Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Eyes Title Run: I Feel Like I'm 27, 28-Years-Old

[Lou Cipher]

Its called HGH. Unfortunately you cant ffight on that outside of Russia . Roid Jones is gonna come home from Russia in a box one day if he doesnt cut this crap out.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Fundamentally I believe that it takes more than reflexes to stop world class boxers from closing the distance and landing their shots consistently. You need to subtly and constantly manipulate the amount of space between you and your opponent. That isn't solely about reflexes, it's a fundamental skill set. Hamed couldn't do that against class opposition, because as you said he didn't have a grasp of the fundamentals.

Plenty of fundamentally sound fighters deteriorated pretty quickly once they were shot. Mayweather and Hopkins have never bulked their bodies up far beyond it's natural size and then dropped the weight back off. A better example would be Chad Dawson who seems to have suffered a similar fate to Roy. He's a very sound boxer, you could even say textbook.

What also comes to my mind when I think of Roy's style and what I see as his unwillingness rather than inability to adapt is that he is a very delusional man. To adapt to decline he would first have to admit to decline. He's just stated that he feels 27 years old and could go on fighting for another 25 years.

1. you make valid points, but roy is almost superhuman when it comes to athletic ability in the ring though, so i think he relied on it, and never became fundamentally sound in the pro ranks

2. Dawson's trouble is that he is totally chin and brain wrecked,, he does everything textbook, but thinking, his ring IQ is very low, plus the ward beating really took something out of him physically, i know the weight did him in, but the damage he took to the brain is something he will never recover from, Roy has never taken a beating like that in his heyday

3. If roy was solid in fundamentals, can you show me the fight where he performed them, because i have seen his whole career unfold and have never seen him use fundamentals like hands up, jabbing to set up shots, etc. All i have ever seen him do is use his amazing speed and reflexes and ring IQ to dismantle guys, but once he was done, he had no fundamentals to fall back on, and his career sunk quicker than a rock

[HAY-B]

He may feel like he is in his twenties but his reflexes and movement match his age. RJJ is my favorite fighter and I really don't want to see him hurt. I wish he would call it a career and ride off into the sunset with all his faculties.

[LoadedWraps]

Come on, Roy!!!

Snap out of it.

Thank you. Know when to call it quits.

[LoadedWraps]

Can someone just please give him a shiny belt with an oversize buckle so he can go sit quietly by the window? We're tryin' to read real boxing news over here.

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[El Fenomeno]

Has he set himself a goal that he's slurring by the age of 50?

[MBE]

Serious question fellas roy jones vs anderson silva in a boxing match who do you have?

I really don't know a great deal on MMA. Started getting into it a few years ago when boxing was on the slide, but was put off by that ridiculous lesner/valesquez brawl.

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

lol!! damn roy cmon on man I know you love it but chill out just spar in the gym and stay in shape helping young fighters learn that would be great!

[Bretty Poy32]

its time for reed to talk to jones jr

[Bigg Rigg]

Roy needs to stop it! Lol nobody even takes this guy serious anymore when it comes to boxing. He needs to just work with HBO and retire!!!