Would Roy Jones Jr be able to take Gennady Golovkins power?

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Would Roy Jones Jr be able to take Gennady Golovkins power?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    I think 8/10 times peak RJJr beats peak GGG. Done and done.
     
  2. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    You really believe a product of the Soviet amateur system is any cleaner? You really believe that. o_O
     
  3. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This all comes down to the Pre-Ruiz and Post-Ruiz versions of Roy. RJJ's entire career is defined by that.

    The pre-Ruiz version was impossible to nail with anything clean and would have been a favourite against most ATGs from history.

    The post-Ruiz version was getting iced out cold by US domestic level fighters. So no doubt that GGG would have had a Post-Ruiz out cold if they had fought. But then you need to also recognise that a pre-Ruiz Roy would have been highly likely to outbox GGG to a decision especially the one from around the Toney fight.
     
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  4. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Lou Del Valle didn’t seem to have any problems. Also, Prime Roy gets knocked out by Hagler, Spinks, Charles, Foster, Moorer, Patterson, Beterbiev, Kovalev, etc the idea that with that Glass Jaw he beats anyone in history is just ridiculous.
     
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  5. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Name one fight in Jones prime where Jones was badly staggered by anyone.
     
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  6. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lou was a southpaw and landed one punch that dropped Roy.
    Roy got up and won a fight that he completely dominated.
     
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  7. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you think that Hopkins and Toney DID NOT land flush on Jones the entire fights ?
     
  8. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    I already have. Jones had no Chin. None. He was a Glass Jawed Fighter and explains a lot if you look at his career and how he managed to maneuver through divisions. They knew.
     
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  9. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So your trying to tell me that Jones had a horrible chin and he was just so fast that NOBODY ever landed on him for like 18 years because you would have to include the amateur ranks as well which featured Jones facing the best in the world as well.
    Nobody in the gym,and he faced tons of people in sparring trying to make a name for themselves, ever managed to land on Jones in thousands of rounds in sparring??
    Think for a moment how foolish that sounds.
     
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  10. BCS8

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    what tests did he fail?
     
  11. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    lol please, Roy got knocked out and hurt above 168 in his mid 30s, GGG is a 160 pound fighter and lost wide in his only fight above 160. Jones beats and knocks him out at any weight class they compete in.
     
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  12. BCS8

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    LOL gotta love this site's genius posters, where the guy who was never off his feet is gonna get knocked out, and where the guy with a well known chin problem would have no hassles surviving a nuclear explosion right on the button :rolleyes:
     
  13. tarrant45

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    Like when he moved to HW and became champion?
     
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  14. JudeBB

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    GGG would find him at some point, clean. Despite Roys elusiveness.no chance he avoids GGG's amazing pressure for a whole 12 rounds.

    No way in hell could Roy have stopped GGG. You're deluded and stupid if you think he could. GGG's chin was pure granite.

    When Jones Jr's speed slowed down just a little, the fragility of his chin was for the world to see, although the signs were already there when he got decked hard in the Del Valle fight.

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  15. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Would he take his power?
    nah
    However, Prime Roy wouldn’t get touced by gennady.
    Fact.