Tweet
lol
Wow...so why didn't DM fight those guys if Roy has to? You love DM so much but hold him to a lesser standard which shows me that you do not think DM is as good as Roy.
1) Sanders...No one wanted to see this fight. Roy cannot duck a man who is fat, out of shape, and isn't in Roy's weight class. Roy only fought at heavyweight to get a belt, and everyone knows that. Sanders couldn't even beat Ruiz if they fought.
2) Jirov...again, 2 totally different weight class. You can't just pick random guys and say that Roy ducked them. Roy and Jirov were in negotiations, and then bigger fish came along with Ruiz and his belt. Do you understand the term "ducking" at all?
3) Benn...Benn fought not one single fight in his last 6 years of boxing in the United States...all were in Europe. What makes you think Benn even wanted to fight Roy? Benn was also a very dirty fighter and almost killed his best friend in the ring so no wonder it might be true that Roy didn't want to share a ring with Benn and his tactics. Benn lost to THULANE MALINGA who Roy DESTROYED. When Benn and Roy were in the same weight class, Benn was KO'd twice by Steve Collins.
4) McClellan...best friends rarely fight each other. Look at Zab and Floyd. Floyd don't want to fight Zab, and vice versa, it's just a matter of principle. In rare cases friends fight each other, but you can't say Roy ducked Gerald because they were best friends and maybethey would have fought if Gerald wasn't almost killed in his fight with Benn.
5) Julian Jackson and Roy's histories don't even cross much. Roy didn't have that many fights by the time Jackson was already 10 years in the game. Jackson got KO'd in his biggest fights and that's his own fault (except against Terry Noris). You can't blame Roy for Jackson getting KO'd and having started his career way before Roy started his.
6) DM...bull****, plain and simple. DM was not considered the champ, and should have been willing to go to the U.S. to fight Roy. German judges have been horrible even to this day, and anyone can see why Roy wouldn't fight DM in his own backyard. DM's unwillingness to travel pretty much shows how serious he was in wanting to fight Roy. His ridiculous undefeated record probably would never have happened had he fought Roy in his prime. Roy wasn't ducking a challenge, Dm just wasn't seeking one.
7) Michael Nunn...lost to Toney, who Jones dominated. Had a close fight with Merqui Sosa, who Jones KO'd in 2 rounds. Nunn also was not a realsupermiddleweight or even a lightheavyweight. He weighed in the 180's and 190's long before Roy did. He was simply not in the same weightclass. He almost always outweighed his opponents. Nunn was made the challenger to Roy by the WBC even though in his 4 previous fights he weighed in at 186, 175, 191, and 186. He even went all the way up to 196 shortly thereafter.
8) Rock...Rock was illegally stripped of championship status, but you can't blame Roy for that. Blame the WBC. Between 1996 and 2000 (around when they were in the same class) Rock fought a whopping 5 times. 2 were losses to DM and in his only "significant" win he beat 35 yr-old Nunn by split decision.
Sanders, Jirov, Benn, McClellan, Jackson, Michalczewski, Nunn, Rocchigiani to name a few.
1) Sanders...No one wanted to see this fight. Roy cannot duck a man who is fat, out of shape, and isn't in Roy's weight class. Roy only fought at heavyweight to get a belt, and everyone knows that. Sanders couldn't even beat Ruiz if they fought.
2) Jirov...again, 2 totally different weight class. You can't just pick random guys and say that Roy ducked them. Roy and Jirov were in negotiations, and then bigger fish came along with Ruiz and his belt. Do you understand the term "ducking" at all?
3) Benn...Benn fought not one single fight in his last 6 years of boxing in the United States...all were in Europe. What makes you think Benn even wanted to fight Roy? Benn was also a very dirty fighter and almost killed his best friend in the ring so no wonder it might be true that Roy didn't want to share a ring with Benn and his tactics. Benn lost to THULANE MALINGA who Roy DESTROYED. When Benn and Roy were in the same weight class, Benn was KO'd twice by Steve Collins.
4) McClellan...best friends rarely fight each other. Look at Zab and Floyd. Floyd don't want to fight Zab, and vice versa, it's just a matter of principle. In rare cases friends fight each other, but you can't say Roy ducked Gerald because they were best friends and maybethey would have fought if Gerald wasn't almost killed in his fight with Benn.
5) Julian Jackson and Roy's histories don't even cross much. Roy didn't have that many fights by the time Jackson was already 10 years in the game. Jackson got KO'd in his biggest fights and that's his own fault (except against Terry Noris). You can't blame Roy for Jackson getting KO'd and having started his career way before Roy started his.
6) DM...bull****, plain and simple. DM was not considered the champ, and should have been willing to go to the U.S. to fight Roy. German judges have been horrible even to this day, and anyone can see why Roy wouldn't fight DM in his own backyard. DM's unwillingness to travel pretty much shows how serious he was in wanting to fight Roy. His ridiculous undefeated record probably would never have happened had he fought Roy in his prime. Roy wasn't ducking a challenge, Dm just wasn't seeking one.
7) Michael Nunn...lost to Toney, who Jones dominated. Had a close fight with Merqui Sosa, who Jones KO'd in 2 rounds. Nunn also was not a realsupermiddleweight or even a lightheavyweight. He weighed in the 180's and 190's long before Roy did. He was simply not in the same weightclass. He almost always outweighed his opponents. Nunn was made the challenger to Roy by the WBC even though in his 4 previous fights he weighed in at 186, 175, 191, and 186. He even went all the way up to 196 shortly thereafter.
8) Rock...Rock was illegally stripped of championship status, but you can't blame Roy for that. Blame the WBC. Between 1996 and 2000 (around when they were in the same class) Rock fought a whopping 5 times. 2 were losses to DM and in his only "significant" win he beat 35 yr-old Nunn by split decision.
Comment