3 yrs in our age....10yrs in fighting age.....
Jones has not been able to be a fight stopper in years....Since before his move to HW....Counting Sheika and lacy in legit stoppages on a world level is silly......Sheika was knocked down 4 times by gust of wind on his way to the arena and Lacy had to have Andrew Hartly removed from his camp as a sparring partner due to Andrew going too rough on him when he was preparing for Roy......
Jones was happy enough to last the Calzaghe fight without being stopped....I think he went into the fight with that mindset
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Thing is, if they had fought earlier, Joe may well have sparked Roy. he's just been over here in Guernsey for the channel islands sports personality of the year. He said he couldn't come back because he hates losing weight and he'd have 35lb to lose and that his hands are ruined. He keeps in shape but hasn't touched a punch bag since his last camp because of his hands.
I didn't go up but according to some of the lads, the Joe they saw in real life was huge compared to the fighter they saw on telly. They reckon he was at least 15 stone and my mate is 6 foot but he said Joe was taller than him, even though Joe is down as 5,11".
Really that big?....funny how some guys on TV seem huge then in person seem much smaller then others that seem small are much bigger in person....,Thought TV added 20lbs......As far as them meeting earlier and Joe stopping Jones I don't know....Jones in his prime was very skilled athletically and IMo would have found a way to keep away from Joe...Jones never liked a high paced bout and Joe as we all know threw a lot of punches so I really think it would have been a snoozer
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Calzaghe 1.jpgHave a look...
calzaghe 2.jpg
I just previeed the pictures and they are tiny! Fuck knows how you make them bigger but this is Joe with most of the current Guernsey boxers, taken last Thursday, Also, Joe went out for a few sociables with the lad with dark hair and dark t shirt, second from left![]()
When you click it it gets to a normal size pic that you can see clearly...IMO it just looks as if Joe is healthy and is bigger because he is at his walking around weight....Obviously when a guy fights he is 20lbs or so under his normal weight so I would guess that is why.....He retired at LHW so figure he was 175lbs for that bout and he was in shape so he probably shed 15lbs in camp giving him a walking around weight of about 190......
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Yes Jones wanting to go in and be happy surviving against Calzaghe was Poo....HMM lets examine this further shall we.....
RJJ Avoided Calzaghe in his prime years,,,,,,
RJJ Self stated during his time calling the Calzaghe/Hopkins fight when asked by Lampley and Merchant why he never fought Calzaghe when Jones said he wanted to face the winner of Calzaghe/Hopkins....."it was too much of a risk, I had too much to lose, If I went to England like they proposed More then likely I would have lost my belt, When they offered to come here I felt I did not need to take the risk because I had the titles and did not need Calzaghe at the time, I have nothing to lose now and I would be happy just to get the bout, but I prefer to face Bernard then Joe".......
Sounds like a confident man
Jones had beaten Ajamu, Hanshaw and Trinidad by points lost 3 of the prior bouts 2 by horrific stoppage losses.....Jones last stoppage win before Calzaghe came in 2002....Going into the bout with Jones Calzaghe was on a 5 fight win streak over Lacy, Bika, Manfredo, Kessler and Hopkins...
Tell me it is crazy to thinnk Jones was happy surviving?......Calzaghe mocked him during the fight!!!!.....Jones was not even a shadow of his formerself in the bout past the 3rd rd......No big deal knocking Calzaghe down because joe has been down more times then a dime store hooker......Thing is keeping Joe Down....So no it is not poo to think Jones went into the fight happy to survive and just wanted to make a good showing of himself
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