The Whole Issue of Ducking in Boxing

[HaglerSteelChin]

Sure they fought more often back in the day. Still you can question the choices some fighters make. It's in their selection of opponents you see their colour.

Here's a post I made on Roy Jones:

I think alot of the fighters that Jones didnt fight were in Europe. I think Collins was the guy that i think would have given him the most trouble. I do agree that he should have tried to get atleast two of the big 4 europeans under his belt Benn, Collins, Eubank, and Dariusz. The Benn thing comes down to who you believe? Some say Benn asked for too much money. But after the Mclellenan fight many feared that Benn would rabbit punch in the UK and get away with it. Dariusz lost to Gonzalez a guy that Jones did beat. He also gave these guys their first loss Griffin, Harding, Toney, and Gonzalez. He also gave Hopkins his only Middleweight loss in a 12 and half year span. Jones also became the first MW to beat a HW champ in nearly a century.

Nowadays, we have 17 divisions instead of 8 and guys are not fighting every month anymore so of course they will leave names off their resumes.

[kenso]

Jones also became the first MW to beat a HW champ in nearly a century.

hopkins will be the second!

[BattlingNelson]

I'd say it was worse back then, at least for the avoided fighters. Look at how many title shots Ezzard Charles got at 175. None. And he did so much work there, he's considered the greatest ever at that division. Or how long it took for Archie Moore to finally get his shot. The Black Murderers Row, Sam Langford, Harry Wills.

Not just black fighters. It also took pretty long for Jake LaMotta to get a title shot. He tanked a fight.

That's true. That's the other side of the coin. The ducked. That species is as old as boxing itself. It's true that most of them where black fighters but there was whites as well. Packey Macfarland for instance.

[General Zod]

I think alot of the fighters that Jones didnt fight were in Europe. I think Collins was the guy that i think would have given him the most trouble.

I think Eubanks would of given him the most trouble

I do agree that he should have tried to get atleast two of the big 4 europeans under his belt Benn, Collins, Eubank, and Dariusz. The Benn thing comes down to who you believe? Some say Benn asked for too much money.

Jones blames it on Don king, Benn has never publicy said why that fight fell through

But after the Mclellenan fight many feared that Benn would rabbit punch in the UK and get away with it.

Benn was willing to fight Jones in America

Dariusz lost to Gonzalez a guy that Jones did beat. He also gave these guys their first loss Griffin, Harding, Toney, and Gonzalez. He also gave Hopkins his only Middleweight loss in a 12 and half year span. Jones also became the first MW to beat a HW champ in nearly a century.

Nowadays, we have 17 divisions instead of 8 and guys are not fighting every month anymore so of course they will leave names off their resumes.

Jones should of fought Darius M instead, it would of been a great win on his resume