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Most outrageous trap: leaves massive opening knowing opponent is already a dead man walking then pulls off an unseen temple shot on the move.

I love watching Roy's highlights but why was he fighting Glen Kelly? Jelly only had one noteworthy win in his career against a just short of 39 year old John Mugabi in Mugabis last fight. Every other significant opponent he had KOed Kelly. In the age of trinkets he never carried a major title. That fight is a travesty for ever happening. Roy Jones was so damn good he should have been fighting top guy after top guy. Not the Glen Kelly's of the world.
Not trying to dispute your opinion of Glen Kelly in the grand scheme of things, but Kelly was ranked #1 and a mandatory for the IBF strap.. He was going for his trinket. He was ranked a top guy by the IBF..(unfortunate, but its what the game was/is). If you wear the strap you have to fight these guys. Roy was defending 7 official belts and 1 unofficial belt according to this site (Roy Jones Jr. vs. Glen Kelly - BoxRec). Not sure if all the belts were sanctioned that night. But at the time where roy chased history rather than money, he had to fight that guy to keep his belt. It's not a like a garcia fighting unranked selka for the sake of trying to boost his rep after 2 mediocre performances. It's fashionable now to give up titles and chase easy money and then get out. They claim they're locked into "slave contracts" and then sign with a guy like haymon.