Calzaghe the KO Specialist

I believe you were the one that said Jones was not shot maybe even that he was prime against Joeatsch, and dont take Jones word for it, he still fights he thinks he can still be good but everyone knows he should stop.

 

the thing is, if Calzaghe had no power, then anyone half decent would have just walked right through him.

 

Its clear that once jones had stopped juicing and gone back down to 175, roys reflexes had diminished exposing roys disgraceful glass jaw. tarver and jones took advantage of that by knocking him cold.

the difference with calzaghe and the reason that so many respected people in the fight game were tipping jones to beat calzaghe was because they knew that calzaghe's hands were totally shot and that he didn't have any knock out power left at all. they all knew that calzaghe v jones was a match up that would be decided by boxing ability alone. by the time the calzaghe fight came around, jones had 3 good wins under his belt and fully adapted back to the weight, was fighting on home territory, with american officials, at a weight calzaghe had only fought at once before.

the omens looked great for roy, the only problem was that roy was fighting an elite fighter and was no longer juicing - the gulf in class was huge. after roys illegal forearm in the 1st round, calzaghe came roaring back and 'lacyied jones in his own back yard. the beatdown was the 1st sustained beatdown of roys career, i think any neutral observer would agree that even a glass handed calzaghe could have stopped jones if he had chosen too, but out of respect for roy, and combined with the fact that calzaghe knew it would be his last fight, calzaghe spared jones and decided to enjoy himself through rounds 8-12 and put on a master class of skills and charisma for the paying public.

when all is done, people remember calzghe for his ability to fight in adveristy, to be able to adapt styles mid-fight, to be able to go toe to toe without holding despite notorious hand problems.

when all is done, people will remember roy jones for being a drug cheat, for folding like a lawn chair when faced with adversity, for having no plan B and not being able to adapt when plan A didn't work, for having an horrific glass jaw, for never beating a linear champion his whole career.

 

Haters gonna hate

 

Those were some garbage stoppages.