could calzaghe ever compete with this ?(roy jones jr in his prime)

Joe is a great champion and a competitor, so he definitely would have competed with a prime Roy. But could he have beaten him? No, I don't think he could win more than 2-3 rounds at best.

Fantastic video.

Love me some prime Jones Jr.

A prime Roy takes Joe if not by mid/late TKO, then with scores along the lines of 10-2 (rds).

I think alot of folks chipped at Roy's legacy after the losses to Johnson and Tarver. But those of us that watched Roy come up know better. He was an absolute phenom at his peak and you, me , and everybody else hadn't ever seen anyone anything like him.

One of the most naturally gifted athletes in sports history.

Calzaghe will be lucky to beat an old roy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glsQwgz1fto

Non seqiutar! (sp)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYM5o3UvxQE

Roy would whip him, honestly IMO I think there are a few guys in their prime that would have beaten Calzaghe like
1. Roy
2. Michael Nunn
3. James Toney(I see this a 50/50 fight. but calzaghe would get hit by that right counter all night, and James hit hard at MW/SMW)
4. bernad hopkins
5. Maybe Gerald McClellan

i still think if jones fights a very good fight i think he will beat joe i hate to say it, tysonbruno and dark lord al will be chuffed

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i still think if jones fights a very good fight i think he will beat joe i hate to say it, tysonbruno and dark lord al will be chuffed

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I think most people would be chuffed no offense, but RJJ is a legend. When i was a little kid he used to be one of my hero's. He done alot for the sport and i would love to see him retire on top.

i think a great fight by both fighters ending in a draw would be nice

man, that guy was cold- but then, ego got to big, thought it would be prudent to pursue a rap career, and went to shit.

yet another reason for me to hate rap music.

I think it's kind of amusing the almost mythical status Jones Jr of a decade ago has.

Personally I think a prime Roy Jones versus a prime Joe Calzaghe is one hell of a matchup.

Jones would have to be favourite but those who think Calzaghe would get blown away in 5 rounds are just wishful thinking.

Calzaghe has never even lost a fight let alone been knocked out, his chin is as solid and proven as Hopkins or Jame Toney.

Whenever they fought it goes the distance imo and the fact is, as Roy Jones even says himself, he has never fought a fighter like Calzaghe either so we really don't know for sure what would happen.

Roy Jones is sucking Calzaghe's left nut at this point.

And Calzaghe definitely doesn't ahve Toney's chin. Despite one weight drained fight against Reggie Johnson when has Toney ever been hurt all the way up to heavyweight? Calzaghe was hurt in his fight against Mitchell and he was hurt several times against Kessler, and he was hurt several times against Hopkins. I agree he has a good chin, but it can't compare to Merqui Sosa's chin.

Bilbo, I didn't realize you loved Calzaghe to the point of open denile to the truth. Roy Jones Jr clearly would dominate Calzaghe. Calzaghe has made a living off being a little too quick for opponents to take advantage of his huge technical mistakes, I think he gets away with it against almost every fighter which makes him a great fighter in his own right, but a 43 year old Hopkins showed to a degree the gapping holes in Calzaghe's style. He is wide open to the right hand, he throws silly punches and he was lucky that Hopkins was gassed out because a prime Roy Jones Jr is countering Calzaghe consistently in situations that nobody else, even Bernard, would even realize what happened. Watch what Roy did to Reggie Johnson( a fast handed southpaw) when he tried to throw even a jab. Roy caught him with a beautiful left hook right cross combination that made you wonder what just happened. Calzaghe wouldn't be able to deal with it. Kessler was able to counter Calzaghe effectively, but he was there to be hit, yet guys like James Toney who is a great counter puncher had no answer for Roy Jones Jr's combinations, speed, and lateral movement.

All in All Roy would box circles around Joe.

If Calzaghe fought his very best fight at the height of his prime at 168 and Jones did the same Calzaghe would get embaressed, toyed with and Enzo would have a corinary......

At 168 Jones was just too damn good...Better then anyman should be

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I think it's kind of amusing the almost mythical status Jones Jr of a decade ago has.

Personally I think a prime Roy Jones versus a prime Joe Calzaghe is one hell of a matchup.

Jones would have to be favourite but those who think Calzaghe would get blown away in 5 rounds are just wishful thinking.

Calzaghe has never even lost a fight let alone been knocked out, his chin is as solid and proven as Hopkins or Jame Toney.

Whenever they fought it goes the distance imo and the fact is, as Roy Jones even says himself, he has never fought a fighter like Calzaghe either so we really don't know for sure what would happen.

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WRONG if u look at calzaghe in his prime he shows nothin special, but look at jones in his prime he str8 destroyed his opponents and made them look like sparring partners did joe do any of that NO.

and his chin is nothing like Hopkins or Toney, Joe has flash knockdowns as he showed against hopkins;) and the only time bhop has been down was agains Mercado and fought back to a draw AND has fought a PRIME roy jones, felix trinidad (feared power puncher), antonio tarver (who kod Jones) and kelly pavlik. Joe has NOT fought power punchers like Hopkins. EVER

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I think it's kind of amusing the almost mythical status Jones Jr of a decade ago has.

Personally I think a prime Roy Jones versus a prime Joe Calzaghe is one hell of a matchup.

Jones would have to be favourite but those who think Calzaghe would get blown away in 5 rounds are just wishful thinking.

Calzaghe has never even lost a fight let alone been knocked out, his chin is as solid and proven as Hopkins or Jame Toney.

Whenever they fought it goes the distance imo and the fact is, as Roy Jones even says himself, he has never fought a fighter like Calzaghe either so we really don't know for sure what would happen.

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WRONG if u look at calzaghe in his prime he shows nothin special, but look at jones in his prime he str8 destroyed his opponents and made them look like sparring partners did joe do any of that NO.

and his chin is nothing like Hopkins or Toney, Joe has flash knockdowns as he showed against hopkins;) and the only time bhop has been down was agains Mercado and fought back to a draw AND has fought a PRIME roy jones, felix trinidad (feared power puncher), antonio tarver (who kod Jones) and kelly pavlik. Joe has NOT fought power punchers like Hopkins. EVER

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Well you were about 10 years old when Jones was in his prime so really what do you know :rolleyes:

The fact is Jones Jr looked spectaculat beating up on largely ordinary fighters.

Don't get me wrong he's beaten some great fighters too but looking spectacular doesn't equal winning every fight.

I know some of you like to think he was God until for some reason his chin packed up in the rematch with Tarver but the truth is that Jones in his early days was technically flawed but so athletically gifted he could get away with it.

Calzaghe would have been faster than any fighter he ever faced and wouldn't have allowed Jones to get into a rythm.

Not saying Calzaghe would definitely win, but it's by means a blowout.

You don't get to be 45-0 and to unify all four title belts in a division without being incredibly good. Calzaghe at his best is not an easy fight for any man in the world, not even the mythically perfect fighter that was Roy Jones Jr.