Did Roy Jones Jr Really Deserve His First Loss ??

[ICB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtiQaO3_Vxo

[Spicoli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtiQaO3_Vxo

I would have to say so.In a way it gave him a huge springboard and one of his most dominating & devastating fights in Griffin Rematch.

[ICB]

Griffin did do some very good acting but Jones did know what he was doing and a few seconds went by between Griffin taking a knee and Jones landing those 2 punches, im a big Jones fan but i think the DQ was right IMO, and also it was the best thing that could of happened for Jones because in the rematch he was more fired up then he ever had been for a fight, shame he didn't use the same attitude against Tarver when he got KO'ed.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Without rules you have chaos, with chaos comes disorder and Roy should have known better, the DQ was rightly called and if it wasn't the sport descends to the depths of backstreet brawling.

[C.J.Rock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtiQaO3_Vxo

HELL YES!!! He hit Montell Griffin TWICE while he was down. He deserved to be thrown out
BTW he also lost all 3 fights to Antonio Tarver too

[Majesty]

Depends, I guess Floyd Mayweather deserves a loss for hitting Ndou when he was down.

Ultimately it ruined Montells career because of what Roy did to him in the rematch. Would have been much better for Montell to have lost a decision.

[DAVIDTUA]

this reminds me of most recently berto doing almost the same thing last night? did anyone else get that too?

[Repo]

the ref had no chioce to DQ him, if montel got back up jones wud of had 1-2 points taken of him, but becoz griffin got ko'd there was no chioce in the matter.

question is was montel really ko'd or did he fake it?

[ono]

I think so. I think Montell acted up a little bit.

Anyway i think the loss did Jones no harm as he ko'd him in the rematch anyway.

That devastating KO in the rematch probably did more to enhance Jones legacy than just a simple UD the first time round would have done.

[Wayne]

this reminds me of most recently berto doing almost the same thing last night? did anyone else get that too?

I saw that a little differently. Jones saw he was down and made a conscious decision to hit him after. Berto just didn't pull back after what's-his-face fell to one knee. He was already throwing his punch when the guy fell.

But Roy did deserve the DQ. And Roy did beat Tarver in their first match, whomever wrote that. Tarver won his rounds more convincingly, but that doesn't give you extra points; Roy won more rounds.

[ICB]

this reminds me of most recently berto doing almost the same thing last night? did anyone else get that too?

I saw that a little differently. Jones saw he was down and made a conscious decision to hit him after. Berto just didn't pull back after what's-his-face fell to one knee. He was already throwing his punch when the guy fell.

But Roy did deserve the DQ. And Roy did beat Tarver in their first match, whomever wrote that. Tarver won his rounds more convincingly, but that doesn't give you extra points; Roy won more rounds.

I actually didn't think Tarver vs Jones 1 was that close i had Jones a clear winner by 2 rounds or maybe 3 rounds, Jones clearly won the last two 2 rounds which gave him the nod for certain in my eyes.

[Dizaster]

Yeah I think definetely the fight was awarded the way it should have been.. If a fighter takes a knee, then there can't be any more punches thrown by the opponent...... Possibly if fighting was huddled in the corner and maybe a fighter couldn't see the knee, and it was pure accident, then there could be some dispute... There was no dispute there... Apart from being funny as hell on Roy's part, it was just plain wrong.......

The rules are there :
2nd to deter foul play.
1st to protect a boxers health.

When a boxer takes a knee, it becomes a health issue, and to purposly throw punches at that stage just has to be disqualified in my book..

To be truely honest, Montell fought brilliantly that fight compared to any of Roy's previous opponents. And actually went a fair way towards earning that win... Even though he was probably heading for a loss with the knockdown, no one had challenged Roy like that before...


If it was one of Roy's lesser opponents taking a knee in the first and Roy getting disqualified like that, then it would have been a lot worse..

[blue1scout]

love jones but yes he hit him

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

In these situations i blame the ref for not getting in between them quick enough. In the heat of the moment, when the adrenaline is flowing and the guy who goes down, doesn't go down all the way, it's hard to blame the boxer who hits him. I've seen other fighters get hit, in similar situations, and not so much as a warning to the boxer who hit him. Inconsistent rulings.

[SaltyBacon]

i really thought points should of been taken

must of had to much adrenaline at the time

but many of boxers have hit there oppenent while they was down