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

[Mr. Philadel]

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

damn I wish I could give you some more green bro....I wasn't a die hard Roy fan because I knew he and BHop would eventually fight again and Hop is my ace!!...so I just admired Roy from a far and YES, he's the BEST I've EVER seen in my lifetime...hands down!!

[PivotandRoll]

TBH I kinda outgrown Roy....He was the guy who got me into boxing..

I loved his speed and ****iness and elusiveness. But now I don't even enjoy his highlights half as much as say James Toney's for example...Roy just did so many things wrong.. Watching him leap across the ring with a badly thrown looping punch just doesn't do it for me any more.. Still can't deny his greatness.

Jones vs Eubank, Watson, Benn, Collins....fights I would have loved to see

[therealpugilist]

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.

you can say that again

[therealpugilist]

TBH I kinda outgrown Roy....He was the guy who got me into boxing..

I loved his speed and ****iness and elusiveness. But now I don't even enjoy his highlights half as much as say James Toney's for example...Roy just did so many things wrong.. Watching him leap across the ring with a badly thrown looping punch just doesn't do it for me any more.. Still can't deny his greatness.

Jones vs Eubank, Watson, Benn, Collins....fights I would have loved to see

wouldve been nice