`Hitman` Hearns vs. Roy Jones at 160 ???

This is such a hard matchup to call.

Let me think about this one for a while...

 

Many people have already and will once again disagree, but i always favor Hearns( at middleweight) when this is brought up. When you take a look at every fighter that relies on speed, you also see how they are picked apart by a superior boxer with tighter technique. Mosley against Forrest, Hammed against Barrera, the master class that Hearns was putting on Leonard( before he was broken down of course) and Jones against Tarver. People say that Jones was supposedly ''shot'' when Tarver beat him, but the thing that they forget is the fact that Jones was good enough to beat him in their first fight, so he is all of a sudden shot when he gets blown away in the rematch? That was only a few months later. People always say that when their favorite fighters loses, but i actually face the truth. I'd say Jones was slightly past his prime, but not shot. With the exception of a shop worn Merqui Sosa, Jones has not taken chances against any punchers and Hearns could not only punch, but he was one of if not the best PURE boxer that i have ever seen so i see an extremely cautious Jones, a pace that would favor the superior boxer Hearns. Jabs and straight punchers are what gets speed fighters, and Hearns was accurate, fast and powerful in his arsenal. Hearns has a height and reach advantage over Jones, and Roy started at junior middleweight so that natural size differential wouldn't be that much of a problem.

The only fight we have seen a prime Jones hit flush was against Lou Dell Valle, and he badly rocked Jones and dropped him. I'm not saying he had a weak chin, however i know for a fact that Hearns punches much harder than Dell Valle and is a much better fighter.:hey

 

Yet another Jones' expert. Watch the replays between the rounds, filmed from different angles.

 

It would be a great match up that could go either way. There will be a KO. I think styles favour Hearns but this is a 50-50 fight.

 

Jones by late stoppage.

 

Hearns by KO.

 

Hearns by UD

 

I suggest you go to youtube, watch the video and educate yourself. Someone uploaded the entire fight. On everyone boxing site that i go to with the biggest Jones fans, even they admit that it was a legit knock down. When you are hit flush on the chin and your legs wobble, then I'd also say it was legit. He was fortunate that it was at the end of the round. Boy...... fans are something else. I am Jones fan, but i actually face the truth and he was hurt.

LOL, i guess when you say anything negative about Jones or Tyson on this forum, then you are considered a hater.:-( I don't need to watch from different angles, i seen someone get caught flush, wobble and go down.

 

You do need to watch from different angles, if you think it was the result of a punch, and not the result of slippery canvas. You might also want to watch some of the previous rounds where the referee stops the fight, takes a towel and for some time tries to clean up the canvas, so the fighters stop slipping on it.
Even Jones' haters admit he slipped.

 

The only fight we've seen a prime Jones get hit flush was by Dell Valle?

You've not seen many Jones fights have you?

 

Hearns UD.

 

I have not all but most of Jones fights, and seen and analyzed all of them. Tell me another fight where Jones was caught flush back then by a big puncher and I'll be convinced. He was one of the best defensive fighters of that era, and Dell Valle was the only one that managed to catch him flush and caught him when he had his guard down. Hopkins landed a few piter pat right hands, Toney swung at air, Sosa hit gloves ect. The only one that you could actually make a case for is Montell Griffin, and we all know that there was nothing behind those punches, because his main intention was to out work and out score Jones and he had success at doing it. You could even see the sweat fly off of Jones face after Dell Valle hit him, i mean how can people say that the knock down was not legit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXJlXOQfDCo

 

Jones by knockout