pounder fighting with the extra 7 pounds. thirdly, RJJ isnt gonna be fighting at 170 like he was against Trinidad, hes gonna be fighting at his natural weight he is normally comfortable at. Calzaghe is also going to be more cautious in this fight, as undoubtedly it will be his his toughest, and after being knocked down from Hopkins he knows he cant afford to make the mistake with Roy, so hes gonna be extra careful when hes unloading, especially since his undefeated record is on the line. and also Roy is going to be pumped up for this fight as it is his biggest since Ruiz, and he will train long and hard to win his place in the p4p rankings again.


RJJ has this 1. only way i see him not winning is if the match gets fixed.

Calzaghe will be no more cautious against Jones than in any other of his fights. It is exactly how he will win.