How do you feel about Roy jones?

Yeah Lou Del Valle. He fought him 83 days after he fought Hill. Unification bout. You act like there was some huge build-up and Jones was hyping him up. What did Eubank bring besides an old name?

 

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Eubank never looked better in the ring than he did in his last couple of fights, and even had George Foreman and Larry Merchant (and Lou Dibella and other HBO execs) going positively bonkers at ringside, wandering why they weren't commentating on such an epic masterclass, that was immediately snapped up by ESPN and showed delayed (nightly), and the rematch live via satellite.

 

Your bias is laughable. Why didn't he get some big fights in 1998 then?

 

I think had he retired after defeating Ruiz his legacy in boxing would have been up there with SRR and Ali

 

Every Eubank fight was big because he was Eubank. It's a shame about his eye and those Thompson decisions, I think Jones would've been the fight in waiting. Jab-first, hittable Dariusz M would've been no problem for Eubank (who was never hit with a left jab, and lifted 210lb Thompson clean off his feet with an uppercut).

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Yeah, he was such a huge star in the US :blood

 

he's a great fighter, but he did duck many fights out there and took drugs.

this counts against him.

 

In his prime, he should have wore a cape in the ring. What a talent.

 

your posts are becoming worse by the day...

Tito cleaned the WW division out against the best guys around. nothing thin about it at all.

 

:huh

Roy didn't whoop Bernard in the rematch. it was a **** fest, granted. but Bernard won.

Roy was never the Heavyweight champ of the world. just the WBA champ.

in fact, Roy was never the champ in any division. he just held titles. whereas Bernard is a legit 2 weight champ.

 

true. but he was still great to watch.

 

do you actually know just how many great fighters were around the same time and division as Roy?

he ducked them.

nothing like the Marciano situation at all.

 

Mayweather has a better resume. he also has the better, more refined ability.

 

i don't think his records were that bad. i've heard much worse.

 

How did Bernard become a legit champ at LHW?