Hahaha! I had a conversation with an old ex boxing pro pal of mine not long after Jones beat Ruiz. I was jumping and hollering in delight (RJJ was a big favourite of mine.) shouting “Bring on Lewis, bring on everybody! Jones will whoop them all!” Or words to that effect. My old pal chewed his gum slowly and shook his head, replying deadpan…”That old bum Ruiz has a whole lot to answer for,” before walking off leaving me in my euphoria. Your words brought back some funny memories
Roy Jones would make George Foreman look like a drunk trying to find his keys in the dark. And Alex Stewart teed off on Foreman at will. So did Tommy Morrison. So did everyone else Old Foreman fought with a pulse.
Against late 90s George, he stands a very good chance. Against 70s George and early 90s George, he stands little chance. He might pull it off by landing and then running, but it's gonna be very hard. Those versions of George only need 1 good punch and they could cut the ring pretty good.
Roy survives the first round against any version of George. Foreman ain't got the speed to catch Roy. Eventually, Roy will run out of puff and George can steamroll him with 1 punch, but he will need a while to get there.
Prime Holyfield struggled to do that, RJJ has no chance of repeating that. RJJ can't beat small MW Calzaghe let alone someone 60 ppunds heavier than him and one of the hardest punchers ever. Alex stewart was 227 pounds one of the hardest punchers of that time, wtf are you talking about. If Tyson struggled with Douglas, does that mean that Canelo would beat him?Hell no.
Roy Jones can't beat MW Calzaghe with pillow fists, he aint beating 230 pounds HW with monster punch and iron chin like Foreman.
Got tee'd off on by Toney too regardless what happened w the decision being overturned. Still has to b disheartening to get treated like a stepping stone into a heavyweight championship by both RJJ n Toney, two guys moving up. He needs to challenge them in exhibitions to get revenge.
Are you stupid or don't you understand English ?!? Nobody said Roy beats 70's Foreman. I said 70's Foreman most likely KO's Roy, but he needs a bit of time. Roy will be afraid of Foreman's power, so he will use his speed and reflexes to avoid Foreman's punches. But since even a glancing blow from Foreman can damage Roy, Roy will use up way more energy than he'd use to avoid an opponent his own size. So eventually Roy runs out of energy and slows down. That's when Foreman gets to land a few punches, which slow Roy even more. After that, Roy can't run no more and Foreman lands a big one and it's all over. And why bring up Roy's match with Calzaghe ?! It's completely irrelevant since Roy was washed up by then. Prime vs prime, Roy destroys Calzaghe.
Roy's peak ended around 2004, he dominated for a decade an a half before that, that's an incredible achievement.
Both were past prime Calzaghe and RJJ, prime for prime same but closer fight. Foreman knocked Frazier and Norton in 2 rounds, there is no chance RJJ lasting 2 rounds.
Wrong. It will be close yes, but Roy wins. And even though both were past their best, Roy was 39 and Calzaghe 36. Roy's style and success depended a whole lotmore on his athleticism than Calzaghe's. Completely irrelevant. Both Frazier and Norton were forward-pressing type boxers. RJJ is never gonna be stupid to come forward towards Foreman like that. He's gonna tag Foreman and then run, and Foreman ain't got the speed to catch him, regardless the version of Foreman that shows up. Foreman needs to wait for the mid rounds for Roy to get tired, than hit him with a few glancing blows, to wear him out and tire him even more, and only after that can he go for the kill.
Nope, he aint beatin Calzaghe in his prime because Calzaghe had his humber and is tailor made for him, just like Tyson would never beat Holyfield or Frazier would never beat Foreman. They were both in late 30s, if fight happened 5,6 years before the result would be the same but the fight would be even more exciting. Not true, Norton was very good boxer while doing backwards. Frazier was master defense boxer. RJJ would not trade but Foreman is a great ring cutter, he would backed him and beat him in the corner. Even Ali could not run first 8 rounds, and RJJ is poor man's MW Ali. Foreman would just caught him with giant uppercut, and knock him cold.
