What happned to Roy....

[ruthless rocco]

same thing is gonna happen to floyd some day...

[Hulk]

Roy was and is one of my favorite fighters ever.

In his prime he was arguably the greatest boxer of all time.

But a I think a few things happened to Roy:

1. He was knocked out by Tarver in the rematch. This hurt him mentally and made him very gun shy about throwing punches and getting countered, as he was KO'd by a counter punch. Roy has become very GUN SHY.

2. He got old. Certiainly the jumping up in weight then coming back down accelerated the aging process for Roy and took a lot out of him.

3. After seeing Roy Jones get KO'd, it greatly ENCOURAGED other fighters. Men that would have normally been very intimidated by Roy, began to think they could beat him. He lost his aura of invincibility.

4. Kinda goes along with gettin old, but Roy has lost a great amount of his speed, particularly his foot speed. His legs are not what they used to be.

Alll these comibine to the really lackluster and disapointing career that Roy has had every since the Tarver rematch.

[Boxerharvey]

After watching the rematch with Hopkins I think Roy has lost the confidence to throw his punches.
His feints are there which create the openings but he hesitates and dont throw the punches like he used to, its a confidence thing that deminshes when you get Kod like he has.

[Lance Uppercut]

He is FREAKING 38 years old. That is what happens to people. Specially boxers whose styles are based on their athleticism(Jones, Ali) as opposed to fighters whose styles are based on skill(Hopkins, Holmes).

[paddy448]

yeah i think he just got past his prime. maybe the move up to and back down from heavyweight affected this.if hed retired after the ruiz win then maybe we would of been talking about him as the greatest ever. who nos

[JonesJrMayweather]

He is FREAKING 38 years old. That is what happens to people. Specially boxers whose styles are based on their athleticism(Jones, Ali) as opposed to fighters whose styles are based on skill(Hopkins, Holmes).

Actually he's 40...

[Darth_Simasu]

He got old. Simple. No need for further discussion.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

The reflexes and speed are the first to go on fighters as they age. Those were what made Roy Roy... When those faded he bacame ordinary... and vulnerable.