what happened to Roy Jones?

That about sums it up :yep

 

I think going down in weight was the big problem. You will rarely ever find a boxer that goes up in weight by 20lbs and then trying dropping weight for the next fight. He should have stayed at heavyweight. Against Ruiz he still had his speed and was doing fine, then he dropped down back to lightheavy weight, big mistake.

 

Since he lost that weight his punch resistance seems to have been affected also.

 

He got old.

 

I was unaware Jones was caught juicing after winning a HW title.

 

As some poster's mentioned, Roy's style relied on reflexes, confidence and the ability to react naturally without thinking, which are basically reflexes.

Once the reflexes and confidence took a hit, he was already 35, and it was too big of a setback at that point in his career... He never got back to the elite level.

Not to mention, his punch resistance really seemed to decline around this time, which didn't help.

 

the roids and getting a shellacking from Tarver did him in.

 

glass jaw, dimmed reflexes.

 

Got old.

Jumping around weights probably didnt help either.

 

It didn't. Happen over night

 

Age

 

There's more to it than that.

 

Not a whole lot more.

 

he fought better fighters aswell near the end

 

The best fighters he fought, he fought in his prime.
Toney
Hopkins
Hill

and others, all in his prime