How did Roy Jones Jr not get knocked down by this punch from James Toney

[BOLLOCKS]

Seemed like it skimmed him, to me.

I would hazard a guess that it was mostly leather that landed on Jones there, and not so much in the fist department.

Yeah, that too.

[Mr. Philadel]

Because Toney was weight drained, and not in prime condition.

that gets forgotten!!!.....but it's true!!.....Toney was having mad problems makin' weight for the Roy fight!!......as far as the punch......good shot....but NOTHING was on it!!

[VipersThunder]

Around 6:10 into the video. Looks like an incredible shot while Toney had his body turned. Was it cause Roy rolled with the punch or it just didn't hit as cleanly as it looked. Or maybe his chin was just not bad in his prime

It was a glancing blow just like Lampley said. That knockdown was more from a push and being off balance as well.

[-Antonio-]

Wasn't as hard a punch as it looks. If Toney connected witht he left hook he hit Nunn with, we'd be talking.

[bojangles1987]

RJ did not have a bad chin until he had to lose 20 pounds of muscle moving back down from heavyweight. He took some good shots in his prime no problem.

[robjr]

simple. because he didnt have to drop 25 lbs of muscle like he had to after he beat ruiz then had to drop it to go fight tarver. he never fully recovered from that which showed against tarver fights and glen johnson

[Dirk Diggler UK]

He rolled that shot

[jrosales13]

I have a question. I am not going to dispute that the 25lbs of muscle loss. Did not effect Roy in a negative way. But, IMO it sounds like some fans believe the muscle loss was the reason Roy got KO by Tarver. So my question is if that is the reason then why did he not get KO'd by Tarver in the first fight? Or atleast a knockdown in a fight that went 12rds?

[MOTHER DUCKER]

RJ did not have a bad chin until he had to lose 20 pounds of muscle moving back down from heavyweight. He took some good shots in his prime no problem.

Exactly, dunno why people are talking as if Roy had an AMir Khan like chin, cause he got knocked out a couple of times after losing a **** load of muscle??

[The Noose]

Didnt look that big.

Jones took a few big shots in many fights, but took them well. His chin wasnt glass like some people think.