Bernard Hopkins said Roy Jones is a 1-dimensional fighter!

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  1. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins said Roy Jones is a 1-dimensional fighter ???

    Now why you got to go say somethin like that B - Hop when you about to retire yourself and Roy Jones ain't done yet ?? Back in 2010 YOU didn't know what dimension you were in when you were hittin the canvas 3 times vs Roy Jones Jr.

    Them be fightin words B-Hop, you said your friends with Roy Jones, but you don't say a friend is 1-dimensional when your talking about one of the greats to ever Lace them up and especially after RJJ beat you with one hand and then had you in all kinds of trouble in a rematch when Roy was supposedly done and you were supposed to so much better than Roy as you got older. Roy clowned you twice and made you flinch like James Toney when Roy did the move he stole from a gamecock in the rematch.

    B - Hop you don't want none of Roy Jones, so stop talking Smack sayin that Roy is 1-dimension. B - Hop didn't even know what dimension he was in when he was sprawled out in the canvas back in 2010 holding the back of his head after rabbit punching and headbutt Roy all night. B - Hop if you fought Roy a 3rd time you know he'd clown you again and this time you could get KTFO by Roy Jones.

    B - Hop you better hope Roy not on commnetary this weekend in your last hurrah fight after talking all that smack about Roy being 1-dimensional fighter. What if ROY calls you OUT for a 3rd Fight but you all retired !! Now What?

    Roy already got a fight next year B - Hop he fighting the bare knuckle champion, what you doin next year B-Hop if you're done, it looks like Roy Jones gonna out-last B - Hop in the sport after all that you better win this weekend B - Hop after you saying Roy a 1-dimensional fighter!!
     
  2. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    A Russian one dimensional face first brawler with a glass jaw. :D

    B-Hop is just channeling obnoxious and xenofobic US fans obviously.
     
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  3. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sounds like jealously
     
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  4. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Hopkins hates Russian. It is confirmed.
     
  5. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Holy ****, I forgot he has Russian citizenship.:risas3:
     
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  6. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yo this has got nothin to do with Roy's Russian citizenship. This is about B Hop talkin that smackitty smack on Roy Jones sayin RJJ is 1-dimensional???

    Thats gotta be one of the most ridiculous statements you could possibly say about RJJ. Out of all the things that you could say about Roy Jones, one thing he's certainly NOT is 1-dimensional.

    Roy is the polar opposite of 1-dimensional. He's one of the most dynamic 3-dimensional fighters ever to fight in boxing. Compared to Roy Jones, B Hop is ordinary. Roy was larger than life in the ring, out of all the things you could say about Roy Jones, 1-dimensional is certainly not one that comes to mind. It just goes to show that B Hop is out of his damn mind when it comes to Roy Jones. We know Hopkins had more success than Roy in the last decade or so, but that had nothing to do with Roy being 1-dimensional. If anything Roy was too dynamic for his own good and refused to become 1-dimensional and boring like other fighters when he started slowing down. That's not to say that Hopkins didn't have better defense in his later career than Roy, but Roy never had a fight where he just ran away and tried to survive like Hopkins did against Kovalev. Say what you want about Roy, but the dude was the furthest thing from 1-dimensional a boxer can be.
     
  7. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Maybe he meant his commentating style, Roy has to learn to talk properly, not doing that rap shiet lol
     
  8. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Uh B Hop sure as hell wasn't talking about Roy's commentating style LOL. And even if he was, that still don't make no sense because B Hop commentating style be way more 1-dimensional than Roy's too. B Hop musta lost his damn mind and MUSTA FAH GOT!!!
     
  9. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Easy man ha3x, both legacy are sealed and they are both great. Whatever opinion they have for the other doesn't mean much for the rest of us.
     
  10. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well B Hop said it ain't how you start it's how you finish. Both are legends, but their legacies aren't sealed until they hang up the gloves. In Hopkins case, his whole legacy is based on how his career progressed, not how it started. If he don't finish strong, then what does that say about his legacy?

    What he said about Roy means a lot, especially to the fans who will be debating who had a better career B Hop or Roy till the end of time. It's flat out a ridiculous statement by B Hop to say Roy Jones is 1 - dimensional. There's plenty of things he could say about RJJ, but 1-dimensional is certainly one thing that RJJ definitively isn't!
     
  11. Imran520

    Imran520 New Member Full Member

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    Yes, he is great fighter .
     
  12. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Depends how you take his comments...if you take them in the sense that Jones relied on his amazing reflexes and physical attributes as opposed to sheer boxing technique, then there's credence to that. Hence his sharp decline
     
  13. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    This.
    Jones Jr was never a true boxer, he was just a phenom.
     
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  14. Optimus Dime

    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Roy could never beat the older Hopkins again..
     
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  15. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    True, RJJ was a great fighter fighting his style based upon his speed and reflexes, but once they went he couldn't adapt like some other greats could hence why he had such a sudden and sharp decline.

    Other greats like BHop, Ali, even Calzaghe made adaptations to their style. Hopkins became more economical, relied less on speed, power strength and used more movement, spoiled more. Ali set his feet more hit a little harder, clinched more, played more mind games, Calzaghe threw lighter punches but threw more as his hands became more brittle, switching from a boxer puncher to a pressure fighter, almost swarmer with his insane workrate.

    But I personally wouldn't sat Roy was one dimensional. He has shown in past fights he could adapt a little to his opponents and alter tactics. The first fight with Tarver is a good example, he went to the body way more than he normally did in that fight as he was struggling to connect to Tarver's head cleanly and tried to slow Tarver down by breaking his body. Also in his fight with Tito he started putting his hands up and trying to walk Tito down, after he lost the early rounds trying to fight his normal style. So he could adapt and switch things up a bit but not well enough to really remain a top fighter like some other greats did when their bodies failed them.
     
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