Roy Jones emulates everything wrong with boxing

[Slipx]

Roy Jones was/is a boxing caricature, and hall-of-famer.

Trouble is, he's overshadowed everything he's accomplished by continuing to be ridiculous. Not the the Hamed ring-entrance type ridicule, but another more constant form of ridiculous attitude toward his opponents, the sport, and more recently his own legacy. I'm very glad the sport can now move ahead without the likes of him. What did he actually bring to this game?

QUESTION .... when you hear somebody say something like "Jones was/is my favorite fighter?" What do you say to them? I usually say nothing, 'cause I figure a true fight fan does not choose Jones to represent.

Munn, I noticed your custom title says 'Canuck' .if you are in vancouver I was wondering if you could give me the lowdown on the general attitude about the NHL crap going on? I was in Vancouver for 15 months last year, I miss it, I remember how gung ho everyone was about hockey there, can't imagine how pissed the general population must be about it. Hockey today in vanocouver is like boxing was in new york in the 1930's, it was like 'the sport' everyone went to the fights, etc.

were there any riots or anything?

[Truth]

Theres not many fighters who get praised on this site, its usually how they ruined boxing.(ex. Tyson, Jones, Judah on and on)

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

leonard snorted *******, duran was an alcholic and ali refused to fight for his own country. im a big fan of all these guys but trying to say that anyone is perfect for the sport is just ******. the roy haters are just thrashing him with everything in the book now that hes vunerable to be critisized, he was a great fighter and deserves to be mentioned in the "same breath" with a hell of alot more great fighters than shown here. let the man retire in peace.

This should be the end of it. If you want to blame Roy for his behavior, you can blame Ali first, because all this hot-dogging started with him a long time ago.

In truth, neither should be blamed and you should all get over yourselves. We've been over this a million times, and to say Roy only fought 2-3 fighters of note is BS, plain and simple.

I don't agree with everything Roy says as a commentator or as a peson, but he is a good human being and you would know that if you were as clos to him as we are here in Pensacola.

For the record, I like the Klitschkos more than any heavyweights out there, as well as Roy.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Maybe Ruiz and Tarver I did a bigger number on him than some people think..

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

Not Ruiz. I believe Jones could take a punch well and that's why he did well in that fight, along with speed. After he lost that muscle mass he did permanent damage to his body, on some scale, and the subsequent Tarver fights were what messed up his head and it's ability to withstand punches. Also, Roy would be able to take thes punches better if he had never come back down frm heavy and especially if he was still 33, 32, or 27.

Alas, that is not the case. We've all said our goodbyes to Roy as we knew him, so let's get rid of this thread now. Goodbye shoulda been said already months ago.

[Moon]

Hockey today in vanocouver is like boxing was in new york in the 1930's .......

Not too many people are stressed about the lockout, except if you are working a concession or providing some other kind of support to the NHL, or if you sling beer near the rink.

The NHL situation has proved one thing for sure, Hockey in Canada is not the NHL. There's a revival of interest in the Juniors and it's great to see the coverage. The junior scene is more popular than ever and the NHL'ers aren't terribly missed.

Now, back to RJJ ...... maybe not.

[Neuraxis]

Was this really worth bringing back?

[Slipx]

Quick question about Leonard's ******* habit:

Did he only do it after he was finished with boxing for good, or did he admit to using it while training?

If he admitted to training with it, that's ****ed up, I lost all respect for him

[aand]

Is Jones going back or is he permanently retired?

[+= El Jefe=+]

I got this off another site. I thought it summed up my point of view quite nicely.

"You can't deny his talents but his outside the ring behavior for the last decade defined everything that is wrong with the sport of boxing. This man lied to the fans, spoiled many potential fights, and acted as though he was untouchable. He routinely acted like he was bigger than the sport and made it clear that in order for him to fight any legitimate threat, said threat would have to bend over backwards and make a load of sacrifices just to get the fight. He also consistently went out of his way to belittle, insult, and call out people he had no intention of fighting.

For some reason, fight fans accepted this garbage and even promoted it. They felt like Roy Jones could go around fighting obviously inferior competition without testing himself and he could just retain his p4p title no matter what. They gave him the pass because they foolishly thought he was unbeatable, so it didn't matter who he fought because he would beat everyone anyway. Of course this was ridiculous, but it mattered little in the eyes of many fans and members of the media.

Finally, we see why he avoided tough competition for so long. He went nearly a decade without fighting anyone who presented a challenge, and he got KTFO twice. Yes his reflexes have diminished, but that doesn't mean his chin just became tappable overnight. The chin was always there, it's just that he avoided top flight fighters for so long, and so many of his opponents were intimidated by him that they didn't really try to tap his chin, it never got tested. Is there really any question now as to why he didn't want to fight Michalczewski? Why he backed out of the Jirov fight with the contract signed by Jirov? Why he backed out of the Buster Douglas fight when the contract signed by Douglas? No. He might have been harder to hit, but that questionable chin was always there. (He forgot to mention Sanders)

Roy Jones was a great athletic talent but he was terrible for the sport in many ways. You don't deserve to be mentioned in the breath of greats like Hagler, Robinson, Leonard, Duran, Ali, and so forth when you refuse to test yourself and fight the best. This guy was bad for the sport of boxing and all I can say is good riddance. Glen Johnson was the best choice to flush Jones' career. Glen Johnson exemplifies everything that's good about the sport of boxing, he is the anti-Jones."

i dont agree %100
but good article man