Did Roy Jones Jr Always Have Relatively Low Punch Resistance?

[BoxCleva]

Did a prime Roy Jones Jr always have a low punch resistance but used his extraordinary skills to avoid being hit hard? Or did his punch resistance only get diminshed through age/weight jumping?

[ThePunchingBag]

I believe the correct words are.... Shot as a mothafcka.

[araindon]

See...nobody really knows? He never got hit, he was so damn quick and his reflexes were on another level....no one hit him properly so it could be he had a great chin and that coming from Heavyweight down to Light Heavyweight after beating Ruiz ****ed him up.....or it could be that his chin always ****** and that he just never got hit?? Your guess is as good as mine.

[RayLeonard82]

I think prime Roy just never got hit hard. His inability to take a good shot was always a weakness. Kinda makes you wonder had he taken on power punchers like michaelzeski. Im sure i spelled that wrong

[Spray_resistant]

Its really hard to say as he was not hit very cleanly often when he was younger but was legitimately kd by Lou DeValle.....in I think 98.

[boxasmash]

Seems like it now.

[SplitSecond]

he took solid punchez like nothin in his prime

[hugh grant]

Its obvious he never had a good chin. Its not like his chin has got weak by taking continued punishment is it. He never got hit hardly and that was talked about all the time that he didnt get hit.

When he did get hit he was knocked out big time.

[SplitSecond]

Its obvious he never had a good chin. Its not like his chin has got weak by taking continued punishment is it. He never got hit hardly and that was talked about all the time that he didnt get hit.

When he did get hit he was knocked out big time.

playing with your weight, eventualy coming in weight drained, has a toll on the body foo'

[boxasmash]

Honestly, this loss is a big hit for Jones. More so than anyone else. Knocked out 3 times? How many great fighters did that happen to in such a manner?