How do you rate Joe Calzaghe's win over Roy Jones? Official Poll!

[Sweet Jesus]

It's funny how much more favorably we'd look at Calzaghe's career if he fought RJJ then Hopkins instead of the other way around.

[cooper5]

I like Calzaghe but it was a meaningless win. Perhaps it hurt being he couldn't knock a shot Jones Jr. out.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I like Calzaghe but it was a meaningless win. Perhaps it hurt being he couldn't knock a shot Jones Jr. out.

He carried Roy for the last few rounds. People complain about the showboating but it was probably a good thing for Roy.

[Kris Silver]

Hopkins is proven still at the top p4p level a few years on.

Yet he couldn't beat an even more past it Roy by a bigger margin than Calzaghe did.

It's not the win itself, it's the performance. Pick a loss of Roy's where he lost so many rounds and by such a big margin. Doesn't exist.

Past it, yes, though.

[Mast]

RJJ was shot when Tarver and Johnson KOed him.

He was beyond shot when Calzaghe beat him. Calzaghe even said all this in his book.

[Earl-Hickey]

Great win, jones was in his prime, Joe took his soul

[daggum]

Great win, jones was in his prime, Joe took his soul

uhhh you forgot calzaghe was no spring chicken himself and didn't even train for the fight because his hands were so busted.

[2120]

i voted meaningless

considering were roy career was at the time its meaningless but everybody in that going in

calzaghe wanted a high profile opponent to go out on and he got roy jones.

regardless calzaghe is a very good fighter

[SN!PER]

Hopkins is proven still at the top p4p level a few years on.

Yet he couldn't beat an even more past it Roy by a bigger margin than Calzaghe did.

And Calzaghe couldn't beat an old Hopkins as dominantly as Roy beat a young Hopkins.

[Wan Long Pong]

I've seen a couple references to this fight today, and I was surprised to see that several posters actully hold this fight in somewhat of a high regard. So, how do you rate Joe Calzaghe's win over Roy Jones and why? Poll to follow, please discuss

You can't take everyone seriously here, Drew.

What amazed me is that when I ran a poll here c.55% of people backed Roy. When I diplomatically questioned this post-bout they said "we were voting with our hearts." wtf???? I don't give a **** about your heart, who's gonna win?


To my mind this was a pure showcase fight, not many steps up from the Manfredo bout. Roy can still look good against C and B grade fighters, but at the highest level the guy is completely and utterly done, and has been for a long, long time.

As far as I was concerned, all Slapsie had to do was turn up. The only surprise for me was that he was nearly KO'd in the first. I didn't expect it to be remotely competitive, and for most of the rounds it wasn't. Roy is done, done, done.