Carl Froch vs Roy Jones jr ... Prime for Prime

current roy yes. prime one never!!

 

You would have favoured Carl HEAVILY?

:rofl

What difference would the venue have made?

Like I say, it would have a been a race between a VW and a Lamborghini.

Seriously, go and watch Roy at his peak, then come back to me.

It would have been EASY for Roy, and he'd have got zero credit for the win.

 

:rofl:rofl

This is such a laughable statement I don't know where to begin.

 

I love both Froch and RJJ though RJJ is one of my all-time favorites and this isn't a hard fight to predict. Prime RJJ would completely destroy Froch and outclass him. Sure Ward is special and had Froch confused and frustrated, prime RJJ is in a league of his own in comparison.

 

Joke thread.

Jones in 7 (MAX)

 

You just have to realize how fast Roy Jones was, on his feet and his hands. I mean that would look funny how Roy would land at will on Froch.
Froch has a granite chin no doubt about it but as far as any other attributes over Roy there simply arent any.
Froch is relentless and definitely hits hard but technically Roy is really in a different legaue.

 

I don't know why people are bothering to respomd to this joke of a thread. I'm not a huge Roy fan, but come on. That's like Mayweather vs Gatti.

 

we've never seen Roy in with a fighter at this level. never.

Roy would be a big favorite over Froch, but all it takes is one shot, and i really do mean one shot, from Froch to end it right there and then.

Roy isn't stopping Froch in any way shape or form. in fact, he wouldn't come close to doing so. Roy could punch, but he wasn't this puncher people make him out to be.

Jones would have it all his own way for the first 5 rounds with Froch keeping him busy and making him stay active by bringing good pressure that would start off slow, but build up as the fight wore on. going into the second half of the fight, i see Froch backing Jones up to the ropes, something which a lot of fighters were able to do, and opening up with the big shots. Froch would grow in confidence as the fight progressed, while i see Roy having problems at not keeping Froch off of him, and not having an effect with his punches due to the iron chin of Froch.

the last 4 rounds will be where Froch stands his best chance of getting the win because he comes on strong down the stretch. Roy would be getting tired because of all the work he would have done in trying to stop Froch's march forward. i see him being sloppier and more open to Froch's looping and straight shots at this point.

if Froch is on his best form, i really could see him taking the fight by late stoppage. if he isn't, Roy would take a decision that isn't as wide as some would predict.

it's hard in one sense to judge Roy properly on H2H fights because he avoided all the best guys out there. all we see of Roy is fighting guys that were suited to his style, weren't good fighters to begin with, cherry picked, or just straight up bums.

but i'm going to call it on what we have seen, and what we know about both fighters. Carl doesn't surrender to anyone. his big disadvantage are fighters that can fight on the inside because he's strictly an outside fighter. Jones doesn't fight on the inside, so those problems that Ward caused him won't be appearing here. this will take place on the outside only.
Jones has a glass chin, which is what you don't need when trying to keep a non stop fighter with an unshakable will and an iron chin who can punch from getting to you.

my prediction is Carl Froch by KO round about the 9th 10th 11th after being down on the cards to a tiring Jones who can't keep up with the pace that Froch has set. had Jones of had a good chin, i see him hanging on to take the fight by 4 points or so. but that chin is what will be the deciding factor in this one.

i don't think my prediction will be in the majority, but that's what i'm sticking with.

 

i agree. Toney does beat him.

Toney can fight on the inside and has a great chin. those are two areas that Roy doesn't have in his locker.

 

which fighters did Jones KO without much effort that were as proven as Carl??

who?? :think

 

Calzaghe wouldn't have given Jones the room to outbox him. he'd be right on top of him at all times, taking away the long cautious boxing that Jones liked.

he isn't coming close to KO'ing Froch. that would happen the day Jesus comes flying from the sky with the 4 horse men of the apocalypse.

it's Jones with that bad chin of his that's getting cracked.

 

the two styles that have caused Froch the most problems are Dirrell and Ward.

Dirrell because he was negative and flopping around the ring so carl couldn't really get the shots off in the way he would have liked. i mean, how can you when you've got someone so pathetic in there with you who's doing everything possible to not engage?

Jones wouldn't fight like that.

Ward because of that inside game.

Jones doesn't fight like that.

Froch will have many opportunities to get his shots off. he'll land at some point on that chin. and when he does, it's over.

 

Hopkins was green when they fought. jesus, that version of Hopkins lost his first fight and got beaten when he challenged for the vacant title against Mercado. he got dropped as well.

Toney was poor around this time. his weight problems had got the best of him. just look who he lost to in those days. ****, he lost the first fight against a past his best LMW in McCallum that they scored a draw.