If Roy Jones Jr. Kept This Up...

[Mr. Ryan]

In the third fight with Tarver, perhaps history would look more kindly upon him in 30-40 years. I remember watching this and just thinking how far superior an athlete Jones was and just being perplexed as to why he just couldn't string his punches together consistently. He looked like he had no interest in pushing any advantages against Tarver.

You can see clearly on atleast two occasions Jones has Tarver hurt against the ropes and he just backs off.

[MANGLER]

RJ just plain ain't feel like fightin in that fight. He coulda beaten Tarver if he felt like it. That **** was sad to watch.

[Mr. Ryan]

RJ just plain ain't feel like fightin in that fight. He coulda beaten Tarver if he felt like it. That **** was sad to watch.

Same with Calzaghe, Jones was such a superior fighter and athlete to Calzaghe but just didn't have the killer instinct in him that was a staple of his game early on.

[Young Mike]

He couldn't use roids forever thats why he couldn't keep that up.

[street bully]

That fight pissed me off. Jones didn't show any heart.

[Magician]

RJ was messed up ever since he went from heavyweight down to middleweight? He sat in a sauna all day from what I've heard. It messed him up psychically.

[-EX-]

Yeah he could look somewhat like old Roy...until his gas tank got low again...

He doesn't have the legs to keep that up...

[Young Mike]

Once you get older those muscles tend serve more like weights. That affects your ability no matter how much heart you have.

[βetamax]

Random observation...

I wonder if there is some type of rule being broke when Jones touched his shoe. Something could have transferred from his shoe to his glove making his glove more capable of causing scratches or cuts. Of course that's the reason the ref wipes off the gloves if they touch the canvas.

[-GR -]

You can only destroy your body for so long before it catches up.