Why Didn't Rjj Fight The Brits?

[Shanus]

oh bloody hell.....not this again.

The brits refused to fight out of UK.....and why wud RJJ, the undisputed £4£ number 1 come to the UK for a fight? The brits never even talked much bout fighting RJJ - in an interview benn admitted that rjj was a level above

Plus jones fought guys like hopkins, toney and virgil hill who were all better than the brits.

Saying that - a young nigel benn cud well have KO'd RJJ.....RJJ was too slick for collins and the eubank fight wud be one of the classiest fights u ever see, with RJJ getting a close decision imo.

Eubank would have beat Virgil and Hopkins at that point.

[JuicyJuice]

prime hopkins out boxes them as he did to tito.

Trinidad was a blown-up welterweight, he tried the shoulder roll with Hopkins but just wasn't strong enough. And that wasn't Hopkins in his prime, by the way.

PRIME Hopkins (1990's) could of beaten Eubank with relentless pressure and hurtful punching, he had a vicious radar and constant, mean, accurate shots. But he would of risked being caught by Eubank's right hand, so I suppose it would be a matter of chance. I wouldn't fancy his chances against Nigel Benn though! And no version of Hopkins would of had much hope against Calzaghe.

[Easy-E]

I don't think anybody in history could of KO'd Eubank.

And Eubank has the style to beat Toney. Calzaghe also has a style that would beat Toney.

eubank, perhaps.
joe c?
no way.

[elgaringo]

eubank, perhaps.
joe c?
no way.

I believe if you put Eubank and Calzaghe together in their prime Calzaghe wins! It would have been a closer fight but a UD for Calzaghe nevertheless! No matter what you say, the evidence is there Calzaghe is the most complete, rounded and probably the best fighter Britain has ever produced!!!

[JuicyJuice]

I believe if you put Eubank and Calzaghe together in their prime Calzaghe wins! It would have been a closer fight but a UD for Calzaghe nevertheless! No matter what you say, the evidence is there Calzaghe is the most complete, rounded and probably the best fighter Britain has ever produced!!!

Eubank was asked a few years back what would of happened if Calzaghe had fought him five years earlier and Eubank said "Probably stopped him, possibly knocked him out, but I wouldn't of beaten him on points unless he wanted to play cat and mouse..I'd of bashed him up abit more though."

[ROSEWOOD]

In 1995, The British Super Middleweights Took A Clean Swipe At The Pba Awards......

1995 Fighter Of The Year: Nigel Benn

1995 Fight Of The Year: Chris Eubank/steve Collins I

1995 'young' Fighter Of The Year: Joe Calzaghe


At That Time Rjj Was At His Peak, I Doubt Anybody Could Of Beaten Rjj At His Peak But Those Brits Were Better Competition Than Byrd, Pazienze, Thornton, Lucas, And Brannons Weren'tthey?

Hell, maybe he thought they ******...who know..Roy never really fought anyone..

[The Wire]

It's a shame that Jones didnt take more chances with his career. He was surely good enough to win most of those fights out there and then we could look back at his career knowing exactly how good he was instead of just wondering whether he was a protected fighter. The only guy he beat that was any good was Hopkins - Toney was so weight drained he could barely stand up. And Hopkins wasnt in his prime yet. I think he could have beaten most other fighters, but we'll just never know

[JuicyJuice]

It's a shame that Jones didnt take more chances with his career. He was surely good enough to win most of those fights out there and then we could look back at his career knowing exactly how good he was instead of just wondering whether he was a protected fighter. The only guy he beat that was any good was Hopkins - Toney was so weight drained he could barely stand up. And Hopkins wasnt in his prime yet. I think he could have beaten most other fighters, but we'll just never know

The list of fighters that Jones Jr DIDNT fight is the stuff of Hall of Fame!

[eazy_mas]

probably Roy Jones was self-promoter and was very bad promoter so he cant get fights in britian but if went with bob arum then i think it would have happened

[Newbienewbridge]

Its true Joe Calzaghe was calling out Roy Jones Junior in 1995-1996.