Gene Tunney .vs. Roy Jones Jr.

how do you see tunney jones going ??over 10, 12, 15 or not the distance ??

 

Edited my original post to say Jones would win. I wouldn't like to estimate as to how, but I guess, gun to my head, I would say via a mid to late stoppage.

 

i hope harry greb was better than training footage would suggest.have you had that fight yet ??

 

I have not! Last week training at the Turpin gym and then next Friday I fly back home. Fight is on 18th December. Thanks for asking!

 

i hope some of the turpin magic rubs off on you.good luck.how far did you go in the amateurs ??

 

Hah, me too. I didn't fight much in the amateurs, to be honest. I had no more than 20 fights. But I've been around the sport since, mostly training my little brother, and I was also working as a sparring partner for a pro who fights at cruiser (I'm but a shade over 147 myself) and his manager asked me to fight for him too, so I said ok, and that's how I got into it.

 

how many rounds is your fight over ??

 

Lol at Jones stopping Tunney, a guy that never got downed until he met Dempsey. I can see Jones eking out a decision, but Tunney at LHW was a pretty live threat, certainly several levels above any fighter Jones ever took on ever, so yeah. He had real power at that weight, a good body attack, counterpunching, movement. I can't remember Jones taking on a boxer-puncher of that quality at any weight.

I think the Greb and Jones comparison is a little dumb, by the way.

Tunney KO imo.

 

8 round bout.

 

Jones was a very explosive puncher and would also land far more often than Dempsey. I don't think fighting Jones with low hands is a very good idea either

 

Yeah, maybe you're right about Jones not being able to stop Tunney. I was mostly pointing out that the concept that Tunney handled Greb's speed so he would handle Jones' speed doesn't hold water.

 

This I can't add anything to..I agree 100%:deal

 

Did Jones ever fight anyone who used movement anything like Tunney?

 

Never gets old. The myth really gets quite diminished each time you see these videos.