Thread: Roy Jones Jr. = "He must of Forgot"!!!!

Roy Jones Jr.
I gave Roy Jones Jr. a bunch of credit for fighting Antonio Tarver. I had believed for years, that he had not had a real challenge since he fought Bernard Hopkins in 1993. Yes, he had a few formable opponents, James Toney etc…, but nobody to really challenge him, which HE reminded us of every free chance he could get.

In 1994, he jumped up to comatose division (Super Middleweight), captured a title, then to a division that was flat out dead (Light Heavyweight) and captured every belt there within a 6 year period, in which he dominated like no other before him. I absolutely loved the way he toyed with full grown professional grade boxers, like they were runny nosed school kids, begging not to be humiliated.

He punched off balance, from every angle; he did things that you were not supposed to do in a boxing ring. He would drop his hands, switched to southpaw, throw an 8 punch combination, then stick his tongue out, go conventional, and throw 10 jabs in a row, smile for the camera, before piercing through the best defense, with a right hand. This guy was made for HBO.

After his fights, he seemed annoyed with any questions regarding his lackluster competion, reminding us all, we must have forgot. It was really hard not to like him. He just flat out beat everybody in front of him up. The fighters that did survive 12 rounds, like Eric Lucas, and alike, were made to look even worse than if they had been knocked out. With
the light heavyweight division seemingly firmly in his grip, he decided to do the unthinkable. In 2003, coming of a typical Roy Jones knockout of Clinton Woods, he went up to the glamour division, the Heavyweight division, to challenge a small scrappy champion named John Ruiz. At that time, the only thing I remembered about John Ruiz, was that David Tua put him to sleep in one round. I tried to forget the three fights with Holyfield, in which Ruiz went 1-1-1. Roy totally destroyed Ruiz. It was amazing; it was if he was unstoppable. Some writers were actually saying, he was better than, “The Greatest”, Muhammad Ali. The boxing world, and really, the rest of the world fell in love with Roy Jones Jr. His commercials were everywhere, and he was the man, but reality has a loud bell, especially in boxing.

In a 17 month period, Roy Jones Jr. lost 3 times. Twice to the man I thought would beat him, and once to journeyman Glen Johnson, who I thought didn’t have a shot.

Since his defeat last year, we have not heard very much from Roy. He has mentioned retirement, but has not committed to time or date. He is going to fight Prince Badi Ajamu, on July 29th, for the NABO title, (whatever that is). I think he will probably win this fight easily, and then go for some big money in the heavyweight division. I always believed Roy Jones Jr. took his tremendous skill, his titles, and the sweet science for granted. He continually bragged about not being challenged, that he was bored almost to sleep while dodging Dariusz Michalczewski . He once played in a basketball game before a title fight, either to prove his point, or to further accentuate his greatness, but it only proved that his opposition was sub par, and it was insult to the science he had mastered. Did Roy forget what happened to him during the Seoul Olympics, and the outright robbery of his gold medal? Did he forget about how hard he initially had to work to be recognized as the pound for pound best fighter in the world? He must have forgot that he was fighting professionals, men that train their whole lives for the 36 minutes they get to show what they are made of.

The first Tarver fight showed me that Roy was not going to take any chances, he was going to do enough to win, and he barely did.

As Roy Jones chip began to shrink, with fame, recognition, celebrity and fortune, Antonio Tarver’s chip grew to epic proportions, and on 5/15/2004, during the second round of his rematch with Tarver, a hard counter left hook caught Roy right on the button. It sent shockwaves through the boxing world, and it was only the appetizer, for the meal Glencoffe Johnson served him months later. The vision of him laying on the canvas, over the graphic for his new rap cd that was to be released that Novemeber, is something that will stick in my mind for a long time. Imagnie the possibilities of a fighter with his incredible abiltites, totally devoting himself to boxing. I wonder if the Roy Jones Jr. today, forgot about the Roy Jones Jr. that was 15-0 with 15 knock outs. The Roy Jones Jr. who didn’t play basketball before a proffesional fight, or worry about promoting music cd’s. I think Roy needs to start remembering, who is forgetting www.maxboxing.com www.doghouse.com

The guy who wrote this is a fukin idiot, Roy has always respected the sport, helping down and out fighters and donating money to Gerald Mccllelan. He never trashed other fighters horribly or in a hurtful way. He was cocky, but big deal, when you are that great you can afford to be cocky. And he was not dodging anyone, certainly not Darius. Roy just lost focus, lost a lil speed, got caught with a one in a million shot and has been gun shy every since. And the first Tarver fight proved that Roy could had guts, he out gutted Tarver down the stretch, winning the championship rounds and CLEARLY winning the fukin fight. Roy is an all time great, and I wish him well in his next fight, he just has to STOP bein so damn gun shy!!!

I remember all the talk he use to do about the klits brothers having suspect chins...well wlady has been dropped...but vitaly has never been on the canvas at all...those fighters who drop wlady will effin kill roys chin...funny how he did a lot of talking about other fighters chin...but when his chin was finally tested his glass jaw got smash to bitts...Karma is a b1tch...funny he wanted to fight tyson and vitaly before he got knock the eff out...

he truelly became a chump...became gun shy...after getting knock out...real champs become more relentless when they get drop...remember lewis he once got ktfo but knew that his a true champ so he ktfo of hassim in the rematch...I was hoping roy would do the same to tarver...but instead he rather look like an idiot in the fight sticking his tongue out smiling like he was winning...he should of retire after beating boring ruiz...

Shut up man. Jones chin was never glass, Richard Hall, Virgil Hill, John Ruiz woulda exposed it if it was, James Toney too. He just got caught by a douche bag with his eyes closed and has been gun shy every since. Has a damn mental block or somethin. And yeah he shoulda retired after beatin Ruiz, when he was on top of the world.

Originally Posted by Hulk

Shut up man. Jones chin was never glass, Richard Hall, Virgil Hill, John Ruiz woulda exposed it if it was, James Toney too. He just got caught by a douche bag with his eyes closed and has been gun shy every since. Has a damn mental block or somethin. And yeah he shoulda retired after beatin Ruiz, when he was on top of the world.

please john ruiz I'm going to ignore that...jones could of been asleep if he weren't so hard to hit...he never been hit like tarver and johnson did to him...he was always in and out...right when his chin was caught he got ktfo...and glen isn't that hard of a puncher he just hit jones to much...look back at it his luck not to had that fight with vitaly or tyson his big mouth was asking for those fights...he should of retired after the ruiz fight he should of ran away and left everyone to think he was really untouchable...that would of been robby out great fighters...we would of been thinking this guy was the greatest...funny how things play out though...well I always had more props for bhop anyways...