Did Roy Jones duck anyone at SMW?: seperating fact from fiction

[General Zod]

Benn was pretty much the #2 guy behind Roy at 168 for a good few years. Not fighting him was a joke.

Boxing politics unfortunately

[geribeetus]

none of us know who's at fault for those fights not happening, but those guys' legacies aren't the question. we know exactly where most of them stand. roy could've(probably) accomplished a lot more than what he did, whether it's his fault or not. people don't get ranked for their potential. only the names on the resume matter in the end.

[General Zod]

none of us know who's at fault for those fights not happening, but those guys' legacies aren't the question. we know exactly where most of them stand. roy could've(probably) accomplished a lot more than what he did, whether it's his fault or not. people don't get ranked for their potential. only the names on the resume matter in the end.

The post wasnt a condemnation of anyone just me trying to state the facts. If a fighter leaves the sport with money in the bank and his health in check then I have no problem with what ever they did in their career.

[$partacus]

Jones was happy easily defeating lesser fighters that made him look like superman.

[General Zod]

Jones was happy easily defeating lesser fighters that made him look like superman.

Its wanted he wanted to do, the Hall fight was cool though.

[BattlingNelson]

Its wanted he wanted to do, the Hall fight was cool though.

Yeah. Both where juiced.

[catalinul]

No,he didn't duck nobody in my view of ducking.

The politics of boxing deprived us of the fights.

Maybe you could make a case for Rocchigiani with all that WBC **** but even there there were no contracts on the table.

[IMDAZED]

Benn was pretty much the #2 guy behind Roy at 168 for a good few years. Not fighting him was a joke.

Jones was at 168 for less than two years. His title defenses were hilarious but this wasn't a Mayweather foray into 147. He entered the division by taking on the best fighter in it and kicking his a**.

[geribeetus]

The post wasnt a condemnation of anyone just me trying to state the facts. If a fighter leaves the sport with money in the bank and his health in check then I have no problem with what ever they did in their career.

i'm fine with roy's career too. i'm not the one stepping in the ring with hundreds of thousands/millions watching. but i still think everyone would rank him much higher if he'd beaten guys like benn eubank and michalczewski.

[BattlingNelson]

Jones was at 168 for less than two years. His title defenses were hilarious but this wasn't a Mayweather foray into 147. He entered the division by taking on the best fighter in it and kicking his a**.

He fought Thomas in Aug. 1993 at SMW. The last fight was Brannon in Oct. 1996. So you'll have to add more than 50% to your statement of less than 2 years lol.

He did have one fight at 160 when he beat Hopkins in May 1993 though.