Could Roy Jones school Wilder?

Ivan Calderon can also outbox any Heavyweight champion, from any era as long as they don't manage to land anything (possible)

 

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The thing is, no matter how good you are you're going to get hit in a fight, It is impossible to not be hit. Roy can dance, move, and be evasive but he's gonna get clocked eventually. No opponent that Wilder has ever fought has been able to avoid getting clocked. Roy would be fighting a longer, larger fast guy. Roy got hit a few good times by Ruiz who's not slow but is no speed demon. Wilder can throw very fast and at weird angles that you can't react to (ironically enough, just like Roy). I'm not one of the guys on here that thinks Roy's chin was china, he had a solid chin IMO but at the end of the day, it's irrelevant. If a LHW get's it by Wilder, they're gonna disintegrate. Wilder is one of the biggest punchers at HW of the last 40 years, point blank.

There's no way Roy would win: Wilder by KTFO 5.

 

No. Not a chance. There is a reason Roy Jones ran away from heavyweight after he and Jay Nady tag teamed Ruiz for a paper belt.
Roy was great, but he was not a heavyweight.

 

The only thing RJJ could school WIlder in is about raising chickens.

WTF is wrong is some people....RJJ beat Wilders because he defeated John Ruiz? A Ruiz who is light years below Wilder in punching power?

Wilder catches RJJ as he is riding his bicycle....late rounds.

 

There Is no version of Roy that beats DW. stop the nonsense.

 

The difference in skill, footwork, and handspeed is night and day. RJJ was still too elusive for Wilder when he fought Ruiz at HW. It wasn't until RJJ lost a lot of his speed and reflexes by moving back down to LHW that he was able to be caught cold like he was vs Tarver and Glen Johnson. When he was at HW he hadn't lost that yet, he was too skilled at that time to be caught like Ortiz was or even like Fury was.

Also RJJ had the handspeed and the power to actually hurt Wilder. Now he didn't stop Ruiz but that doesn't mean he couldn't have stopped Wilder. Luiz Ortiz had Wilder in pretty serious trouble in their first match. Imagine RJJ in there, it would be a much different story. Now on the other side of it, Wilder certainly has the power to KO Roy. But the chances are it would go to 12 round decision and Roy would win a clear decision since Wilder generally does not even attempt to win rounds. There's a definite chance of RJJ being KO'd or him KO'ing Wilder, but you'd have to lean towards a RJJ win. Obviously the lessened RJJ that fought Tarver or Johnson would get KTFO by Wilder, but that was a badly faded RJJ. RJJ faded very quickly after he fought Ruiz and moved back down. But RJJ still had it, he still looked prime when he fought Ruiz only bigger, that guy would have schooled Wilder, and all he had to do was avoid that right hand and win a decision.

 

Fair. But I'm sure we're both in agreement that Tarver would be one of the tougher challengers Wilder had faced. Barring Fury I think Tarver is better than anyone Wilders been in with.

 

No way Jones wins. He picked Ruiz for a reason. Ruiz was slow and he was 6'2". Jones was basically giving up 4 inches in reach and 3 inches in height. Not a lot.

Jones would get KO'ed against Wilder. I'm talking flattened like Tarver flattened him. His speed wouldn't be able to overcome the height and reach and he'd have to be the aggressor if he wants to land. Jones wouldn't win in any range. He'd get bombed out after a few rounds.