Roy Jones Jr vs Smoking Joe Frazier, Prime for Prime, 15 rounds.

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  1. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    66 Ali was probably the fastest version of Ali, but still not as fast as Roy.
     
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  2. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ruiz wasn't skilled either, plenty of big men from older eras were more skilled then him.
     
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  3. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    THIS. Roy evades, avoids and uses his superior other worldly athleticism to avoid Frazier for eight or nine rounds but will eventually get roughed up and obliterated.
     
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    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    they would tear him apart.
     
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  5. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr was like a shooting star in the sky, he went up, then crashed down rather early. He did not have longevity on his side at all. His time span was like a blink of an eye, Jones venturing into heavyweight fighting was not an all time great but a ponderous John Ruiz. Nobody, I mean nobody can lose a prime that quick unless he is Benjamin Button. He was very skilled in a very short period of time against rather slow fighters.
     
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  6. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Bob Foster would shatter Roy’s fragile Glass Jaw. Frazier likely puts Jones in a coma.
     
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  7. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe kills him
     
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  8. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What the hell as Bob Foster beating Jones got to do with anything?
     
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  9. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    True. But Ruiz sucks
     
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  10. Jackstraw

    Jackstraw Mercy for me, justice for thee! Full Member

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    Yeah, and guys like Antonio Tarver and Glenn Johnson weren’t right for him either :eek:
     
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  11. Vic The Gambler

    Vic The Gambler Active Member Full Member

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    Jones would dance out of range and hit Smoking Joe from every conceivable angle throughout the fight. An easy unanimous decision for the greatest Prime fighter the world has ever seen…All hail the P4P all time king…Roy Jones Junior!
     
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  13. Vic The Gambler

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    Haha! What the heck do you call a long reign at the top then?? The guy went 15 years unbeaten apart from a DQ against Montell G, which he addressed in the next fight by KOing him in a couple of rounds.
    1989-2004 he wasn’t even put on the deck, never mind lost a fight! He started to slow down around 2000/2001 but he still carried on winning. But by 2004 his reflexes had diminished enough to leave him as a mere mortal. But his prime was pretty damn long for a guy who depended mainly on speed and reflexes!
     
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  14. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Strictly my own personal opinion as you are entitled to yours. So Roy Jones Jr has a heavyweight title by beating John Ruiz, that is one victory for a heavyweight title. Joe Frazier took down many heavyweights, including Muhammad Ali in 1971, Jimmy Ellis in 1970 and took down the defending undisputed World Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster on Nov 18 1970, in two rounds. You can be sold on Roy Jones but not everyone is going to think like you or I, try to remember that. I am not on the Jones Band Wagon.
     
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  15. Vic The Gambler

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