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Nueraxis, you're folling yoursel if you think Roy could not have won without Nady. Nady did his job, he kept the fight FAIR. However, Roy could have done a simlar beatdown regardless. He was just too quick and would have moved out of the way enough, as he did in the fight, to win (even w/ another ref). Ruiz was outboxed by guys slower than Jones earlie in his career.
Another thing...Roy knew his limitations, and I doubt he thought Vitali was one of them. I believe he wanted to fight Lennox Lewis, and looking at how Lewis looked at that time vs Klitschko, I would have picked Roy to win. Don't confuse Roy now with Roy before Ruiz.
In addition, let me add that Lewis had nothing to gain by fighting Roy, and nor did Klitschko. They both would get only monetary compensation for their embarassment if they lost to Roy...too much of a risk. Lewis stated his disineterest in a Jones fight on ********* at the time Roy seemed to be interested in that fight.
The statement that Roy avoided the harder punchers is just pure falsehood. Richard Hall, Antonio Tarver, James Toney, Merk Sosa...Hill was way naturally bigger than Roy. All of these guys hit hard and were bigger than Roy.
Roy moved up in weight to fight guys who could hit bigger and harder. That means the punches came harder. Is that hard to understand? Roy never would have been a lighheavy if he did not make the choice to move up and add muscle. If he had not done these things, he could have stayed at middleweight like Hopkins.
People seem to forget that Roy started at 154 lbs.
Nueraxis, you're folling yoursel if you think Roy could not have won without Nady. Nady did his job, he kept the fight FAIR. However, Roy could have done a simlar beatdown regardless. He was just too quick and would have moved out of the way enough, as he did in the fight, to win (even w/ another ref). Ruiz was outboxed by guys slower than Jones earlie in his career.
Another thing...Roy knew his limitations, and I doubt he thought Vitali was one of them. I believe he wanted to fight Lennox Lewis, and looking at how Lewis looked at that time vs Klitschko, I would have picked Roy to win. Don't confuse Roy now with Roy before Ruiz.
In addition, let me add that Lewis had nothing to gain by fighting Roy, and nor did Klitschko. They both would get only monetary compensation for their embarassment if they lost to Roy...too much of a risk. Lewis stated his disineterest in a Jones fight on ********* at the time Roy seemed to be interested in that fight.
The statement that Roy avoided the harder punchers is just pure falsehood. Richard Hall, Antonio Tarver, James Toney, Merk Sosa...Hill was way naturally bigger than Roy. All of these guys hit hard and were bigger than Roy.
Roy moved up in weight to fight guys who could hit bigger and harder. That means the punches came harder. Is that hard to understand? Roy never would have been a lighheavy if he did not make the choice to move up and add muscle. If he had not done these things, he could have stayed at middleweight like Hopkins.
People seem to forget that Roy started at 154 lbs.
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