Doug Jones vs Jimmy Young, Prime For Prime

Young UD.

 

This fight could range from very dull to pretty exciting. I tend to go w/ the latter because Jones always came to fight, and other than the fight w/ Terrell, always yielded fantastic results. This is a tough one to call, cuz both had a good deal of triumphs and failures, including several close and disputable losses. I tend to favor Young on size and style, and think that he would really bull Jones around. However, stylistically, Jones was very diverse and perhaps could give Young a hard time whereas Foreman and Ali had one style that Young ran circles around. Jones was both a good puncher and a good boxer and has no chance of getting knocked out by the soft-hitting Young. This could be a split verdict either way, but I see Young winning and more decisively.

 

And they thought carbon dioxide was setting the world on fire.

 

Doug Jones was an underrated and mostly forgotten fighter. But he was both crafty and game. Probably should have been a light heavyweight champion. And while he faired ok at heavyweight, Jimmy Young did better. Young would outpoint Doug to a decision