Has Roy Jones been ducking like people say?

[vze2hhvj]

well what do oyu think would happen, he makes his own fights, would oyu make a hard fight for yourself?

[too quick eddie]

hey bro u seem coo jus because u said he's still 2 damm fast like me lol...or w/e u said it wuz coo

but the truth is jones fought alot of gr8 fighters

hopkins,toney,ruiz etc etc

but he did dodge sum fights but only because he's a smart guy

he knos his style and he knos who 2 fight


ROY JONES 4 EVA

ohh ya and the fact that he came back after a year off

and fought sum1 who knocked him out cold

should tell u that he's not afraid 2 fight any1

[moy22487]

he beat an undeveloped b-hop and found ways to avoid him for a couple of years, he was smart but sometimes that could make you look like a coward. he did fight after a year off but we saw what happend there. tarver was not that good and only got recognizion because he showed that anybody can go down with one good punch.

[Verstyle]

hey bro u seem coo jus because u said he's still 2 damm fast like me lol...or w/e u said it wuz coo

but the truth is jones fought alot of gr8 fighters

hopkins,toney,ruiz etc etc

but he did dodge sum fights but only because he's a smart guy

he knos his style and he knos who 2 fight


ROY JONES 4 EVA

ohh ya and the fact that he came back after a year off

and fought sum1 who knocked him out cold

should tell u that he's not afraid 2 fight any1

u used great and ruiz in the same sentence. i am absolutly sure u didnt mean it. dont worry i forgive u

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

after escaping with the victory in the first tarver fight, he could have easily not fight him again but he did. roy jones ducked no 1

It's funny how people seem to forget that Roy Jones Junior tried to have Tarver removed as WBC mandatory challenger after their 1st fight, saying that Tarver was, "not a worthy challenger"... But the WBC stuck with Tarver, and forced RJJ to defend against Tarver in his next fight or be stripped.

Roy Jones got knocked out in the rematch.

Tarver had all the nicest words in the World to say about the WBC after that, for not letting Roy Jones get away with it again up untill Tarver had to make his 1st defence and he chose Glen Johnson. ---> He got stripped.

Boxing politics... LOL!...

[Dirt E Gomez]

Did RJJ duck competition... not so much. I think the bigger thing is he does as most fighters do in this era of boxing, take a fight you can win and keep it up. I don't think he really felt obligated to fight anybody, nor was he running scared. He chose to take low risk fights and please crowds with his skills rather than take a big fight with lots of risk but only a mediocre reward. RJJ was a great fighter, and probably could've taken Benn, Eubank, etc... but the world will never know for sure. They would've been great fights though.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

Well Tarver lost the fight so at that time he should have been moved. But Roy fought him again. Anywho...

The question was did Roy duck MANY fighters. The answer is a flat out no. It amused me when people say Roy ducked ppl like Jirov and McClellan, when Jirov wasn't even in the same weight class and McClellan's career was ended right b4 they were to fight each other. When Benn won vs G-man, he was done. He was never the same and proved this by losing to Thulane Malinga, who Roy dominated and KO'd easily.

Additionally, only a fool or a Brit would say Roy ducked Eubank. Eubank wouldn't give Roy a title shot when Roy was coming up. As a result, when Roy was on top, he did not give an aging Eubank a shot either. Eubank ****ed that one up.

As far as Dariusz goes...he was content fighting only in Germany and being heralded there. No one would or should rightfully expect RJJ to fight in Germany, period. Those that do just wanted to see him lose. Also, Roy was robbed of Olympic gold in foreign territory in 1988 which forever tainted the chance of him fighting abroad. In any case, most Americans fight in America as do most top notch fighters so it would be foolish to criticze Roy for staying in the U.S. which has many neutral sites to have a match.

So no, Benn, Eubank, Dariusz, Jirov, and G-man were not ducked. Those that say he ducked them are gripping onto the slim chance they might have had to beat Roy or just flat out lying.

Ruiz wasn't the best champ ever, but he had good wins going into the bout with Roy and 50% of the media/fans picked Ruiz to KO Jones. Anyone who faults Roy for taking a fight vs a bigger champ instead of fighting Lewis, a man who is 6'5'' and 250 lbs is obviously a hater, period. No one says Ruiz was THE champ, but he was a champ and the win was a good one. PPl who hate on Roy for fighting him are just mad cuz they wanted to see him get KO'd vs Lennox Lewis.

Next.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

Another note. Whoever it was that said Roy found a way to avoid Hopkins should learn to watch boxing or read the websites. Roy offered Hopkins a rematch in 2002 and Hopkins turned it down, feeling a 60-40 split with the p4p king was not good enough. Hops would have made the most money of his life at that point vs Roy (6$ million) and he flat out did not take it.

Get lost with that BS.

[theclawoftheTiger]

I remember watching RJJs fights on Eurosport back in the day (Percy Harris, Malinga etc) when people were saying that he might the guy who could beat Benn or Eubank .. but Sugar Boy was causing RJJ lots of problems and I dont think that immature version of RJJ would of been smart enough to beat Eubank (Eubank outpoints him) and I think he would of rushed in too much against Benn as RJJ did back then (big mistake against Benn) .. but around 1994/95/96 he would of outpointed Benn and Eubank every time (with the possible exception of the Benn that fought GMAN) ..

[Moschino045]

RJJ ducked nobody really, there IS actualy always a valid excuse for each world class fighter around his weights, honest! RJJ was gonna fight Mcclellan if he beat Benn, gonna fight Benn if Mcclellan didnt get hurt, gonna fight Nunn if he beat Rocky, gonna fight DM if he went to U.S, gonna fight Vander if he beat Ruiz, its a shame that the fights didnt come off nd maybe RJJ is pissed about it & was unlucky about not getting the comp.