Is it true roy jones retires?

Roy jones in his prime is something that might never get repeated ever again.

Roy risked it all for history and all for boxing. He was the first in over 100 years old to do it and then come down and beat tarver.

He is my favorite fighter of all time. And his showboating and creativity cant be repeated.

Roy Jones Jr. can't retire. Roy Jones Jr. is an ageless clone. 'nuff said. ;D

Ageless? Who the fuck have you been watching the last few years? ;)

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Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

The biggest mistake of Roy Jones career was fighting John Ruiz, it ruined him coming back down to Light Heavy again. It wasn't his chin that was weak after this fight it was his legs and at 35 years old at the time this was just to much for his body to re-adjust too. Look what weight reduction did to Oscar against the Pacman. Ego got the better of Roy Jones jr and he thought he was invincible, he probably was throughout the 90's. Had he fought Calzaghe in 2000 for example i doubt if Joe Balls would win a round!
Roy Jones jr should've retired after Tarver 2! He was shot to bits after that fight.

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This is a great post, the only part I disagree with is Ruiz being a mistake for Roy. I think That he should have retired after the Ruiz fight. He knew Lennox was just too big so he couldn't really go any further in the HW division unless he fought Tyson, which I'm glad did not happen.

Going back down did take his legs away, I mean does anyone remember the speed of foot he had when he floored Reggie johnson? He was about 10 feet away from Reggie by the time his arse hit the canvas! That was never seen again after the HW experiment.

I first started seeing serious decline a while before though in the fight with Eric Harding, he was still by far the best p4p in the world then, but the man that schooled Hopkins with one hand and won virtually every round against James Toney. The man that taught Montell Griffin a serious lesson in their rematch and that hit Virgil Hill so hard in the ribs that it sounded like Lars Ulrich was hitting his snare drum in the ring that night, that man was gone after that fight with Harding.

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Originally Posted by Master

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Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

The biggest mistake of Roy Jones career was fighting John Ruiz, it ruined him coming back down to Light Heavy again. It wasn't his chin that was weak after this fight it was his legs and at 35 years old at the time this was just to much for his body to re-adjust too. Look what weight reduction did to Oscar against the Pacman. Ego got the better of Roy Jones jr and he thought he was invincible, he probably was throughout the 90's. Had he fought Calzaghe in 2000 for example i doubt if Joe Balls would win a round!
Roy Jones jr should've retired after Tarver 2! He was shot to bits after that fight.

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That was a great win to beat Ruiz for a light heavy so I am sure he would not want to change that choice. It was a brilliant achievement although it came with a heavy price I am sure he would never change making that move.

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It was a great win, one of the best in boxing history, but what does it profit a man to gain the world but lose your soul? Jones jr didn't lose his soul literally to boxing, but boxing was definitely lost to him after this fight. Jones proved his point to himself and to all of us fans, he alone has to weigh up the cost of it. I wonder if he really thinks it was worth it? I hope he has a good solid life in retirement without any major complications, continuing on for so long after Tarver 2 could not be good for his long term health.

he's 99% fighting Pawel Glazewski in Poland next week

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Originally Posted by AdamGB

Ageless? Who the fuck have you been watching the last few years? ;)

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T'was just make-up hollywood-stylee to keep the illusion, bro. You really need to do your homework, son. :cool: