The Truth Of Why Roy Jones Lost

[FistoftheDallasStar]

Jones really doesn't have anything to prove anymore. He's been champ for so long but he's getting older and his reflexes are just not there. Not only that but didn't Roy just look bored when he was fighting Johnson. It just seemed like he was going through the motions from the 3rd round on until he got decked. Boxing is not a sport you can half step with even with Roy's talent.

[phallus]

Jack tha rippuh, i agree with you on this:

I think the biggest problem came from Roy not being able to develop another attribute after his speed and reflexes started declining.

Had RJJ depended on great technique, a stiff jab, keeping his gloves up, his career could have lasted a lot longer... Also after so many years of the media saying he was superman and didn't have to do the things normal fighters do, he started believing it. When he saw that he couldn't compete at heavyweight, i think the last of his real desire to compete flushed down the toilet, after you're the WBA hw champ it's a real bummer to go back down and face Tarver because you find out you can't unify the titles at heavyweight

[DAX]

The Truth of Why Roy Jones Lost

I have always told anybody that would listen that Jones was the most overrated fighter of his time. Jones makes mistakes most amateurs wouldn't. But he got away with it because of his speed and because his oponents for the most part were second raters. Hopkins was nowhere near his prime when he fought Jones, he was still very inexperienced. Toney was weight weakened. Does anybody out there really believe in their wildest dreams that Toney would not flatten Roy Jones today (or before he fought Tarver the 1st time?) As fo Virgil Hill, he wasn't doing too badly despite the fact that he was past his prime until he got hit by a freaky shot that broke his ribs. Getting hit "just right" in the short ribs will wreck anybody, just ask ODH!
Ring Magazine had an interesting article on the subject of Roy Jones invincibility, "Ten Fighters Who Would Have Kicked Roy Jones Ass". Some of those mentioned were Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Bob Foster. I'd also like to add Willie Pastrano, who would have given him a boxing lesson, Harold Johnson, Michael Spinks and possibly Bob Satterfield, the most dangerous puncher of the bunch. And there are several others like Billy Conn and
Hary Kid Matthews.
Jones has been exposed as a fighter who has a first rate china chin. The first time he got clocked, his career was over!

[drh]

I have always told anybody that would listen that Jones was the most overrated fighter of his time. Jones makes mistakes most amateurs wouldn't. But he got away with it because of his speed and because his oponents for the most part were second raters. Hopkins was nowhere near his prime when he fought Jones, he was still very inexperienced. Toney was weight weakened. Does anybody out there really believe in their wildest dreams that Toney would not flatten Roy Jones today (or before he fought Tarver the 1st time?) As fo Virgil Hill, he wasn't doing too badly despite the fact that he was past his prime until he got hit by a freaky shot that broke his ribs. Getting hit "just right" in the short ribs will wreck anybody, just ask ODH!
Ring Magazine had an interesting article on the subject of Roy Jones invincibility, "Ten Fighters Who Would Have Kicked Roy Jones Ass". Some of those mentioned were Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Bob Foster. I'd also like to add Willie Pastrano, who would have given him a boxing lesson, Harold Johnson, Michael Spinks and possibly Bob Satterfield, the most dangerous puncher of the bunch. And there are several others like Billy Conn and
Hary Kid Matthews.
Jones has been exposed as a fighter who has a first rate china chin. The first time he got clocked, his career was over!

BS!

Hopkins hits him with 4 or 5 perfectly timed overhand rights, and Roy took them fine.

He's not hungry anymore, and shouldn't fight again unless he becomes hungry.

Give him some credit, he played with Toney and Hopkins. Weight loss is a BS excuse for Toney, and Hopkins was a very good fighter way back then.

[Slipx]

poor roy.

if he would've made the simple choice to not move up in weight class and stay around the mid-sized fighters he would still be undefeated.

[jedihillis]

Jones is finished. He needs to get out now before he gets totally destroyed morally.

[rocco1252]

The strategy that Tarver and Johnson had were similiar yes but Tarver is a much better boxer than Johnson but with alot less power. Jones got hit by just plain old fasion bombs! His reflex's were alot less slower plus with all the recient weight activity playing factor come on, I mean this guy was the best in the division for many years the only people who would challenge him were the low class fighters who wanted to show what they had, they knew they werent going to win but noone in the division at the time big really would fight him. I see Jones as a great fighter who always fought, was known as the greatest p4p fighter of our era and he got old. He deserves a come back he took time off if he stayed in shape take a fight back then go to Tarver and redeem yourself against Johnson and retire. He has to fight a rubber match against Tarver if atleast to get back his true fans who left him after another loss.

[dansweeney]

No that would pretty much make him a fraud. Why would a fraud get props?

Fraud? kind of like the 2 losers you have in your avatar buddy?