He came up in a recent thread, Colin Jones. Who would you fancy in a fight Him or Ricky Hatton your thoughts ;D
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He came up in a recent thread, Colin Jones. Who would you fancy in a fight Him or Ricky Hatton your thoughts ;D
Jones started slower than a 50 year old Massey Ferguson on a frosty morning.
I think this ekes it for ricky. Ricky could take it out of him early to the body and he could defend against Jones' monster power using tactics similar to that against Tszyu.
Jones power was awesome, but Ricky's a tough cookie himself and better conditioned I feel.
Jones was no slow starter,had lots of early wins against good opposition was also one of the best conditioned fighters of the time.
I thought his early wins were more to do with his crazy power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
Honestly I just got the impression that he started fights slow and built up, like an express train.
And as for conditioning. At his peak a couple of years ago, Ricky has the edge.
Hes fighting next friday! He did well against Junior Witter and gave him one of his hardest fights, i look forward to more this year.
You're thinking of Colin Lynes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Colin Jones was a monster hitter at Welter in the 80's
o yer haha ;D
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Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Personaly i think Jones would blow Hatton away.
"who do you fancy",,,,well i know killersheep and p4p king have a thing for each other,as for me im into myself.
I fancy Colin Jones.
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Originally Posted by 1g5a22
Did Collin Jones fight at light welter?
At Welter I think he would have won because I do not think Hatton can use his strength as he does at the lower weight. So Collin Jones stops him in a brutal and exciting fight.
Never seen his fights, was he highly regarded during his time?
He lost to Donald Curry but no shame there.
He drew and lost to Milton McCrory for the world title.
He beat Kirland Laing twice by 9th round KO, he had a big left hook that flattened him. Laing went on to beat Duran a couple of years later so he was very good just unlucky not to win the title against McCrory.
I'll try and catch some of his fights someday, for guys around at the time, was there alot of expectation for him going into the US fights?
I remember reading his record a long time ago, but didn't acually notice his KO record at the time.
One point, if like Jones, Hatton had to Box the same day as the weigth in He would have been a Welter. Now you have a level playing field ;D
cant believe this is even being discussed
hatton every single day of the week!!!!!!!!!
Funny that was asking people in the game this question last week before posting it. Every one of the ones I asked picked Jones, asked about twenty. ;D
Would Hatton beat McCrory, Curry and Laing at Welterweight? Hatton is far from a proven Welterweight, during Jones time he would not have been champion. Trust me, Curry would have torn him apart faster than Maywether did.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammer