Roy Jones at 193lbs beats Vitali Klitschko

RJJ has a 6 inch reach and a 9 inch height difference to overcome as well.
He would CONSTANTLY be in Vitali's range, the amount of dodging/slipping/weaving he would have to employ just to not get hit (not even talking about mounting any offense that leaves him wide open) makes this entire stance completely laugheble.

Add Vitalis timing, highly underrated speed (at his prime pre surgery) and his 1 punch power (before his shoulder surgery) and this is just laugheble.

Can just close this thread now as outside of the 2 trolls trying to get a rise out of factual, rational and logically thinking people its just beyond ******ed.

Just ban both of their accounts as they obviously are just created to troll people.

 

I can't believe this guy isn't banned yet when he's clearly trolling atsch

 

One thing that isn't being considered is workrate. Ruiz was never particularly active and almost never throws combinations. Sure, he wasn't horribly slow of hand and foot, but he wasn't blazing, and certainly no faster than Vitali, now, or back in 2003. Vitali routinely throws 70-90 punches a round, sometimes over 100. I don't care how much quicker Roy was than Vitali, there will be punches landed, based on pure volume. Vitali did indeed land clear punches on Byrd... maybe not many, but enough to win rounds... and Byrd could take a punch much better than Roy.

Several of Vitali's opponents have commented that he's much faster in person than he looks like on television. Also his footwork his vastly underrated. He has a great ability to judge and manipulate distance, using his underrated and surprisingly quick feet to get him away from opponents or toward them much faster than they realize. He wasn't pretty, but was usually effective.

Not only was Vitali not as slow as his detractors think, but he has a ridiculous workrate for such a large man. Vitali throwing 70+ punches a round versus 30 or 40 for Ruiz... I'm sure he'll land some shots. Ruiz certainly landed cleanly... especially in the 1st. Roy took it pretty well, but he would have taken more, and harder punches against the elder Klitchsko.

Plus, even if he only did land only glancing blows early... a man of Vitali's size and power... that will also do damage, especially against a man 50 pounds or more lighter. After 4 or 5 rounds, Roy's arms will certainly be bruised and sore, if that is all Vitali is catching (doubtful, but I can work with the premise). Eventually, even that indirect beating will slow Roy down to the point of getting caught clean.

I can understand not liking Vitali or not enjoying his style. But to say the man had no skill or technique is absurd. He developed a style which suits him and his build. He moves the way he does and holds his hands where he does because it enables him to be effective against smaller and often quicker opposition. It's not like Roy ever learned proper technique. Eventually, once his reflexes went, that lack of technique got him knocked out... over and over again. However, even in his prime... he DID get hit. Usually not by more than a punch at a time... but it did happen. And not once in Roy Jones's illustrious career did he ever get tagged by someone who hit as hard as Vitali Klitschko.

2003 Vitali Klitschko TKO3 2003 Roy Jones
2011 Vitali Klitschko TKO11 2003 Roy Jones

 

Jones wouldn't stand a chance really. Jones would also have never taken the fight, far too dangerous for him. Ruiz was handpicked. Jones made it clear that this was a one-time affair, he would never attempt to fight a real heavyweight.

Ironically Jones is taking terrible damage today getting knocked out silly at Cruiserweight but that's a different story.

 

Vitali is 50 times superior to Ruiz

 

By that train of logic Floyd would beat RJJ because Floyd is faster than RJJ. Your entire argument is a bunch of BS.

Vitali would demolish RJJ with utter ease. You're the only clown here who thinks otherwise.

 

Roy Jones has no Chin. None.

 

This guy is so stupid :rofl

Also arrogant enough to belive that we're all wrong, though in fairness 'we like boxing, but just don't understand it' :rofl

 

Nope, Ruiz is very basic technically - Vitali throws a better jab and a deadly, straight right. He's no wizard, but a damn sight better than Ruiz.

 

Btw. I frickin' love Roy Jones Junior and I'd like to think he would be able to give a guy like Vitaly SOME trouble, but I certainly do NOT think he could do to Vitali what he did to Ruiz. Vitalis reach and weight would cause RRJ huge problems - even if he was able to evade most punches early on he'd eventually get drained, slow down and probably get stopped. Just blocking punches from a guy that big hurts when you're smaller and Vitali isn't stupid - he'd know not to just go for Roy's head from the off.