Roy Jones Jr.: "I Will Beat Joe Calzaghe in New York"

[yvonne]

Roy Jones Jr: "I Will Beat Joe Calzaghe in New York" - Boxing News

I admit this is one of the more exciting fights for me this year, though I still think Joe will edge it out. If only this could have happened 5 or 6 years ago.

It should be a good fight to watch,but as you mentioned it should have happened 5 years ago or so.I was really hoping Calzaghe would fight the Awesome Pavlik"The Ghost!"but beggers cant be chooses!!!.Anyhow it'll be something to look forward to.I just hope its a better fight than the one with Calzaghe Vs Hopkins

[littlebif]

Calzaghe wins a UD by about 4rounds think Joe will have to be careful early cause Jones will be sharp with the right hand but i think he will tire after 4 then JC takes control.

[Wayne]

Hopkins, win or lose, will make any fight look ugly. That's how he beat Winky. He muddies the waters into an unenjoyable fight. Personally, I had Wright winning, but absolutely nothing was clear. We didn't see Calzaghe be able to show what he can truly do at 175. That being said, he was still able to take the fight and rise from an early deficit to get a UD. Jones is going to have to be just as conservative to last a full 12 and fighting conservatively does not suit Jones' style unless he's in against someone in a lopsided match-up. Slap-punches or not, Joe will do it for the whole fight and Roy needs to be able to KO him or search in his closet for a pair of 29 year-old legs. I don't think Joe can KO him, but he can make Roy look like he doesn't belong in there.

[Dizaster]

Roy Jones Jr: "I Will Beat Joe Calzaghe in New York" - Boxing News

I admit this is one of the more exciting fights for me this year, though I still think Joe will edge it out. If only this could have happened 5 or 6 years ago.

It should be a good fight to watch,but as you mentioned it should have happened 5 years ago or so.I was really hoping Calzaghe would fight the Awesome Pavlik"The Ghost!"but beggers cant be chooses!!!.Anyhow it'll be something to look forward to.I just hope its a better fight than the one with Calzaghe Vs Hopkins

Exactly.... We shouldn't have to be begging for a good fight, from someone who's being argues is top 3 P4P on some lists... We SHOULD be getting explosive fights with the likes of Pavlik.....

Sad fight in my opinion.. 5 years ago Roy would have looked much better... It's a shame seeing these fights play out a ridiculous way,,,, simply based on the fact that time has passed.... We are boxing fans in the end, not matchup fans...
Some things are just too little too late..

[Hoagy]

Roy like a lot of the greats has gone past his sell by date and Joe is in a no win situation,if he wins it's down to RJ being past it ,and if he loses it then he will be regretting it for the rest of his life.
A Roy Jones Jnr at his peak would beat JC and I think after the 1st round against Hopkins JC will not be dumb enough to underestimate RJ.....I agree with others though Pavlik would have been the better match

[Taeth]

Roy can't win, just like JOe wouldn't have been able to beat Prime Jones... Right now JOe is too near his prime while Roy is so far away from it that its just a distant memory.

[eagle]

Roy can't win, just like JOe wouldn't have been able to beat Prime Jones... Right now JOe is too near his prime while Roy is so far away from it that its just a distant memory.

I think u nailed it right there. My heart says Jones can do it, my head (altho not the smartest one around) says he'll get beat.

[Gandalf]

I can't see this even being that close after the first 4 rounds. Calzaghe all the way. Im not particularly excited about this matchup really.

[zhubin]

Well...i guess i'm in a very small minority that thinks Calzaghe is one of the most overrated fighters in recent years. But that's a whole other discussion. In his prime...Roy would have toyed with Joe. Obviously Roy is now far from his prime and hasn't looked spectacular in quite some time. That being said...at 38 years of age, Joe isn't exactly "prime" either. Calzaghe's performance against Hopkins didn't exactly inspire confidence. Even though it's hard for pretty much anyone to look good against Hopkins...Bernard was 43 years old in his fight against Joe, was highly inactive in the fight, throwing only one punch the entire night (the straight right). Yet he still landed the harder, more meaningful punches and could have won the fight IMO. Some will argue that Joe figured out Hopkins and also threw flurries of combo's. But i guess i wasn't all that impressed with Calzaghe's pitter patter punching...most of which didn't land on target in the fight. That being said...Joe will be the obvious favorite against Jones. Not so much because Joe is the better fighter...but more because Joe is the more active fighter in the ring at this stage of their careers. However, if Roy is able to be sharp and ACTIVE in the fight...he certainly can win. One thing that will be in Roy's favor is that all the pressure will be on Joe. Most people think Roy is done. So Joe is in a lose, lose situation. If he wins...he beat a fighter that was a shell of his former self. If he loses, his legacy will be tarnished.