Observations about Roy Jones.

[mathed]

He has lost a lot of his athletic ability but he was so far ahead of everyone else that he's still damn fast. However, his foot speed (which he relied on so much) has slowed to a snail's pace. Even worse, Tarver really and truly ruined his psyche. Mentally, he was never the same.

I agree that he is still at least a b- to b+ fighter and his speed is greater than 90% of most boxers out there and his mind is wrecked as a result of the Tarver KO.

Great post

[illmatickid]

uhhm, i honestly dont think his hands are as fast as they once were,
its just really hard to tell because he is such a gifted athlete that even to this day he still has some of it and those gifts are still better than most boxers...

but i agree with the legs, his legs are DEFINITELY NO WHERE near where they used to be, alotta the fast combinations and the fast straight right leads that he used to land so quick and accurate , all came from his legs, if u watch alotta his highlights in slow motion he puts his legs in with his straight leads which helped propel the punch even more.

and even though hes still fast the number of punches that he throws is nowhere near where they used to be, we used to see 7-8 punch combinations from him, now he only does 1-3 punch combinations , and i dont blame him he's 40,

Reflexes, thats where most of roy's speed was...i remember seeiing his knockdown against reggie johnson, reggie johnson jabbed him and he countered with a left right combination before reggie johnson even pulled his hand back and knock him down...i was definitely like 0__0! when i saw it.. ahaha

[MANGLER]

RJ lost some handspeed. He lost his counterin reflexes, so he's largely reduced to blockin while bein attacked. He's lost his legs also, so no movement from him anymore. He's still gonna beat Lacy's ass tho. I'll be there, and I'll be drinkin hard that nite.

[Dan...]

This is 100 percent accurate here. I'll add that his stamina is not what it once was either.

That is true too I guess, although I was never really that impressed with Roy's stamina even in his prime.