Roy Jones jnr vs Sergey Kvalev @ 175

My impression from many of Roys fights is that his opponents gameplan was hoping to land something big, probably because they didn't believe they could outbox him. I think it's that image that sticks with Roys fans. They've seen fighters go after their man, but without accomplish anything.

You rarely see boxer A outboxing boxer B, and then boxer B suddenly KO's boxer A thanks to savage power and a lack of mandible fortitude in the target. KO happens when boxer A outbox boxer B, and eventuelly see a chance to finish the job. Or in close, grueling fights where one of the boxers finally breaks. If power is the decisive factor in a fight, that's probably because it's made it possible for the stronger boxer to get the upper hand, in exchanges, so he can start to dominate and walk down the road to a stoppage.

The one punch turn around doesn't even happen in the Rocky movies.

That's why I believe Roy would defeat Kovalev. I'm not sure, because it would have been one of the most dangerous opponents Roy ever faced. If Kovalev could have landed some of those shots feather fisted John Ruiz could, whay would happen with Roy?

But boxing common sense still hints at Roy getting an UD.

 

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ZZZZ You are beyond re****ed for real. Del is the same guy easily lost to jones which yes he caught jones down but thats because jones was too ****y into thinking del wouldnt even touch him. **** happen in boxing but i wouldnt bet a prime jones wouldnt fall the same mistake vs Kovalev. You and the rest of the re****s are not true boxing fans i swear to god thinking kovalev can beat a prime roy jones smh.

 

Kovalev also gets hit rather easy. His style would be perfect for a prime Roy Jones. If Kovalev try to jab and use straight rights in the middle of the ring with the fastest, skill full fighter that can punch in roy jones? Kovalev wouldnt had a chance in hell. Kovalev would lose easily. Again i'm talking about a prime jones that was at light heavyweight before moving up to heavyweight.

 

Oh please you are just showing how desperate you are with this cr ap. You want to make excuses for Roid saying he was 35 when he lost, but don't want to acknowledge that Holyfield was 38, and 39 when he fought the totally fvcking useless Ruiz. It is well accepted that Holy was past his best when he was beaten twice by Lewis despite the best efforts of Eugenia Williams, so it says plenty about Ruiz that at that advanced age he was still able to go 1, 1, and 1 with him.

To try to elevate Ruiz to A class level just because Roid beat him is simply pathetic. Try doing the same to Frank Bruno, and you would rightly get laughed out of the room.

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Why do you keep wearing your idiocy like a medal? YDKSAB, other than a fan boys view of Roid Jones.

On 13 June 1997, he defeated Virgil Hill over 12 rounds to add Hill's Lineal, WBA, & IBF titles to his own. However, Michalczewski soon lost both alphabet titles. The WBA immediately stripped him for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize. Michalczewski was then forced to relinquish the IBF title when he was unable to defend the title in a court-ordered defense against mandatory challenger William Guthrie within a little over a month after the bout with Hill.

I suppose a Roid freak like you thinks it is quite reasonable for DM to fight again within 6 weeks of beating Hill, whilst your drug cheating hero fought on an average of every 5 months at Light Heavy, funnily enough a month longer than it took DM to fight Piper after Hill.:roll::roll::roll:

 

It's a shame you don't apply the same criteria to EVERY fighter you ever write about isn't it?

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What you are conveniently either forgetting, or simply don't understand is that Jones NEVER, EVER faced a fighter as naturally heavy handed as Kovalev. Those fighters are few and far between.

Both Kevin Finnegan and Alan Minter told me that was the case with Hagler. Every punch he hit them with was hurtful even his jabs.

Cleverly, and others have said the same about Kov. It is that case scenario that makes people understand that ANY punch from Kov, even a good jab is going to put Jones on the back foot, and make him hesitate to even attempt his leaping hooks. Forget the honey punch, anything and everything that lands on Jones is going to hurt him, and he was NEVER the bravest fighter, that came through adversity.

He either had it all his own way, or lost. Simple as that.

 

Do you think Kov could have outboxed Roy? While Roy supposedly is the GOAT in all categories, I mainly think it was his offence that was "great", together with his reflexes. His footwork and ring-iQ was so-so IMHO.

Point being, Roys offence were great and Kovalev is not all that hard to find. I think Roy punching him would break his rhythm.

Unless you think Kov could outbox Roy then you just daydream about the one punch turn around KO that almost never happen, which is fine but not very convincing. (One exception is Froch vs Groves 1. Since I'm a huge fan of Froch and think Groves is an obnoxious little *******, that was some funny **** seeing Groves outbox Froch for several rounds but have all his good work destroyed when Froch scored a sudden TKO )