Roy Jones...Not the smartest man alive..

[Njord777]

OP wrote "resigerent," not resurgent.

Yeah, I saw that, I took that as him mishearing Roy - but its entirely possible he mixed up the words resurgent and resilient into a new word.

Classic confabulation.

[M Bison]

Tarver, Hopkins, and Malignaggi are all better on the mic than Roy.

That said, I'll take Roy over Lennox Lewis or George Foreman any day of the week.

Add Jim Watt to that list as well useless bum sniffing twat, I don't rate Roy as the best commentator but he trumps most of those guys.

Weren't people having a go at Max Kellerman a few days back for having a disagreeing with Roy Jones jr in a fight?
Max might not be a pro fighter and sometimes Roy might know from personal experience but trust me I'd rather listen to Max.

[VG_Addict]

I agree that Paulie gives better insight. Just listen to how he explains how Maidana set up the left hook that floored Broner.

[M Bison]

Perhaps I'm just bitter because Roy Jones was very rude to me when I had the chance to meet him a few years back. But...

I just got around to watching the Luis Rosa-Luis Del Valle fight from this past weekend.

Roy Jones was calling the fight, and was going on & on describing how Del Valle was able to absorb lots of punishment & always come back fighting hard in his fight against Darchinyan. He would explain how he expected nothing less from Del Valle in this fight, because he proved to be "resigerent" ....? He made up his own word. The word he was looking for: resilient ...

My goodness. This reminded me of when he didn't know the different between compassion & passion during the Pacquiao-Bradley broadcast...Jim Lampley had to explain the difference to him the same way I would have to explain the difference to my niece that is in third grade.

I respect Roy Jones as a boxer, and look at his ring accomplishments with profound admiration, but I'm really not impressed with his work as an announcer. He never really says anything very insightful, and constantly displays an immense lack of vocabulary. Obviously, I wouldn't necessarily expect much sophistication coming from him, because he is there for his boxing insight, but he fails to impress me in that regard as well. I'm much more impressed with Paulie Malignaggi's work as an announcer. I would even say that Andre Ward does a much better job than him.

Roy isn't as bad as Lennox Lewis was (my goodness), but he is pretty bad...

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Resigerent - Whatever **** it means yo!

[ELPacman]

I like Jones commentary. He gives lots of little details that the average viewer wouldn't pick up on unless you know from first hand experience. That's why I think they should always have an actual boxer sitting down with the commentators to fill in that gap of knowledge missing. On the other hand, having personality and actual commentating ability is another thing.

Lennox Lewis made my ears bleed over and over and over and over and over until I just wanted to leave my TV on mute until the broadcast was over. He said some of the most obvious and dullest ***** a commentator could possibly come up with.

For some reason George Foreman I thought brought class to the show even if he didn't say the brightest things either.

With that said, I enjoy Max Kellerman as a commentator because I think he can relate to the fans better as him being one. He asks the questions we would probably ask during interviews and spitting out similar things during a fight that we can acknowledge behind our own TV.

[D-MiZe]

Jim Lampley: So it looks Malignaggi is using his jab to great effect, Roy.
Roy Jones: Yes, Malignaggi is using his jab to great effect.


He repeats whatever the other commentator(s) say but re-words, 9 times out o' fuckin' ten.

[Citizen Koba]

RJJ - 'smarter than the average bear'.

[ELPacman]

Jim Lampley: So it looks Malignaggi is using his jab to great effect, Roy.
Roy Jones: Yes, Malignaggi is using his jab to great effect.


He repeats whatever the other commentator(s) say but re-words, 9 times out o' fuckin' ten.

Hahaha, you picked up on that too? Well, at least when Jones does talk about what is actually going on in the ring, he sounds highly knowledgeable. Not much else beyond that, lol.
Oh wait, his pre-fight analyst isn't all that bad either. Of course it's rehearsed but it does help him look better.

[M Bison]

RJJ - 'smarter than the average bear'.

Who has the most impressive schlong though?
Amir Khan or RJJ jr?

[Njord777]

Hahaha, you picked up on that too? Well, at least when Jones does talk about what is actually going on in the ring, he sounds highly knowledgeable. Not much else beyond that, lol.
Oh wait, his pre-fight analyst isn't all that bad either. Of course it's rehearsed but it does help him look better.

How about Atlas?

"This guy reminds me of someone cooking in the kitchen. But what happens when you're in the kitchen? You gotta watch out for the HEAT. Because if you don't watch out for the HEAT the kids are eating burnt chicken for dinner..."

Oh. Um. Yeah. Alright Teddy. I like your excitement?