Did droping back down to light heavy weight take something out of him. Should he have just stayed at heavyweight.
2007-05-25 05:29:57 · 7 answers · asked by EdTheFed 3 in Sports ➔ Boxing
Roy Jones was never anything great. He was a real good fighter but NEVER FOUGHT ANYBODY!!! He was an oppertunist. If he wanted to be the Heavyweight Champion... fine, but he should have taken on the Heavyweight Champion of the time, Lennox Lewis. Instead he took on some no talent bum who lost a fight and had a draw against a washed up Holyfield. The fight he did "win" against Holyfield, I felt, was a bad decision. Furthermore, the WBA belt was stripped from Lewis and given to the winner of the guy Lewis beat twice (Holyfield) and a guy who couldn't last 19 seconds against Tua (Ruiz) who Lewis also beat (Tua that is). Point is you can't lose what you never had. Jones was an oppertunist, not a warrior. I remember he fought a school teacher, a NY policeman, and a mail man for 3 of his fights in a row while he was "pound for pound champ". PLEASE!!! Give me a break. Here's what happened. He got old, careless and over comfident fighting nobodys for millions of dollars. His head got real big as his skills deteriorated and everyone and their cousin said he was the best and he believed it. He fought Ruiz and thought he accomplished something big. Then moved down and fought a guy who can take a punch (unlike Ruiz) and who fought full time (unlike the mailman, police man, and teacher). Now he knows what I always said, he is just average. He lost his over confidence and is nothing now. If he fought Price Habu Jabbi or whatever his name is when he had a title, people would still think he is great. That division was so messed up, it's like Oleg Maskiev or Shannon Briggs running around talking about being the best fighter ever... come on. Jones was never anything secial.
2007-05-29 03:13:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that losing the weight that he did wore him out and it showed it the later rounds of his first fight with Tarver. Then the 2nd fight, he didn't want to be there, (because he didn't want to fight Tarver in the first place, but wanted to shut him up and went ahead with it anyway,) and Tarver, who has heavy hands, caught Roy and knocked him out, plain and simple. I believe that if Roy would have taken either a.) an easier fight on his next fight or b.) taken MORE time off after his knockout loss to Tarver, then fought Johnson, he would have been better off. I'm not saying that the outcome would have been different, but it would have been better for Roy. Anyway, he fought the fight with Johnson too soon and again he got caught. Those 2 knockouts really did something to Roy Jones Jr. and sped up his aging process and/or slowing down his reaction time/speed/boxing ability. Roy Jones Jr., no matter what people say about him, is still arguably the best pound for pound boxer of all time. Roy need to train harder than he has ever trained for his upcoming fight this July 14th, then continue training and make a deal with either Jermain Taylor or Bernard Hopkins, then fight the other. Then go out in style, like he deserves to!!
2007-05-25 12:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by tonydgr8 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I may be the biggest Roy Jones Jr. fan on the face of the earth!!!!
But....
I have always said that losing the 25 pounds of muscle killed him. His body is different now. At 199
he was muscular, huge fast and strong.
But if you look at him after that he seems weak, I mean in the first Tarver fight and then the two KO losses, he just lost something...
If you have a great wooden bridge, reinforce it with steel it become better, but then later remove the steel, the bridge won't be as sturdy as it once was....
Yes, i agree, Roy did something to his body moving up and back, and he may NEVER fix it...
Keep Your Hands Up!!!!
Big Nate Dog
2007-05-25 20:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Big Nate Dog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats exactly what I was thinking about his decline. Although I think he had no choice but to go back down because eventually he would had to fight a dangerous fighter at heavyweight. Or maybe he could have made the cruiserweight division a little more popular if he would have fought at 190.
2007-05-25 20:47:30 · answer #4 · answered by RicktheReckless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roy is way too small for heavyweight. One of Klitschko's stiff jabs would knock him out! If Brewster hit him flush with a right hand, Jones' head would land in the 8th row!
2007-05-25 12:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, roy made big mistake dropping back down to lightheavy to fight tarver. but jones has always had poor judgement when it came to matchmaking. the fight he should have taken at that time was a cruiserweight title match with james toney. that would have been the perfect fight for him. he also had the chance to fight tarver when tarver was a puppy but jones had the IBF make tarver fight an eliminater against eric harding. that was another big mistake by roy, but he deserved to get kod. he also avoide frankie liles and michael nunn. he also ducked what would have been an easy payday against a shot holyfield. jones was overhyped and overpaid
2007-05-26 19:47:27 · answer #6 · answered by mike c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY HVY WT THAT ROY COULD HAVE BEATEN.
2007-05-29 10:24:31 · answer #7 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋