Thread: Roy jones world title?

In detail please! Could/can superman win a world title again?
If not why not?

No.

He is a shadow of a shadow of his former self.

Hope this helps.

Would u say it's because he doesn't or won't pull the trigger now?? Because he still he still has fastest hands

He's fast but so what? He doesn't use his speed against guys who can hit him. . Who could he beat now? Mayber Brahmer but he loses to all of the other champs from light heavy and higher

Originally Posted by gest12645

He's fast but so what? He doesn't use his speed against guys who can hit him. . Who could he beat now? Mayber Brahmer but he loses to all of the other champs from light heavy and higher

Why does he lose though? It's not his chin but it seems like he waits for his opponent to punch first?

Originally Posted by Dropanuke

Would u say it's because he doesn't or won't pull the trigger now?? Because he still he still has fastest hands

no legs left to speak of really and his punch resistance is shot to shit also .in this world we live in he could win a tittle but the chances of it being a recognised belt are very slim indeed

yes he can because there are 18 WBA title per weight class right now. He could easily be the interm-super-inter-continetal-pan-african-jr-light-cruiserweight Champion of the World!!!

Until they strip him of course...

Originally Posted by jdonaher1

yes he can because there are 18 WBA title per weight class right now. He could easily be the interm-super-inter-continetal-pan-african-jr-light-cruiserweight Champion of the World!!!

Until they strip him of course...

Ha ha very valid points....

But on the topic from the poster who started the thread the answer is no Roy can not...

Why? Have you seen his last 5 fights?

Hand speed- No he is not that fast anymore...No faster then most of the prime fighters at LHW or CW..

Jones should retire before he gets hurt

Roy needs to be satiSfied with title of clear headed grandfather, able to hold a conversation and not be feeding through a straw. And we as fans need to let even the greats go. He's done, fini, over and was never a gambling man...shouldn't start now.

Sometimes it's hard to let go of these great fighters/performers. I appreciate that no one lasts forever but he was pretty awesome regardless what bhop says

He should stick to the 'an audience with' nights he has started to do recently.

Originally Posted by koppas

He should stick to the 'an audience with' nights he has started to do recently.

I agree and I'll start a new thread on that subject ha ha

if he can make 168lbs and vargas wins a couple of fights whats the betting we see jones vs vargas

In short No he can not. IMO he is the greatest fighter of the last 25 years but for me he peaked around 13-14 years ago and as someone said earlier he is a shadow of the shadow of the man he once was. Yes he still has SOME handspeed but his footwork is gone he has no punch resistance and the one thing that people say is the last thing to go has long gone and that is his power. He hasn't starched anyone in real style since Glen Kelly in 2002 but if you watch this video look how much more mobile he is and look at the range of punches he is using really pounding the body and digging in when he throws a punch. He hasn't done any of this really since he came back down from HW. I just wish he had retired when the Tyson fight never materialised!

Jones was def the best pound 4 pound since sugar ray rob. But the muscle he lost for tarver destroyed him. He def cannot pull the trigger anymore so he needs to just stick to commentry.