Roy Jones: the boxing genius

[donnydarkoIRL]

You should only really judge fighters when in their prime. Do you think a younger Jones would have lost against those two?

Objectively, pound for pound, probably not, but we were never given any reason to believe he had left his prime, he had just won the heavyweight title we thought he was invincible, I'm sure none of us imagined he had left his prime when he boxed Johnson and Tarver the first times.

At the time of the first Tarver fight Roy was 34. Even with the weightloss excuse it wasn't a surprise that the guy was slipping. Tarver two proved it. The Johnson fight should never have even happened.

True, the Johnson fight was a mistake from the get go.

[GAME]

I still think the Johnson fight was a massive shock . I cant belive it happend. Johnsons best win no doubt but I dont reckon he could repeat it. If they fought now , Jones seems to have gotten his bounce back abit which was totally lacking that night .

He was awful TBH. Johnson was great, just kept marching forward, fought his fight and bossed Jones about . I dont know what Jones' tactics were but it appeared he just wanted to lay on the ropes rather than box his way out of corners. It looked like a career eneding loss and Jones has done great to comeback from that

If he could comeback to beat Joe he defo underlines his greatness as the best of this era but nothing suggests he can turn back the clock that much . Tito was a blown up welter coming off inactivity and a loss . Prince Adjamu showed Jones doesnt have then much left in the tank when pushed so I think weve seen Jones last win . Tito was his farewell fight, Joe will just work too hard for him .