Roy Jones Jr Is Not Making A Comeback!

[abadger]

Calzaghe should look impressive in this fight, more impressive than he did against Hopkins atleast.

I hope Jones will be competitive because otherwise there's no point in even having the fight. He could still counter Joe off the ropes and even drop him, but I can't see him winning at this point.

It will play out something like a more dominant version of Calzaghe v Hopkins, in that Roy will have isolated moments of success and make Calzaghe look bad at points, but Calzaghe will also look much better than he did in that fight and leave no doubt as to wins at the end of the night.

[bsrizpac]

neither of them are exactly in their prime

I'm so sick of this line of Bull****. Calzaghe is WAY closer to his than Roy is to his. Roy is so over the hill he might as well be standing on the other side of K2.Calazaghe fans: stop making excuses for Joe.

[IMDAZED]

Yes he is. I think it has something to do with Roy being a hugely famous legend and the one peer of Calzaghe that throughout his career everyone regarded as the better fighter. It's not a great choice for boxing or Joe's 'legacy' but I can see the romantic appeal of winding up your career in this fashion.

Romantic? As in, make lots of money and pretend it's RJJ in his prime?

Umm...ok.

Following his win over the legend Bernard Hopkins who, a couple months later, is too old...wow, what a legacy.

But hey, if Calzaghe is pleased with it, more power to him. I sure hope that Kessler has a great career in front of him .

[bsrizpac]

It will play out something like a more dominant version of Calzaghe v Hopkins, in that Roy will have isolated moments of success and make Calzaghe look bad at points, but Calzaghe will also look much better than he did in that fight and leave no doubt as to wins at the end of the night.

What's really fascinating here is that if you couple this post and all your posts about Roy being shot, you begin to realize that YOU abadger don't even really believe that Joe would have beaten Roy OR Bernard in their primes.

[bsrizpac]

Romantic? As in, make lots of money and pretend it's RJJ in his prime?

Umm...ok.

Following his win over the legend Bernard Hopkins who, a couple months later, is too old...wow, what a legacy.

But hey, if Calzaghe is pleased with it, more power to him. I sure hope that Kessler has a great career in front of him .

You know that's not what annoys me. Who cares what Joe says/thinks? It's his legion of dumb**** fans, guys like Johnny Rebel and Dirk who think this fight proves who would have won in their primes that makes me shake my head.

AT THE END OF THE DAY....

[abadger]

He's not shot.

We could have a debate about what 'shot' means here. Really, really shot is Mike Tyson in his final fights losing to guys he would have smoked in his prime. Roy isn't quite there yet, he can still win fights against lesser guys, but the fighter we knew is gone so I think 'shot' is not an inaccurate description.

[abadger]

What's really fascinating here is that if you couple this post and all your posts about Roy being shot, you begin to realize that YOU abadger don't even really believe that Joe would have beaten Roy OR Bernard in their primes.

I fail to see how you make that deduction. I think Calzaghe would have beaten prime Hopkins without doubt. Roy Jones I'm not so sure about, Roy Jones was very good.

[bsrizpac]

I fail to see how you make that deduction. I think Calzaghe would have beaten prime Hopkins without doubt. Roy Jones I'm not so sure about, Roy Jones was very good.

you said yourself that he would have beaten Roy jones. You've made several posts about that and threads. Are you flip flopping now?

You say Roy Jones is shot. But that he's capable of making Joe look VERY BAD in small pockets (basically because he's old and shot he can't sustain that like he could in his prime). AKA you think that if Jones could be in his prime he could make Joe look like that for the whole fight. You also mentioned Hopkins in a similar manner.

[abadger]

Romantic? As in, make lots of money and pretend it's RJJ in his prime?

Umm...ok.

Following his win over the legend Bernard Hopkins who, a couple months later, is too old...wow, what a legacy.

But hey, if Calzaghe is pleased with it, more power to him. I sure hope that Kessler has a great career in front of him .

Well, doing it solely for the money is a perfectly feasible explanation too.

I don't know if Calzaghe will be pleased with it, presumably he is since thats what he chose. I'm sure he's fairly proud of his career.

[IMDAZED]

Well, doing it solely for the money is a perfectly feasible explanation too.

I don't know if Calzaghe will be pleased with it, presumably he is since thats what he chose. I'm sure he's fairly proud of his career.

He should be. He's had an excellent career and will one day waltz into the Hall of Fame.

Greatest Super Middle of All Time? Yep (for what it's worth).

All-Time Great? Ehh...Kessler, Lacy and two old men? Methinks not.