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I don't think Roy Jones is shot yet. I think he's just been brought back down to earth, he can be hit now so he has to bring a better approach in future fights. I can't lie it hurt to see that fight because you could see the hope in Jones eyes in that 1st round just to have it all shattered for 11 rounds after that. I fully respect and support Calzaghe, I would've won had I bet money but I still feel for Jones, for many years now he's been one of my favorite fighters deservingly his conditioning just caught up to him is all..
if this fight took place anywhere from 8-10 years ago when it was supposed to happen Jones would've killed Joe. he would've knocked him out, I'm sure of this because joe is not hard to hit and doesn't punch half as much when you give him odd angles and quick, HARD punches to the mug. to beat Joe you either gotta out punch him or confuse the **** stains off his trunks and back then Roy was physically gifted enough to do so, now however he is nowhere near there but since we grew so used to seeing him invincible once he stops performing at that level he's shot.. but in this case he's not.
long story short Roy still has pop in his punches he just needs to never stop throwing, he does a lot of movement with no throwing and he purposely backs himself into a corner and just stays there not throwing punches and just moving around. to win you must land punches and Roy wont ever do that if he's not throwing any shots. real talk though if Roy just can bring more aggression over 12 rounds he'll be good. I'm talking about REAL aggression too u know attacking fiercely at his opponents, he can do that still even though it wont ever be as good as before.
people think he's shot because he's on a losing page in his Boxing book but think about it, he went 12 HARD rounds with Joe Calzaghe and didn't even drop, he drops Joe regardless how and actually stunned him. he dealt well with the cut and continued fighting it's just time caught up with him and against Joe Calzaghe you can't afford that to happen. Hopkins looked better because styles makes fights, his philly shell stance is designed to slip punches, it's a hunched in kind of style where all you do is roll around and you can sort of deflect punches while being in position to throw your own. Jones however has a more open style, he keeps his hands low, he pulls straight back and a lot of times he's on the defensive, a style where back in the day due to his physical gifts he was able to get away with that but now he can't because he doesn't have enough behind it.
the styles determind the fight with Joe, they both dropped him in the 1st round and both ended up losing pretty bad being hit more than they have ever been hit before in a prize fight. the problem here isn't Roy Jones Jr though it's Joe Calzaghe, his punch rate makes it look a whole lot worse than what it was but in truth I was actually impressed by Jones, to finish a fight against a guy like that after taking such a brutal beating showed his heart. if he comes back better prepared he can do something against other fighters.. I'm sure Chad Dawson would like a piece of Roy just to add that name to his list.
if this fight took place anywhere from 8-10 years ago when it was supposed to happen Jones would've killed Joe. he would've knocked him out, I'm sure of this because joe is not hard to hit and doesn't punch half as much when you give him odd angles and quick, HARD punches to the mug. to beat Joe you either gotta out punch him or confuse the **** stains off his trunks and back then Roy was physically gifted enough to do so, now however he is nowhere near there but since we grew so used to seeing him invincible once he stops performing at that level he's shot.. but in this case he's not.
long story short Roy still has pop in his punches he just needs to never stop throwing, he does a lot of movement with no throwing and he purposely backs himself into a corner and just stays there not throwing punches and just moving around. to win you must land punches and Roy wont ever do that if he's not throwing any shots. real talk though if Roy just can bring more aggression over 12 rounds he'll be good. I'm talking about REAL aggression too u know attacking fiercely at his opponents, he can do that still even though it wont ever be as good as before.
people think he's shot because he's on a losing page in his Boxing book but think about it, he went 12 HARD rounds with Joe Calzaghe and didn't even drop, he drops Joe regardless how and actually stunned him. he dealt well with the cut and continued fighting it's just time caught up with him and against Joe Calzaghe you can't afford that to happen. Hopkins looked better because styles makes fights, his philly shell stance is designed to slip punches, it's a hunched in kind of style where all you do is roll around and you can sort of deflect punches while being in position to throw your own. Jones however has a more open style, he keeps his hands low, he pulls straight back and a lot of times he's on the defensive, a style where back in the day due to his physical gifts he was able to get away with that but now he can't because he doesn't have enough behind it.
the styles determind the fight with Joe, they both dropped him in the 1st round and both ended up losing pretty bad being hit more than they have ever been hit before in a prize fight. the problem here isn't Roy Jones Jr though it's Joe Calzaghe, his punch rate makes it look a whole lot worse than what it was but in truth I was actually impressed by Jones, to finish a fight against a guy like that after taking such a brutal beating showed his heart. if he comes back better prepared he can do something against other fighters.. I'm sure Chad Dawson would like a piece of Roy just to add that name to his list.
Anyway, theres enough 'Jones vs Calzaghe' threads.
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