Dirrell's comparison to a young Roy jones

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They have very similar speed and athletic ability, but Roy JOnes had so much more composure in the ring, and I think thats because he stepped up the competition a lot earlier in his career. The biggest problem I have with all these prospects coming up is that they don't get their defining fight until their in the second half of their twenties.

Look how young Leonard fought for the title against Benitez, How young Floyd was when he beat G. Hernandez or even Corales. Or ROy Jones Jr when he fought James Toney, that was when he was like 24-25, and he already was dominating one of the best fighters in the world. I think James Toney would win this tournament, and that Roy wouldn't have too many problems with any of these guys except maybe Ward because he sort of reminds me of Montell Griffin stylewise.

I also guarantee Roy would have complained about what Froch did as well, Froch was being a cheap bastard in there and that was the only time he was effective was when he was hitting DIrrell illegally(well he did land a few jabs 2 big punches, but that was it).

In terms of power I think Dirrell has a lot of power, its just he doesn't sit down on his punches the way he should. He is too nervous and doesn't always get the leverage to go along with his body's follow through. That being said I still think Roy was one of the hardest punches to ever grace 160/168, and I think that gave him huge advantages because he was able to earn respect from his opponents very quickly. One other thing I notice is that Dirrell doesn't counter like Roy, Roy Jones would counter right as the other guy was punching, and he would make them feel like if they ever threw punches they would get hit hard, Dirrell has the speed, but he doesn't make opponents pay the way they should for throwing punches.