Under Ring's current policy Roy Jones would've been dismissed from its rankings . . .

I think it's bizarre how in other sports they are looked upon much more unfavourably. Lance Armstrong for example. But boxing? Where the aim is to effectively incapacitate your opponent? A slap on the wrist and then everyone seems to move on.

 

I dont doubt for a minute that Joe Calzaghe was taking coke while he boxed also- which is a banned substance. Luckily he was a UK fighter where testing was and still is basically non existant.

 

Jones is a convicted steroid cheat. You rarely hear about it though wonder why that is......

 

The standard of opponents got worse?

Harding, Tarver, Woods, Gonzalez and Ruiz at heavy?

His performances only slipped, after he'd come down from heavy at nearly 35, after 50 fights.

That was around 4 years after Hall.

 

Ruiz wasn't hand picked.

Tarver and Harding were good fighters, and Woods and Gonzalez were decent. Roy toyed with Gonzalez, who went on to beat DM.

 

Boxing as a sport is inherently dangerous you throw in peds and you are looking at a lot of potential fatalities in the ring.

Jones really should of gotten stripped and banned for at least 2 years. There is talk that the ibhof will not induct him because of his positive test result.

 

I keep reading on here that "Roy toyed with Gonzalez". Did you watch that fight? Jones won a wide decision, but it was a very entertaining fight. Gonzalez couldn't win any rounds, but gave a gritty and tough effort against a superhuman Roy that would have dominated anyone else that night. It wasn't a shock to me that he went on to beat DM because he was so tough. He was a game competitor.

 

Exactly. Was why it always disgusted me seeing Supermidget Manny Pac juiced up to his eyeballs battering the **** out of a drained shot Margarito

Fanny Pac is a vile ****ing disgrace. Nothing at all entertaining about watching a roided up mongoose slaughter a shot drained old snake

(and if you dont like Margo, insert Morales, Oscar, Shane or Hatton)

 

I've watched it a few times.

It was easy for Roy, and then afterwards Gonzalez was labelled as a Mexican road sweeper.