Tarver RUINED Jones ..it wasnt the weight...

[mikeyh1015]

LOL, u know nothing of boxing

[Heavy Bag]

I belive the weight played a big part. The cut back down to 175lb, was just a incredible struggle for Roy. Especailly when he didn't nearly any fat on him at HW.

Muscle is so much harder to cut than fat. Roy's body had been completey zapped. He was never the same fighter after the Ruiz fight.

Credit to Tarver, but I always thought he certainly got Roy Jones Jr at the right time.

[Frank Ducketts]

Roy's body was clearly not the same. If you look at him you can clearly see it. Tarver was a good fighter who was the rigth place at the right time witht he right motivation. This fight had so much depth to it....You had a guy in Jones who couldnt enjoy his biggest win (Heavyweight Championship) Tarver harrasses him in the postfight press conference.....Roy wants to fight Mike or Evander those fights fall through and he keeps the date and fights Tarver....the prefight interview showed a terrible looking Jones with Larry Merchant....he barely wins a decision but did not show any of the signature flash and his only clean punches were shots to the body....In the rematch Jones pressed the action but he looked soft in the body but still did not show the signature handspeed and reflexes.....The Tarver punch was not a lucky punch he attempted to throw that punch about seven times in the fight...The thought was to sling with the gunslinger Tarver's was straighter and shorter....The legend got knocked out and hasn't been the same since. Tarver deserves credit for ruining Jones to an extent but he didn't get prime Jones but you know what he was the first to really get the best of Roy ever. Griffin and Mc Callum frustrated him but with Tarver we saw the human version of Roy.


Prime Roy Toys with Tarver all the way to a Ud. The same way Dawson did

Good post. Tarver more or less shocked us. Tarver didn't ruin Jones. The move up and down from heavy debilitated his body, and at age 34 fighting or a hw title, and age 35 defending and beating Tarver should have been enough...

[SplitSecond]

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