The myth that Calzaghe wouldnt stand a chance against a prime Roy Jones

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  1. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    This myth is false.Theres always comments being made about how Calzaghe would get destroyed by a prime Jones and i dont know why some people think that.Roy Jones was given trouble by Montell Griffin in his prime so why couldnt Calzaghe give him trouble?Jones also went the distance with fighters that werent as good as calzaghe.Calzaghe was a great boxer in his own right and while i still think Jones would win by ud it would be a very close competitive fight.
     
  2. itrymariti

    itrymariti CaƱas! Full Member

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    Ali struggled with Jones! Ali was taken the distance by bums! Imagine what Liston would do!

    Slappy's porous defence and face-first swarming tactics would get him KO'd.
     
  3. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Joe's only chance would be to go for the ko against Jones and I wouldn't doubt him probably even dropping Jones, but I doubt it. Jones had the best footwork of any fighter and by the time Joe would through one punch, Roy would of caught him midway, like Pacquiao did with Hatton. It would look exactly like that fight.
     
  4. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Suck's they avoided each other when it really would have counted.
    That said, Calzaghe won the watered down version...

    All we can really go of off, IMO as oppossed to "IF".
     
  5. Tyson180

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    a 40 year old RJJ dropped Calzaghe. I can't even begin to think how he would murder him if he were in his prime. That is not to say Calslappy is a terrible fighter or worthless. He's a very good fighter and a loss to RJ is hardly something to put you down about.
     
  6. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    this Slappy stuff is getting tiring.

    if he slapped then he did it very hard, just ask the likes of Lacy!
     
  7. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    ;)
     
  8. horst

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    Yeah, ask Lacy, the man he didn't stop despite landing hundreds and hundreds of clean punches on. Ask him :patsch
     
  9. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    Course he would have had a chance
     
  10. horst

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    Fail#1: Jones didn't skip supermiddleweight. He beat p4p#2 James Toney there to take the IBF world title, and stayed there for another 2 years :patsch

    Fail#2: Jones had already moved up to lightheavy before Joe even fought for a world title. :patsch


    Pretty good going there dude, 2 complete failures in such a short post :good
     
  11. horst

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    Nah. The 'myth' is well-founded. Jones would have utterly destroyed Calzaghe.
     
  12. Chris Hansen

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    He would get outclassed and probably KO'd.
     
  13. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    If Tyson never fought Douglas and this fight was suggested you would all say the same thing "He gets KTFO" "Not a chance"
     
  14. kinski

    kinski Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A Joe without the hand problem would stand a better chance + with his handspeed it would probably b @ least competive.
     
  15. horst

    horst Guest

    Yeah, Joe's handspeed would really help him vs a guy with faster feet and faster hands.