Jones/Sanders What if???

**jack_the_rippuh** · 07-23-2006, 06:42 PM

Sanders would've won via Murder 1.
Once the southpaw would've landed on Jones it would've been over. Unless Jones could've went the whole fight without getting hit (that's possible too), but I think Sanders would've won by brutal KO.
Sanders would've been another good edition to the golf players, cab drivers, and missionaries fighting for kids in the third world Jones created his career off of.

**AintGottaClue** · 07-23-2006, 06:58 PM

if sanders could hit him with a left its over, but jones is one of them few fighters that u can say "if you can hit him"

**BrooklynBomber** · 07-23-2006, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by pbds

....Can you guys visualize what would have taken place if this one would have come off? Roy was smart and shrewd throughout most of his career, and the decision not to take this fight was a good one at the time. Sanders may have taken his head clean off.

08/11/2003
Jones not completely sold on Sanders fight
By Dan Rafael, USA TODAY
Roy Jones Jr., as savvy a negotiator as he is a prizefighter, hasn't formally committed to fighting Corrie Sanders yet but said he could be persuaded if the price is right.
Jones promoter Murad Muhammad declared the heavyweight title bout a "done deal" last week, but it isn't, Jones told USA TODAY on Saturday night from Miami.

Jones said that though Sanders has signed for a Nov. 8 fight, he still was weighing his options. Jones, who won the WBA title from John Ruiz in March in a historic move up from light heavyweight, said he's not interested in Sanders if he's stripped of his WBO version of the title. Sanders probably would be stripped for facing Jones instead of his mandatory, Lamon Brewster.

"If they strip him there is no real reason to fight him," Jones said. "But maybe I would if the money is right. I need to make way more than (the Ruiz fight) because that wasn't easy. I just made it look easy."

Jones gave away 33 pounds to Ruiz. He'd be at a similar disadvantage against the 6-4, 230-pound Sanders, a faster, harder hitter than Ruiz.

"No title and Ruiz money to fight Sanders? Forget it," said Jones, who was guaranteed $10 million for Ruiz but made much more when the pay-per-view did nearly 600,000 buys, far more than projected. "But if they bring a big bag of money, I'll whip his (butt)."

If he doesn't face Sanders, Jones wants Antonio Tarver, who won two of the light heavyweight belts Jones vacated after beating Ruiz. "That's the fight I'm most enthusiastic about," he said. "We need to fight. We're from the same state (Florida), and they gave him my titles."

Jones said one of his reasons for being so deliberate in deciding about Sanders is because his father, Roy Jones Sr., doesn't like the fight.

"My dad was like, 'Why fight a man like that for the same money they gave you for Ruiz? He's a dangerous guy. You got nothing to prove. If they're not paying you double or triple the money there's no reason,' " said Jones, who still consults his father and ex-trainer despite a strained relationship. "So I'm still in limbo."

If he took fight as lightly as Wlad, he would have ended as Wlad.

**Easy-E** · 07-23-2006, 07:28 PM

Jones would have UD'd him, and easily.
He knew how dangerous Sanders was and would have been fully prepared.

**Azteca** · 07-23-2006, 07:50 PM

jones would of never fought a super-heavyweight.

**maxorido** · 07-23-2006, 07:54 PM

i think jones would have danced and moved around enough to get a UD, especially if they had jay nady as the ref.

**LondonRingRules** · 07-23-2006, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by PBF34

Jones would have UD'd him, and easily.
He knew how dangerous Sanders was and would have been fully prepared.

** Heh, heh, Roy is 1-3 since that story, with one controversial majority win, 2 brutal KO losses, and a loss that should've been stopped via PCI, posing, clueless and intoxicated.

No doubt if Roy wins his next bout against some unknown, you fill up your shorts with what Roy is now.

**Guest** · 07-23-2006, 08:10 PM

Originally posted by jack_the_rippuh

Sanders would've been another good edition to the golf players, cab drivers, and missionaries fighting for kids in the third world Jones created his career off of.

You seem disillusioned with Jones lately, Jack. That last fight was a killer, wasn't it?

I don't see how Jones could have gone 12 rounds without getting hit at least once, though Sanders' footwork wasn't as good as his handspeed, was it?

I still wonder what a prime Roy's chin was like... was it always glass, or was that just age?

**Guest** · 07-23-2006, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by pbds

"My dad was like, 'Why fight a man like that for the same money they gave you for Ruiz? He's a dangerous guy. You got nothing to prove. If they're not paying you double or triple the money there's no reason,' "

This just about says it all. You've got nothing to prove (but you're saying that the guy is a dangerous opponent that could potentially beat you, so surely that means you've got EVERYTHING to prove??) and that a reason for turning it down is because the money isn't right.

I love Roy in a way, but statements like that make me sick to my stomach. I'm sure the mighty dollar is the No.1 motivation for all boxers, but whatever happened to fame and glory in the ring? This thread has lowered my opinion of Jones even further.

Jones/Sanders What if???