Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
My recollection of that fight was that Roy won with ease. Roy always respected and admired McCallum and it seemed to show in the fight. It seemed he took it easy on him and won because he was fresher and younger.

McCallum was class and you are right the way he took apart Watson's body in the first few rounds made Watson breath hard and surely made him think Benn was easy but this is world class.

McCallum was not renowned for his one punch KO power and that punch against Curry was a one off. Saw him bat terr Milton McCory which was brutal, solid chin and took the bombs of Julian Jackson and his body punching was sickening for the opponents that had to take them. Excellent jab, in fact excellent technical fighter, almost flawless.

People may disagree, especially from the US but I thought he won the first two fights with James Toney.
I think you could be right there Roy Jones Jr did respect McCallum a lot. I think they both respected each other i remember McCallum saying that Jones was even better than the fab 4. Maybe Jones did carry McCallum a little bit ?? but i still think McCallum's style just troubled Jones although Jones won easy, he had a few problems early on until he adjusted round about the 7th round.