What Kind Of Boxer Is Roy Jones?

[abadger]

Ummm...he was at his BEST going backward.

Explain....

[Zerwas1]

Who's Roy Jones Jr and where is he from? Where can I watch some of his fights? Can mayweather or margarito beat him? How about a prime Vargas?

haha that was a good one

[IMDAZED]

Explain....

He said so himself, for starters.

Two, he was a natural counterpuncher who was at his best when you were the aggressor. In fact, Jones spent about 75% of his time (in his prime) going backwards, walking his opponents into big shots.

Jones in his prime struggled against BOXERS, particularly patient counterpunchers - Eric Harding, Montell Griffin, etc. Guys who were aggressive usually got KO'ed quick (Sosa, Brannon, etc). In his prime, he woulda ate up a guy like Glen Johnson for breakfast. But someone like Antonio Tarver would've always given him problems.

[abadger]

He said so himself, for starters.

Two, he was a natural counterpuncher who was at his best when you were the aggressor. In fact, Jones spent about 75% of his time (in his prime) going backwards, walking his opponents into big shots.

Jones in his prime struggled against BOXERS, particularly patient counterpunchers - Eric Harding, Montell Griffin, etc. Guys who were aggressive usually got KO'ed quick (Sosa, Brannon, etc). In his prime, he woulda ate up a guy like Glen Johnson for breakfast. But someone like Antonio Tarver would've always given him problems.

I agree with most of what you say. I'm just not sure that Roy's type of counterpunching really involved 'going backwards'. Surely most of the time it was more a case of allowing his opponent to make the first move and countering before the guys punch even got close to landing? He was so good at it that his opponents rarely laid any leather on him and forced him to box truly defensively, in the face of a sustained assault. I would say Roy simply waited for openings to attack.

[IMDAZED]

I agree with most of what you say. I'm just not sure that Roy's type of counterpunching really involved 'going backwards'. Surely most of the time it was more a case of allowing his opponent to make the first move and countering before the guys punch even got close to landing? He was so good at it that his opponents rarely laid any leather on him and forced him to box truly defensively, in the face of a sustained assault. I would say Roy simply waited for openings to attack.

I've already answered the question - he spent most of his time going backwards, whether he was counterpunching or not. Why not check his old fights?