Could Anthony Joshua beat Prime Roy Jones Jr?

[JasonBoxing]

Jones won a version of the heavyweight title by beating a poor champion. He never even considered fighting the real heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. AJ would knock out Ruiz in a round or two and he would do the same to Roy Jones. Jones doesn't have the punching power to bother AJ and he couldn't hold AJ off.

But once again Roy could and often does set traps. Think of the hunter trapping a much larger bear or lion or jaguar. Roy's true genius lies in his ability to comprehend what exactly will happen in the next few minutes not just the next few seconds. Joshua is a great fighter but Roy was a legendary one. The greatness of Roy lies in trap setting against larger fighters like Ruiz. And he could definitley trap Joshua.

[HandsofIron]

I politely disagree. Jones had the hand speed and the heart to compensate for a 50 pound weight disadvantage. Roy was great at setting traps and counter punching. He knocked out Griffin with a great trap. Joshua as good as he is could be walking into this all night long. I'm not saying Roy wins but could be a true toss up

The size advantage would be too great for RJ to overcome.
Just one punch from AJ would send RJ flying into the stands.

[Sadiqkingofko]

Vlad is not much its the new era of the big men and most cant really fight, if and that's a big if Jones can box and not get hit for 12 rounds he can out box most HWs as they very slow with their size compared to the 220 pounders of years gone by.

They good Heavies but I don't think they could touch a prime Ali etc.

Joshua has skills, he was out boxing Wlad for the first 4 rounds, Jones wouldn't be able to land a punch due to reach advantage, Joshua would litteraly kill Jones if he lands that uppercut he landed on Wlad

[bluepete]

The only way Jones wins is if he can get in and out of Joshuas huge reach without getting hit once, and never gets in a clinch. How can he do that. Never seen it done in any fight. He never fought a big punching superheavy. Thank God.

[richardt]

I see this as a fight where Joshua could make a lot of mistakes and win but if Jones made one mistake, it would be over. It is asking too much for a natural 168 pound fighter to go up against a super heavyweight.

[One Of A Kind]

Stop this madness

[LacedUp]

I politely disagree. Jones had the hand speed and the heart to compensate for a 50 pound weight disadvantage. Roy was great at setting traps and counter punching. He knocked out Griffin with a great trap. Joshua as good as he is could be walking into this all night long. I'm not saying Roy wins but could be a true toss up

More like a 70 lbs disadvantage, and no he doesn't.

[Reloaded]

Joshua has skills, he was out boxing Wlad for the first 4 rounds, Jones wouldn't be able to land a punch due to reach advantage, Joshua would litteraly kill Jones if he lands that uppercut he landed on Wlad

Do you realize how slow AJ would be, like a mongoose and a sloth.

I agree if he landed solid he would KO Roy, the thing is can he catch Roy. Go and watch Floyd vs Baldomir and ask your self could Roy be that evasive slick with AJ.

[Butt stuff]

Gonna be hard for Jones to overcome the size, Ruiz was big but do-able due to his style and relatively comparable size.

Roy Jones
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Reach 74 in (188 cm)

John Ruiz
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Reach 78 in (198 cm)

Anthony Joshua
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Reach 82 in (208 cm)

Jones also was caught in clinches with Ruiz. That only would need to happen once with Joshua and he would let rip. Anyone else notice how thudding Joshua's body punches were whilst Wlad was holding him? Plus the uppercut combination he ripped to close the show.

Jones is no doubt an ATG and Joshua will never be able to attain that same greatness, but I would think 10 times out of 10 he would destroy Jones, just too big a gap.

If a great small man loses to a good big man, then how does a great small man do against a good gigantic man?

[sunny31]

Jones is walking too much of a tightrope in this one, it might take Joshua a little while to find him, but he will eventually.