How Do You Rate Roy Jones Win Over Virgil Hill?

It was a very good win and the knockout punch was sensational.

Detractors like to say Hill was past it when Jones got to him but the fact is Hill was still a terrific boxer and would be for a number of years afterwards.

As for Hill-Michalczewski I'm yet to see it but by your account it can be chalked up as yet another common Jones-Michalczweski foe that Jones beat in far more impressive fashion.

 

One of Jones' best wins/performances.

 

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Sorry but DM won the fight pretty clearly, only when you really, really want Hill to have won it and ignore half of DM´s work you can have Hill winning. Even Hill and his team knew they had lost and didn´t complain. And yeah, Germany was such a bad place to fight that´s why Maske - who was a hero back then, he brought boxing back to public attention over here - lost a very close fight against Hill. If there was a close fight Hill would have lost it was the Maske one, not the DM one.
You try everything to talk Jones up, do you? Get your head out of Jones arse. :roll:

Hill was coming of a loss to DM and nearly a year layoff into the Jones fight and was a little past it. Still a Top5 win for Jones. Hill was certainly a very good lhw but his loss to an old Hearns while beeing in his prime hurts him very much. Great person though, very nice, humble, not your usual American loudmouth, wannabe gangster. I always liked him.

 

DM-Hill wasn't very close, man. DM won clear, 7-5, possibly 8-4, plus a point deduction.

But, Hill was damn good when Jones fought him, and showed himself well against DM. Jones placed a perfect shot and blew him away.

It's in Jones top 5 wins. He wouldn't be quite as great a fighter without it. Damn fine win.

 

:good IMO a better win than his win over Hopkins.

1. Toney
2. Ruiz
3. Hill
4. Tarver I
5. Hopkins

 

Yep.

I dont know how anyone could believe DM would have been a challenge for Roy though. He had the same type of style that never worked against Jones.

 

DM beat Hill clearly. Jones over Hill was still impressive especially given the way it was ended.

 

I thought it was ok but Virgil was past his prime in this one. Virgil was actualy doing well and Jones being smart shocked him with the body punch.

 

Dm had a good chin and good defence, was aggressive, a very good puncher, can dictate a pace and a fight, had good timing and a very good jab. You can negate a speed advantage with timind and a good jab. DM had that and he had enough power to take out Jones. I´m not saying he would win but he would have been Jones biggest challenge and best win if they would have fought.

 

Yes Germany is a horrible place to go fight. It comes as no suprise though, you've seem what limits their nationalism has throughout the previous century. On par with Italy for blatant robberies and referee/judge corruption

 

C+/b-

 

This win seems a little like a fluke. I know a win is a win, but that was a punch you would not normally see. Virgil was not that great at 175 pounds anymore in 1998.