Johnson holds his own early but Roy’s speed and power takes a toll on him and eventually gets stopped in the late rounds.
I don't know, Johnson was only stopped by Joe Walcott and Archie Moore in the 14th round ,who he'd earlier beat, and by a guy named Jacobs in his last fight in a 88 fight career. Roy was starched by Tarver and Glen Johnson, we won't mention his numerous later ko losses. Best wins: Johnson Bert Lytell Arturo Godoy Archie Moore Nino Valdes Ezzard Charles Bob Satterfield Bert Whitehurst Eddie Machen Doug Jones Jones best wins: Hopkins Toney McCallum Trinidad Virgil Hill Reggie Johnson John Ruiz Roy might out point Johnson but I doubt he'd stop him , and I'm not at all convinced he'd beat him. Roy wasn't all that at 175 lbs.
he was also KO'd by Billy Smith in his next fight after the Moore KO & also under mysterious circumstances by Julio Mederos. This content is protected
It's very possible that Jones had the right blend of speed, feinting, reflexes, trapsetting, counter sharpshooting etc along with his intuitive sense of ring generalship and seemingly unorthodox but deceptively correct defensive positioning to throw off Johnson's very technically correct and textbook box-punching methods. I'm not sure though. Johnson was better than the versions of Toney and Hopkins that Roy faced and would be by far the most seasoned and complete fighter he'd ever come up against.
