barry mcguigan article on RJJ

I like McGuigan, always have....

but he's talking bollocks in that article. I can understand him complaining about the Trinidad/Jones fight but the anti-Jones rant just makes him look like an idiot.

The first middleweight in 100 years to win a heavyweight belt and what does Barry say? "He picked the easiest heavy to beat" atsch

This is the same McGuigan who's been sucking Calzaghes balls for the last 10 years by they way - yes, that McGuigan :rofl

Next week I want to see an article from Barry judging Joes competition using the same yardstick he uses for Jones. Oh and he can do the same for Hatton too, he's always been a major Hatton fan too, and even bigged up Hattons fight with Pendleton who was a million times more shot when he fought Hatton than Jones is right now.

Oh and lastly, anyone that says "Jones never had a chin" is an idiot, regardless of what they did in the ring themself.

 

The interview is in late 1996. So I assume so.

 

hmmm. it's safe to say benn wasn't the same mentally after that fight, it destroyed him to a certain extent so that really throws another spanner in the works. benn wasn't really interested in fighting after that night as shown by his last 5 fights so it's not that outlandish to suggest benn may have turned it down.

 

Hmm...that sounded just like something Welsh Dragon posted earlier

 

Also Benn knew Jones was friends with McClellan, which I think I've heard Benn say put him off taking the fight, didn't want 'revenge' involved.

The McClellan fight finished Benn as a force anyway, anyone could see that.

 

Good post, I have noticed Barry to say negative remarks about hopkins also.........not sure what that is all about. In 20-30 years, Roy will be held in same regard as SRR/SRL type.

 

He's already held in that regard now, to people who know what the **** they're talking about :yep

 

What I don't understand why do people put all the blame on Jones for fights that didn't happen? Why are they so out to get him, when the evidence shows that in most cases it wasn't his fault (or in regards Hopkins rematch only partially, B-HOP should've took the 60-40, but his ego got in the way, then Roy’s ego got in the way and he said 70-30 in spite)? Can we not see from what is occurring with Calzage (sp?) that B-hop is difficult to come to an agreement with? B-Hop had no issues with the whole Oscar thing, because even though Oscar was pretty much doing nothing at that point and B-Hop deserved more money than him, the sum he got outweighed his ego. With Roy he would’ve got the biggest purse up till that point that he had ever got, Roy was the draw, accomplished more, and won the first bout.

They make mention of his chin, but negate his age and weight loss when he went down 20lbs of muscle in his advanced age. They say o he has no chin because of the Tarver KO MOSTLY, but have selective memory and NEVER ONCE mentions the 1st fight where Jones absorbed a LOT of shots, more so in the 6th round I believe and wasn't rocked or out on his feet. It's annoying.

Roy said something about; they won’t be satisfied until you die in the ring or something like that.

 

RJJ is a top 25 ATG **** this guy. He accomplished more in one year than this hater did in a lifetime.:deal

 

Put it this way - if Jones did have a glass chin for his whole career as some suggest then he MUST go down as the greatest defensive boxer that ever drew breath, when you consider some of the fighters he's been in with. Either that or his chin isn't as bad as people say....yes he obviously can be KO'd, so can anyone - especially at the tail end of their careers.

 

He is right about this fight, but he is WAY OFF about Jones as a fighter. You can pick apart pretty much anyones resume if you want and make it look bad, fact is that RJJ raped guys who have gone on to be champions, battered men who were champions and produced a level of speed, timing and combination punching that is almost unmatched in the sports history.

Say what you want about his attitude towards risks, he beat up on live opponents in a way most fighters would struggle to hit a heavy bag. One of the most gifted I have ever seen.

 

THE most gifted I've ever seen, no doubt in my mind about that. The man was a freak at his best.

I've lost a ton of respect for McGuigan after reading that **** article, can't believe someone I held in such high esteem for so long would write such a xenophobic, biased pile of crap.

 

I can. He makes a half decent pundit but he has long talked crap. He was licking Calzaghes arse as the greatest ever British fighter before Kessler fought him. I have defended Calzaghe here and his comp is no way near as bad as many make out but PLEASE....

Beating Eubank, Reid, Woodhall, Mitchell, Lacy....that makes him ahead of Lewis? No chance. In fact I don't rate his comp as any better than Hameds...in fact it is worse overall.

 

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