Has there ever been a more athletic...

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  1. Swollen Liver

    Swollen Liver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What's the point of talking about Floyd and Manny in Jones Jr.thread? Get out of here troll.
     
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  2. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Prime RJJ shuts Calzaghe down.
     
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  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy is widely considered one of the 2 or 3 most athletic boxers ever. People couldn't do what he did. He had the entire package of hand, foot, entire body speed and power to boot. He really was basically a boogeyman fighter. No one that Roy has ever fought had the combination of what he had. And no one he has ever fought was anywhere near as fast as him. What other fighters can you say that about?
     
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  4. attaboi

    attaboi Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    You're a comedian.
     
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  5. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Funny how you didn't castigate the guy that actually started it. But, of course you're probably one of his alts. TROLL!
     
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  6. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    If there were more athletic fighters than Roy, then I haven't seen much tape of them.

    He was the most gifted athlete I've ever seen inside a boxing ring. That's what enabled him to be successful, because he had a lot of flaws in his game and certainly wasn't the most skilled boxer. But he was a damn fine athlete.

    :smoke
     
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  7. Antigoon

    Antigoon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The only one I can think of that might come close, was Herbie Hide when he was coming up around '90. Atleast that's how I remember it, I was still young then. And ofcourse his flaws caught up with him a lot more obvious and sooner.
     
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  8. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    :good
     
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  9. FartWristedBum

    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    Pretty sure he was both...:huh
     
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  10. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd never had Jones type of athleticism.

    Floyd was more comparable to Toney than Jones
     
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  11. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I guess we will never know.

    It alway shocks me that people go on gushing about guys like Jones, Holyfield or Morrison, when we really don't know how good these guys were, if they would have been any good at all
     
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  12. Swollen Liver

    Swollen Liver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah sure. Quit drugs.
     
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  13. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Get real.

    If steroids could turn you into a fighter, there'd be millions of boxers in the world.
     
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  14. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao was a better athlete than Jones. More power, more stamina, more toughness. And his speed wasn't actually that far off of Jones'. Hell, his footspeed and quickness in the ring even surpassed Jones.
     
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  15. Xerant

    Xerant Gotta Hate negociations! Full Member

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    I wonder how someone gets inhuman skillz :)
     
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