How exactly do you defeat Roy Jones Jr in his absolute prime?

[HitmanTommy]

Yer well when you put it like that then maybe not cause ya need a special kinda fighter to beat Roy in his prime.
Maybe a Hybrid Porter/Madiana style but with the strength of Bertebeiz. lol

That is rare..... I suppose a fighter like that can be found at the lower weights due to their high constant punch output. Most likely below 130.

But good luck finding someone like that that will keep up a high intensity at super middle LOL

[BLASTER1]

That is rare..... I suppose a fighter like that can be found at the lower weights due to their high constant punch output. Most likely below 130.

But good luck finding someone like that that will keep up a high intensity at super middle LOL

Thats true.
Thats why Roy was so good in his prime because he was unbeatable in his prime.
One of the best to ever do it..

[SN!PER]

Hagler would've given him a good fight, but he was a decade too early.

[sbbigmike]

What type of gameplan/strategy would need to be implemented?

Watching bhop 2 I see Roy was just matched up well in his prime.... Roy had superb footspeed but just speed alone he had no understanding of angles, distance and timing just darting in and out with his speed...The way to beat a prime Roy was to press him and keep him boxed in off the front lead foot, being that Roy didn't jab everything to worry about thereafter was lunging shots which could be controlled with timing and angles as Roy had little understanding of the front lead foot...Roy couldn't get around the front lead and a jab to distract his lunging, off tape Roy reacts to every paw and every feint when squared away on the front, foot, exactly why Tarver bothered him and timed him...And tarver wasn't on the Roy bhop level imo

Control Roy c class footwork and you could control him prime or not... the boy don't even know how to move his feet and spin off the ropes

[sbbigmike]

Lennox "the lion" lewis would be a lock. Mythological he matches up to maybe yes maybe no every fighter in or out his weight class when he was still around, after John ruiz win albeit.

Roy was razor sharp for ruiz, he might've beat lennox.....it's Tyson who should've stayed away from at heavy, comical that Roy at 50 chooses to get his soul discombobulated by Mike

[HitmanTommy]

Roy was razor sharp for ruiz, he might've beat lennox.....it's Tyson who should've stayed away from at heavy, comical that Roy at 50 chooses to get his soul discombobulated by Mike

I don't know why so many people were saying that Jones could beat Tyson in 03.

Yeah if Roy could weather the storm of the first 4 to 5 rounds he could win it, but I just don't see any way that he could have withstood that type of barrage.

It's a good thing that fight didn't happen. That would have been ugly.

[sbbigmike]

I don't know why so many people were saying that Jones could beat Tyson in 03.

Yeah if Roy could weather the storm of the first 4 to 5 rounds he could win it, but I just don't see any way that he could have withstood that type of barrage.

It's a good thing that fight didn't happen. That would have been ugly.

Even in the worst ass whooping of tysons life vs lennox, lennox was dragged into a dog fight, and Tyson landed some of those ko shots too, every other Tyson loss it could be questioned whether Tyson quit or stop trying

[sbbigmike]

I don't know why so many people were saying that Jones could beat Tyson in 03.

Yeah if Roy could weather the storm of the first 4 to 5 rounds he could win it, but I just don't see any way that he could have withstood that type of barrage.

It's a good thing that fight didn't happen. That would have been ugly.

Roy can't even spin off the ropes vs 200 pounds straight up n down russian jobbers... Tyson has that rare footwork, rare athleticism, that Manny shyt

[Vinnykin]

I believe there was a point in Roy Jones career where he was unbeatable......

Just watch him in his absolute prime, it's a thing of beauty, and one of the reasons I got invested in the sport.

Roy Jones is the GOAT when he was in his prime.

[sbbigmike]

Hagler would've given him a good fight, but he was a decade too early.

I think bhop would've beat him in there primes, I saw a old bhop do whatever he wanted to vs Roy, a old bhop and his whimsical movements dancing, feinting and mystifying Roy.....no mention of the 100 hand combo bhop dropped Roy with after the bell ROFL....off that fight alone made me question prime Roy skillset