Who wins: Roy Jones Jr. Vs Young Stribling

Need some time to think. Is there a particular weight you are looking at?

 

here is some footage of Stribling, he looks like he took a jump rope class prior to boxing and this looks like his first day in the boxing gym. He has no idea how to punch, he has no balance, and he looks like a guy who just walked in off the street and decided to punch the heavy bag for the first time. I won't mention him in the same sentence with RJJ.

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But what exactly have you seen in Stribling's actual fights that leads you to believe he could beat Roy Jones Jr.? Do you think he looks formidable on video? If so, can you refer us to any specific moments in any of his fight footage?

 

This. Weight pretty much determines it all. Roy had the most success in his career below heavyweight while Stribling had his best success at heavyweight. Stribling also had underrated power at heavyweight.

 

Speaking of Stribling footage: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/young-stribling-vs-phil-scott.615070/page-2

 

The funny thing is Stribling’s punching technique and footwork in the video posted above is actually very good and efficient, but now days people are used to modern bag work that’s usually just for the camera’s. But, in some cases a lot of modern guys are just bad at working the bag and have terrible footwork. Two of the worst I’ve seen are Joseph Parker and Breazeale (in person).

 

I love how oldschool fighters are chastised for being unorthodox even if they have great success but fighters today are praised for it (ex Lomachenko)

Stribling looks fine on the heavybag. A little lax on the defense but good power and especially looks like a slippery son of a *****

That being said I take Jones here by UD

 

As long as Roy can use at least 50% of his limbs then I think he should just about take this one.

 

Funny, Stribling managed to land those 'telegraphed' uppercuts on Schmeling.

Also, for the matchup I pick Jones by decision (at Light Heavy).

 

But what exactly have you seen in Roy Jones Jr's actual fights that leads you to believe he could beat Young Stribling? Do you think he looks formidable on video? If so, can you refer us to any specific moments in any of his fight footage?

 

What point are you trying to make? Unless you're new to the Internet, surely you realize that there are dozens of highlight reels with hundreds of examples of Roy doing bad-ass, amazing things in professional fights. Are you trying to pretend that there's some kind of equivalence between asking for someone to explain and provide evidence for why they find Stribling impressive and asking about Roy? I don't get it.

 

Looks pretty awful on the bag to me. If you want to argue that we shouldn't draw inferences about his abilities based on his heavy-bag workouts then fine, but let's not pretend he looks good.

And LOL at "a little lax on the defense."