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At New York's Madison Square Garden, Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32KOs) got off the deck to dominate and punish Roy Jones Jr. (52-5, 38KOs) for a unanimous twelve round decision. The scores were 118-109, 118-109 and 118-109. [details]
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This fight was pointless right now, it did nothing for Calzaghe... He made roy look like jeff lacy at times, thats how ****ing shot roy is... Embarrasment, I'm a calzaghe fan but didn't expect roy to be this out of it. I know Calzaghe would give prime roy trouble probably with roy winning by close decision in there primes. But still, this was massacre other then the knock down roy got in the first round. -
BBC round by round
It seemed pretty much slam dunk to me but the BBC seemed unsure. Were they just trying to inject some drama? This is the round by round by the BBC's Nabil Hassan:
Round one: Disaster for Calzaghe he's down in the first-round again! A superb right hook from Jones Jr floors the Welshman. He takes a standard eight-count but he looks hurt. He makes it to the bell but is already bloodied and bruised.
Round two: Calzaghe looks rattled as the second round begins. He tries to put together some combinations but they appear to have little affect on Jones Jr. Jones Jr catches Calzaghe again, and worringly for the Welshman he nose begins to pour with blood. It's a bad start for Calzaghe.
Round three: Better from Calzaghe, he regains some composure with his best round of the fight. He catches Jones Jr with a barrage of punches as the Welshman starts to assert himself on the fight. The punches don't appear to be hurting Jones Jr, but Calzaghe is scoring points. There's some priceless showboating from Calzaghe as the bell goes. The pair square up. It's getting feisty.
Round four: Calzaghe has his opponent pinned in the corner for most of the round, but Jones Jr's defence is solid. Jones Jr catches Calzaghe with a superb right-left combination on the bell.
Round five: The pace slows and that suits Jones Jr. He catches Calzaghe with a straight right as the Welshman responds with a flurry of punches. Again he has Jones Jr pinned in the corner, but the American takes the hits and comes back for more. This is a cracking fight.
Round six: Calzaghe starts to work the body of Jones Jr who still looks fresh as a daisy despite his age. Calzaghe stalks Jones Jr around the ring, and it's a familiar sight as the American retreats to the corner. Calzaghe catches Jones Jr with a right hook over the top but the Welshman is caught with an uppercut which rattles the undefeated fighter just before the bell.
Round seven: Calzaghe's best round. Jones Jr started the round well but Calzaghe picks up the pace and batters his opponent. Jones Jr defence starts to weaken and Calzaghe takes advantage with some fine combinations and a couple of shots that rattle his oppoent. Jones Jr is cut and it's a bad cut just above the left eye, the American looks a mess, Calzaghe must take advantage.
Round eight: Jones Jr looks a mess as he comes out for the eighth. Jones Jr can barely see out of his left eye, there is blood everywhere, Calzaghe peppers the area and the cut gets worse. This should be stopped, Calzaghe senses victory and Jones Jr slumps back to his corner as the bell goes.
Round nine: The doctor takes a look, but Jones Jr is passed fit to fight-on, despite the blood. A controversial decision if you ask me, but the fight goes on, Jones Jr is there for the taking and Calzaghe knows it. The Welshman doesn't stop throwing punches in an electric ninth round. Jones Jr's defence is non-existant and Calzaghe lands with some lethal combinations. It's a close fight but it is just starting to swing Calzaghe's way.
Round 10: A cagey 10th round but Jones Jr shows he's still a threat with a decent left hook that catches the Welshman. Calzaghe responds, and Jones Jr looks despondent as the bell goes.
11th and Jones Jr responds with very little. He can hardly see out of his left eye but he catches Calzaghe with a right hand. Jones Jr is still a threat and Calzaghe needs to be careful he doesn't get caught with a lucky punch. An even penultimate round.
Round 11: Two rounds to go. Calzaghe uses his jab to great effect in the
Round 12: Both fighters get a standing ovation as they begin the 12th. It's been a brilliant fight, both boxers are bloodied and battered, the white of Calzaghe's shorts are red with claret, Jones Jr can't see out of his left eye. Jones Jr comes forward and catches Calzaghe with a decent left. Calzaghe turns on the style with a minute remaining, the bell goes, the boxers embrace, an epic fight is over. Has Calzaghe done enough?
0540: He's done it. He's won. All three judges score the fight 118-109.
According to this it only looked like Joe built momentum over the last four or five rounds... What I saw was gradual control being taken from the third.Comment
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Jones on an off-night...
Jones got an early knockdown on Calzaghe in the first round but looked shaky after the second. It was the first time he was seriously cut like he was and managed to finish with the cut. Yet although he was cut, Calzaghe was playing the "Jones Jr' game and style and mocking him at times and even let his hands down but Jones just wouldn't hit him and he wouldn't let his hands loose throughout the fight. Jones will be considered great but he has disappointed many in this fight by not letting his hands go and punch with a significant style like he did early in the fight. This was largely due to the cut that really affected his vision but on the opportunities were Joe was mocking and giving him a chance, he could've probably got in some shots that might've got the crowd on his side more and might have given him some motivation but he will still be a great boxer when looking at his record.Comment
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I dont like to be "that guy" but TOLD YOU
i said if Jones makes it to the final bell without getting ko'd he should be a very proud man and walk with his head up high
you all laughed and said Jones by 8th round ko and whatnot but... told you
damn it feels good
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Calzaghe fights incredibly smart.
He throws pitter pat punches when you're blocking and then once you open up and think it's safe he throws something meaningful.
He switches his rhythm up alot too.
You can't time him often.Comment
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tell me about it buddy. Joe was on fire tonight.
When he went down, I just rolled my eyes and shook my head. He had to put me through all that grief again.Comment
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I knew the first 2-3 rounds would be a bit close and then he wears jones downComment
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Two things, one I predicted Cal would beat RJJ so pay up please. Two, the links were **** tonight and lets hope that sop doesn't block everything for the next PPV.Comment
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I think joes body shots were hard tonight but his other punches were still slaps, what ever works for him. I find him entertaining to watch...
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