Roy Jones Jr would beat Bernard Hopkins Jr today

[MANGLER]

If they fought now I'd go wit Bhop. He's got more left than RJ.

[djtmal]

jones has the style to outpoint any version of hopkins, but at this stage roy lost the snap on his punches and his lateral movement is gone. just can't step on the gas enough to wear hopkins down. couldn't do it with tarver in the third fight.

[nathan_nall]

It just depends on which Hopkins shows up, the "old man" or his "son". The Hopkins work rate against Pavlik would school RJJ. The Hopkins that fought Taylor I and II, and especially Wright might stand a chance of losing to RJJ. I think the chance is slim, but it could happen. At his level now, RJJ is going to have trouble with fighters throwing 75-100 punches a round. But someone like Bernard, who spends the first 6 rounds planning his first punch, then throws it in the 7th round, might give Jones time to get cofortable in his fight plan.

[Korega]

****m Richardson said it best. Roy Jones possesses natural raw talent, but he's no student of the sport like Hopkins or Mosley. I dare to say Mosley is a better student than Roy. Talent goes with age, and you gotta learn to adapt to the circumstances, because of all these young lions coming in...or else folks like Jones will find themselves out of the Pride. B.hop has manage to adapt with tricks of the trade, and still stay relevant, so he tops Roy who had the better talent as far as HOF or ATG goes.



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[Live Dog]

RJJ is one of the most physically gifted fighers of all time but he is not an intelligent fighter. When the physicals gifts started to erode and Roy was asked to put together an actual strategy he became an average figher.

****m Richardson said it best. Roy Jones possesses natural raw talent, but he's no student of the sport like Hopkins or Mosley. I dare to say Mosley is a better student than Roy.

****m is a smart man.

[Chase8400]

lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!who was the last person calzaghe even wobbled.....

Oh, you think because he hasn't wobbled Jones or B-hop that he cannot hit harder than Hopkins. B-hop wasn't hurting guys @ 160 and has yet to score a KO in 5 years. His last was against Oscar, who was a welterweight. Hell he didn't even hurt Oscar to the head. LOL.

[larryx]

Oh, you think because he hasn't wobbled Jones or B-hop that he cannot hit harder than Hopkins. B-hop wasn't hurting guys @ 160 and has yet to score a KO in 5 years against Osrar, who was a welterweight. Hell he didn't even hurt Oscar to the head. LOL.

he has ko people at 160....what hopkins were you watching homie????calzaghe hasnt hurt anyone in years...hopkins had pavlik ready to go at 44..calzaghe punches are laughable..hopkins has way more power

[Live Dog]

Oh, you think because he hasn't wobbled Jones or B-hop that he cannot hit harder than Hopkins. B-hop wasn't hurting guys @ 160 and has yet to score a KO in 5 years against Osrar, who was a welterweight. Hell he didn't even hurt Oscar to the head. LOL.

Calzaghe throws "slapping" punches on purpose. They are not meant to be hard shots. Therefor, BHop hits harder then Joe.

[Xyei]

I like how Roy Jones gets a lot of doubters now after losing to Calzaghe, the #1 LHW today. Is it because Calzaghe beat Jones by a wider margain than Hopkins?

Styles make fights and Hopkins isn't going to come at Jones throwing 1000 punches, they will fight at a much slower pace and Jones has much better handspeed, power and even reflexes than Hopkins today. Hopkins has the edge in footwork and defence but I can see Roy outpointing him, even today.

Roy has not been the same since he came back down from Heavyweight but I think he's better now than he was in the Tarver and Johnson fights (he took the Johnson fight too soon after being KOed) and he could easily have won the third Tarver fight if he actually tryed. He was unimpressive against the two journeymen he fought but I put that down to not training with as much desire because he impressed me loads in the Trinidad fight (even Tito impressed me) and parts of the Calzaghe fight. If Roy is motivated he could beat Bernard, even today.

Styles make fights.

The only reason you say this is because Calzaghe beat Jones much worse than he did Hopkins. The Hopkins fight was a close competitive fight where as the Jones fight was not.

Go lick Calzaghe's ******* somewhere else.

[Chase8400]

truth hurts

So does dillusions.............