Could Canelo react Roy Jones' punches?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Same reason they lost, can`t close distance.
     
  2. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :facepalm:
     
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    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    This ranks somewhere between the fifth and tenth daftest post ever made on ESB.

    You can just thank @MVC! that it's not the outright worst. :)


    ( Hint: James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver and several others are better than BJ )



    Nearly as daft as the above,
     
  5. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Different fighters, different styles, at different weights against different versions of Roy.

    Canelo is a great fighter, but being the same size as Griffin isn’t really that relevant.

    Also, Roy was no hype job, and there is no evidence of him having a glass jaw. If that was the case, Del Valle would have knocked him out in his 3rd weight class.

    Tarver and Johnson knocking him out at LHW isn’t evidence of him having had a glass jaw.

    That left hand by Tarver would have knocked out the majority of SMW’s and LHW’s of any era.
     
  6. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Del Valle was a big southpaw up at LHW.

    Canelo could never have replicated that shot.
     
  7. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    We’re looking at Roy in his SMW prime at 25 years old, not a mid 30’s post HW version.
     
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  8. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ha!

    Sit down, you’ve had a long day.
     
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  9. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Stop being silly Mark.
     
  10. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    None of that has any relevance when looking at a fight at SMW.
     
  11. Loudon

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  12. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Lmfao!!! Are you high?
     
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  13. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Sometimes I think Mark uses his medication for purposes other than what it was prescribed for.
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    In what way was Hopkins better than Saunders in the early 90`s?
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    B-hop had not cracked the the top 10 P4P ranking the year he fought Jones, he was nowhere near his peak.
     
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