Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Cockney me train of thought precisely.

I must contrast Muhammad Ali with Roy Jones to further my point.
Both had amazing physical ability and unparalelled reflexes and speed.

However as the physical skills faded, they went two very different ways. Ali who had learned his craft and developed his boxing brain went on (i'm speaking after his layoff) tyo have his most glorious wins and did so through skill rather than power.

Once his speed and reflexes left him Roy was Ko'ed and he is now desperately trying to develop some skills to help him through the remainder of his career.
So would you agree with people who are worried about RJJ actually beating Tito and getting back in the ring with a genuine world champ who could cause him some serious damage?

I agree that some fighters can lean on the skills better than others, and I'm not convinced that everyone can overcome the loss of speed and reflexes. Whether RJJ still has it in him to learn those, we'll see over the coming year.
If Wacko is right and Roy has been working on developing a more conventional style and can adapt to the reality that he can't rely 90% on his reflexes, he could still have a few fights left in him at high level. He's never going to be B-Hop, in terms of ring craftiness, but if I can just stop dropping in hands and work off an improved jab a big, he can present a challenge to some of the young bucks. I'm just not sure Roy has the humility to reinvent himself like that, but I think if he were interested in developing a new set a skills, he would be fighting more often. If he had gone back to the drawing board after the 2nd Tarver loss, I think he would be real force in at LHW right now and a threat to anybody, but as it stands, I don't think that has happened. He's changed his style some, but I don't think he's fought enough in the last two years to refine a new style to a championship level.