For the good of boxing, Roy Jones has to win

I would love to see a multiple-knockdown war, but can't honestly see anything remotely like that happening in reality.

Hope I'm wrong.

 

yea but i said it from the start, roys old and wrinkly - i was agreeing to be polite, i still think roys got a massive chance of winning

i aint betting my life on it, i dont care man its a 50/50 fight.. its a hard one to choose (for me!! maybe not for experts as yourself)

i look at calzaghes chances and see roy as inactive and old, with all his reflexes gone - then i look at the trinidad fight and see roy showing glimpses of quality.. its a pick'em fight

i'll stick with roy jones to win, n if he looses u can call me a ****

 

Jeff won't get upset if you disagree with him.....;O)

 

I dont know why people are even debating the question on whether this tarnishes Jones legacy.

The answer is no it does not. Everything that Jones has done since Ruiz has been that of a shot fighter. I have not seen him in one single impressive fight since Ruiz.

Also the outcome is not even in question. Calzaghe wins this easily as Jones is completely shot. He should have retired years ago.

 

yh i know but i did agree with him, i have different days where i see joe being to0 strong then others where i see roy out boxing him

roy could rise to the ocasion with the brits screaming, it might hype him up.. and its in America.. joe looked out of place in america last time i thought

jones has dealt with biggers fighters, and calzaghe cant punch that hard - roy might start getting cocky and start showing his old self..

 

So are you sure?

 

yea im sure.. roy will win TKO rnd 7

 

Jones winning doesn't help him because it helps to legitimise his losses to Tarver and Johnson.

 

yup i think roy as 1 more good fight in him and he knows how to win roy by unanimos desicion roy jones is a baaaaaaaad man

 

I'd say, for the good of boxing, it has to be a close competitive fight in which we see high-level performances from both fighters.

 

Jones has not won impressively since Ruiz. Why is he all of a sudden going to become competitive again at the highest level?

Calzaghe will win this via a wide points decision, due to the reasons I have already given.

 

If he cannot, it won't be a great fight. And if neither can and it's close, it will be a rather dull, relatively meaningless fight.

Just like per usual, right? This fight is no exception; same rules apply. The best fights are made up by two strong, contrasting performances.

In this fight, we'll have two very experienced, intelligent fighters trying to outhustle each other. But if it's not tactical, it will be rubbish, yeah, because neither have great physical skills anymore.

 

heres the key thing

everyones focusing on Jones being a over the hill fighter

but how much as Calzaghe faded?

His last performance - while against probaly the most diffcult ring savvy oponnet of his career - Calzaghe lacked a spark in that fight.

Mentally I think Calzaghe took that fight complacently.

Amercia is a factor as well.

Psycologically harder than being at the Cardiff Ice Rink.

It might be a closer fighter than a Calaghe clear UNA 12

Who would have thought old man Popkins would have pushed him so close?

 

Some of the very best "analysts" on ESB, sean, Dorfmeister, McGrain for example. They weren't banking so much on Calzaghe fading physically, but on the styles involved and Hopkins making Calzaghe get nowhere

 

How much of that was Calzaghe being faded and how much as Hopkins just making him look bad? Impossible to say IMHO.