Roy Jones Jr vs Joe Calzaghe A Disgraceful Fight.

[ICB]

Imo it was nowhere near as disgraceful as Jones - Trinidad. A fight designed to make Roy Jones good enough to get in the ring with Calzaghe.

Calzaghe - Jones 8 or so years ago would have been fantastically competitive.

Just accept that the excitement generated by last nights fight was purely 'has Jones got one last big performance in him'

The answer was no. Simple as.

They'll both go down as 2 of the best super-middleweights of all time. It's a shame their careers have come to an end. I'm more disappointed about that to be honest.

Ono i actually stopped watching the fight properly after about 10 rounds, thats never happened to me before. This fight was just total rubbish and a farce IMO.

It was like watching Muhammad Ali vs Larry Holmes, but it felt more like a circus to me as i've said already in a few threads.

Where was RJJ desire to give it one last shot ? and let it all hang out ? all he did was throw one punch at a time, and even when he might of stunned Joe Calzaghe. He never even went in for the kill, he has no killer instinct what so ever anymore.

And Joe Calzaghe's taunting was ridiculous, i don't mind some taunting in a fight. But he done it constantly and it just seemed like he was totally disrespecting a once great fighter RJJ. And what annoyed me more is RJJ let him do it, and never tried to counter Joe Calzaghe who was wide open and very hittable.

Im very disappointed i stayed up all that time, had my friends over and my girl. I was rooting for RJJ all the way even though i felt Joe Calzaghe was the favorite obviously.

And i get rewarded with a garbage fight like this, i knew RJJ was shot but i thought he would atleast try to win. But all he was there for was the paycheck which was obvious.

It felt like some freak exhibition fight to me Ono, very disappointing and sad for us fans.

[ono]

Imo it was nowhere near as disgraceful as Jones - Trinidad. A fight designed to make Roy Jones good enough to get in the ring with Calzaghe.

Calzaghe - Jones 8 or so years ago would have been fantastically competitive.

Just accept that the excitement generated by last nights fight was purely 'has Jones got one last big performance in him'

The answer was no. Simple as.

They'll both go down as 2 of the best super-middleweights of all time. It's a shame their careers have come to an end. I'm more disappointed about that to be honest.

Ono i actually stopped watching the fight properly after about 10 rounds, thats never happened to me before. This fight was just total rubbish and a farce IMO.

It was like watching Muhammad Ali vs Larry Holmes, but it felt more like a circus to me as i've said already in a few threads.

Where was RJJ desire to give it one last shot ? and let it all hang out ? all he did was throw one punch at a time, and even when he might of stunned Joe Calzaghe. He never even went in for the kill, he has no killer instinct what so ever anymore.

And Joe Calzaghe's taunting was ridiculous, i don't mind some taunting in a fight. But he done it constantly and it just seemed like he was totally disrespecting a once great fighter RJJ. And what annoyed me more is RJJ let him do it, and never tried to counter Joe Calzaghe who was wide open and very hittable.

Im very disappointed i stayed up all that time, had my friends over and my girl. I was rooting for RJJ all the way even though i felt Joe Calzaghe was the favorite obviously.

And i get rewarded with a garbage fight like this, i knew RJJ was shot but i thought he would atleast try to win. But all he was there for was the paycheck which was obvious.

It felt like some freak exhibition fight to me Ono, very disappointing and sad for us fans.

Yeah maybe you're right. I do agree to an extent. It's like when i think about i'll always seperate this fight from their legacies. Like this fight didn't count.

It just had the same feel that Jones - Trinidad had to be honest. It was interesting early on but Jones couldn't sustain anything. I was rooting for Roy but he only ever threatened to show flashes of his brilliance. The taunting got a bit silly, but they were both at it. Calzaghe more so, but it's not like Jones hasn't done it before.

I got more annoyed with Bunce and McGuigan bigging up the performance. Yes he was quite good, but we knew he was quite good......45-0 already tells me that.

I'd have loved the fight to have happened about 6 or 7 years ago. Would have been a great fight.

[Phil]

fair play to joe, great win, i agree the showboating was over the top but i think he saw it as putting on a show because roy wasnt going to make it a classic, i think both should retire now nothing for either to prove.

[GAME]

fair play to joe, great win, i agree the showboating was over the top but i think he saw it as putting on a show because roy wasnt going to make it a classic, i think both should retire now nothing for either to prove.

very good point Phil . never thought of that

[OumaFan]

I haven't read the first five pages, maybe I will at some point.

Either way this was the most predictable "big" fight ever. Ever. Fact. Granted its easier to predict a fight when you give fuck all about either guy.

I think I'll let that be my first and only fact.

[OumaFan]

Ok Floyd-Gatti was maybe more predictable. Obviously the fact expression is not for me.

[leftylee]

I actually thought Calzaghe's showboating was pure comedy. The dance he did at the end of the 3rd has to be made into a gif.

He utterly destroyed and dominated Jones. He was better in every department. Take away the first round it was like Lacy all over again.

Awesome performance by Joe.

Though I still hate him