All time greats who epitomized the saying 1 great fight left in him:Jones/Tarver 1

[Johnwoo8686]

Roy in his prime was truly a marvel to watch. I feel like he is the least appreciated great out there. In terms of athleticism he may be the greatest fighter ever. He was a force of nature and in his prime could have been competitive with some of the best heavyweights of all time.

[IMDAZED]

My favorite Roy fight. Took a lot out of him too. He took some bombs and remained upright but I think that ruined him.

[therealpugilist]

Roy in his prime was truly a marvel to watch. I feel like he is the least appreciated great out there. In terms of athleticism he may be the greatest fighter ever. He was a force of nature and in his prime could have been competitive with some of the best heavyweights of all time.

Gorilla productions....what happened to him...by far the best tribute and the music... The downfall had me teary eyed

[therealpugilist]

My favorite Roy fight. Took a lot out of him too. He took some bombs and remained upright but I think that ruined him.

The weight drain n pounding he took at that weak state changed his punch resistance forever



Jones in his prime took shots n didn't flinch... Had a good beard n people forget he took his and gave it

[IMDAZED]

The weight drain n pounding he took at that weak state changed his punch resistance forever



Jones in his prime took shots n didn't flinch... Had a good beard n people forget he took his and gave it

Not to mention he was 35+. To take those kinda shots for 12 rounds, particularly downstairs smh. And he took a bomb in the 8th that rivaled the left that floored him in the rematch. How he pulled that out in the championship rounds makes it his most overlooked victory.

[daggum]

people seem to forget after beating ruiz roy dropped back down and beat tarver (one of the best wins of his career) somewhere along the way people have tried to revise history and pretend like he dropped weight and got knocked out straight away. roy should have been even better in the rematch since he had more time to acclimate but he just got caught. don't need to make excuses for that.

[SunSpace]

I feel as if he was done by Tarver I; that fight should've been the sign that he needed to retire. Tarver wouldn't have been able to compete that well with a prime Jones in the first place. Nevertheless, the point is that no one actually beat Roy Jones, except father time. The man was too fast, too strong. Watching his tricks was a thing of beauty.

[old cat]

Roy in his prime was truly a marvel to watch. I feel like he is the least appreciated great out there. In terms of athleticism he may be the greatest fighter ever. He was a force of nature and in his prime could have been competitive with some of the best heavyweights of all time.

GP does great work, I haven't watched that one in a long time. I skipped the part after Ruiz. I am going Christmas shopping with the son-in law and i don't want to be down.

LOL. Crap Roy was a showman. The traps Roy set were freakish, mere mortals get smoked doing that stuff, and he did it to push the action; guys would never have let there hands go if didn't leave the door wide open.

History will be kind to him when he finally retires.

[soul_survivor]

naw....this was Jones last fight he won that truly mattered.....If not for someone named Hopkins, we could've got Tito vs Jones when they were p4p greats between 2001-2003


It was kinda sad watching that fight, both were among my favorites in the 90s....IMO tito never had a chance. The fight was thought of because of how Tito was kicking major ass from 147-160. I was pissed Hopkins won, I bet on him and won some major coin. I was in 11th grade

I mean a last great night for Tito, because he gave a great showing of himself in the Jones fight, against a much bigger man, while Tito clearly wasn't in world class shape. He came in and won his fair share of rounds and toughed it out, when most expected it to be a blow out.

[robertzimmerman]

This fight in my eyes is the biggest win in Jones' illustrious career....As a die hard fan I learned a lot watching the metoric rise and fall of one of the greatest fighters to ever lace up a pair of boxing gloves


I not ashamed to say that in his prime, in my eyes, not based off resume or accomplishment, but in my eyes he was the greatest fighter who ever lived. Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you'd be hard pressed to pick some one as the favorite over Jones from 154-168...175 he didn't have the one punch power but he was definitely more accurate and elusive


I had a bad feeling about this fight when it was signed....I was hoping Jones would stay at heavyweight or go for a title at cruiser...it wasn't meant to be


What I witnessed was Possibly the greatest fighter I've seen take a beating and come back to win......something he never had to do because he was absolutely dominant, even in his 30s


I chose this fight because
A) it proved to me Jones could come from behind to win
b) this was the beginning of the end of Jones being a great fighter
C) We saw a side of Jones we've never had to see and he took some hellacious shots and didn't budge.
d)My son was born the exact day at 2:21pm...I couldn't leave the hospital just to watch the fight so I had to wait for the results. I knew something was wrong when I read Majority decision. When I watched the fight I saw the last of the Roy Jones I grew up on. Its sad he is still fighting today but Its ironic that the day my son was born was the beginning of the end for my hero

this is for my boy uncle Roy

Great post mate.

I agree entirely with everything you've written.

I've always thought that it was Roy's best win. A lot of the time, there's a big difference between a fighters best performance and his best win.

What a lot of people don't realise when looking at the Tarver fight, is that Roy only had a few months to drop that weight. Many people believe he had 8 months, because he fought Tarver in November and he'd beaten Ruiz in March. But they don't realise that Roy still had his HW physique in the summer months, in the hope of securing a mega money HW fight. And when one didn't materialize, he signed to fight Tarver in September.

You can see in the fight that he was absolutely exhausted. If that had been an old 15 round fight, he'd have been in serious trouble. Then if you factor in how fresh and motivated Tarver was, the stylistic problem he presented Roy with, and the fact that Roy made history by reclaiming the LHW belts after winning a version of the HW title, then it was truly a great win.

There'll never be another Roy Jones.