Roy jones jr..what exactly happened?

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I loved roy jones in his prime.

We all know what happened after the first tarver fight but what was it that changed roy jones after that moment.

He achieved glory by beating ruiz and being the heavyweight champ THEN dropping weight (or muscle) and beating tarver for the LH belt.

These are my questions:-

1. How would you have remembered roy if he retired after the first tarver fight?
*Probably the greatest ever... BUT, Tarver knew something. Tarver had Jones number. every real boxing expert will tell u.."there's always someone with ur number"...and he might not even be the best...but for some reason, he can give u trouble...Tarver was Roy Jones Achilles. if those guys fought 10 times, Tarver prob wins 6.
2. Was it the muscle loss that ended roys reign at the top?
*EVERYONE has an opinion... mine is "he was on steroids and now he isn't" not only do i think that, he was implicated in BALCO, but it couldn't be proved. not only that, he pee'ed hot in one fight for sure...but nothing was ever made of it... AND not only that, there was a lady who was all over this steroid scandal and predicted Mosely and Jones would look like shit in their next fight...and they both lost...true story. LASTLY ON THE SUBJECT...Jones owns fighting chicken... he's deep into this shit... i even know a guy who's fought against his roosters... and guess what, they're on steroids too, as most fighting Roosters are.

3. Was it the fact roy achieved everything he had too after the first tarver win and lost focus?
if Roy achieved everything, then why is he still fighting?

4. Was it tarvers awkward southpaw style that ended roys reign?
*i think Tarver could've been an all time great... the guy was that talented, that charamatic... he's still great and could poss win a title now... BUT, I've always thought he had his fingers i too many pie's to be great... still, he had an awesome career.

Just give me feedback on your honest review on this period in roys career and your opinion on everything we see now that roy is doing.
*U asked me..that's my opinion on Jones...

Cheers

cheers...

Cool.

I like tarvers talk as a commentator but dont like his fighting style.

I think that tarver, as well as age, and as well as the muscle loss was the combination of roys downward spiral.

If it was another clinton woods after ruiz i dont think roy would have had that much of a problem so tarver did have something on Roy but there were other factors imho.