Prime Roy Jones Jr. vs. Artur Beterbiev.

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  1. BCS8

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    Does Beterbiev get access to Jones' industrial steroids?

    Asking for a friend.
     
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  2. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Will Super Soldier Serum do?. I've gpt a German "Uncle".

    He's got some to sell.
     
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  3. Snails

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    Roy Jones boxing skills are overrated but he still may be too fast for Beterbiev.
     
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  4. Loudon

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    He started going to the ropes more as he aged. He took rests and counter punched lesser, slower fighters.

    I personally think that he’d have respected Artur enough to not have employed those kinds of tactics.

    A prime version of Roy in his 20’s wouldn’t have gone to the ropes voluntarily.
     
  5. Loudon

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    Where were they against Green and Lebedev etc?

    We’re talking here about a prime version of Roy who could cover huge distances in just a split second.
     
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  6. The Akbar One

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    Beterbiev isn't that much bigger than Roy. What is the height difference like one inch? Roid likely wins by KO. Roy KO's Kovalev also, and outpoints Ward. The guy he might have a little trouble with would be Dawson. Not saying Dawson would win, but the southpaw Dawson at his peak was more capable then Tarver, Harmon, Harding and those guys. I'm not talking about the weight drained guy that got smacked around by Andre Ward after dropping to 168. I'm talking about the guy that beat Adamek, Tarver and Johnson.
     
  7. Reinhardt

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    Betebiev would have a much better chance against Toney who'd be there for him.
     
  8. Reinhardt

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    That's the way to see this fight, and it'd be the way to bet.
     
  9. Banana-Rama

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    This is prime Roy, timestamped:

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  10. VG_Addict

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    Dawson was no slouch in the speed department either.
     
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  11. Loudon

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    There’s going to be the odd occasion where any fighter can be manoeuvred or pressured towards the ropes.

    I’m not saying that Artur couldn’t have put him there at some point, just that Roy didn’t voluntarily go there in his prime, like how he did when he was older.

    Also, Roy could be very dangerous when near the ropes. He actually dropped Vinny twice whilst stood near the ropes. And if you watch the bit that’s been time stamped, you’ll notice that although Vinny had much faster hands than Artur, that almost all of those punches were either blocked or avoided completely.
     
  12. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    No as Toney would give him Siberia treatment.
     
  13. Noel857

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    Roy would toy with Beterbiev
     
  14. African Cobra

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    Unbelievable Pazienza use to be a Lightweight.
     
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  15. lepinthehood

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    Beterbiev could beat Jones at 175
     
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