Three Serious Questions for Roy Jones...

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Im talking about tough fights while he was in his prime or near his prime. Tarver 1 wasn't wasn't too long ago.

To me he didn't show heart in the Tarver fight. He wasn't willing to finish Tarver off or try to finish Tarver off. He truly fought like someone who was afraid to get hit, because he backed off Tarver when he had Tarver dazed against the ropes towards the end of the fight.

Yeah, the weight drain theory, I do think there is some truth to that.

I feel like I have defended my point enough on this topic in the past. But I will do it again. Its the same stuff, you say he has never been in a tough fight. Well he has I have seen Roy in tough fights. How about Jones vs. Tarver I? How about his fight with Mccallum? You say he has no heart. But he did show heart in the Tarver fight. And Tarver is the same age, but Roy had to lose alot of weight after the Ruiz fight and he has been boxing like 15 years. According to boxing fans no one was great. And there "asterisks" galore with every fighters career. It gets a little annoying at times. No offense...

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bump... im curious on what others think on this.

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PS: When I say Jones has faced little adversity in his career, its more a complement to him than an insult. I should have specified that.

Was the Tarver punch in the second round a fluke?

I personally, don't feel he was gunning for one punch to hit Jones in the second fight, because Jones even at his age and with his eroded reflexes was still hard to hit cleanly. And to go for one punch when at the time no one knew about Jone's chin was a very risky strategy because Tarver could have waited the whole fight to land one bomb just to find out Jones can take the punch well.

If he fought Tarver earlier in his career, do you think the outcome would have been different the first fight? Do you think this trilogy happened because Roy's age and eroding reflexes/physical attributes made the two fighters more evenly matched?

I truly can't even guess to be honest, partially because Jones has faced little adversity in his career. And I know that Tarver is very sure of himself, maybe that extra confidence in himself made Tarver feel invincible.... who knows. I just believe most of the fighters Jones fought surely didn't have nearly as much confidence in themselves stepping into the ring with Jones.

Tarver also had experience with Jones as amateurs. Maybe he saw "weak spot" in Jones' fighting then...


Does Roy Jones Jr have "heart"?

This is one of those questions that we can't answer, but we can think about. I truly believe Roy was SO talented throughtout his career. He put so much into relying on his natural gifts. So, as these physical gifts were less and less "gifts" for him as he grew older, a Tarver "upset" was just waiting to happen?

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I say Tarver beats Roy no matter when they fought. He did it twice and deserved a draw the first time. I think Roy's got a little bit of heart but not too much. After all, he did try to get up after Tarver blasted him in the 2nd fight. However, in the 3rd fight that heart just disappeared. I think Roy had an opportunity to be one of the greatest ever and let it slip by not taking chances. He waited too long to get killed by somebody like Tarver.