Is this Roy Jones Jr at his absolute peak?

No one is disputing what level Brannon was at, however his gameplan, rushing Roy and trying to bumrush him was right, no one had done that and for the first minute or so, he threw lots more than Roy

No one before that had done it.

Had someone with accuracy done it and hit a few times, who knows?

 

he had such an intimidation factor in his prime. u could see the fear in his opponents eyes kinda like how Wlad looks when his opponent throws a punch :yep

that intangible factor along with his ability to move and show strange angles were quite noticable. he really lacks those 2 qualities now. he's still a solid lhw though.

 

With RJJ in his prime, you knew you were going to get a fight that would show any fighter up and make them look like a kid in there

 

Very true he made so many fighters look ordinary !

 

The fight was 12 years ago.

Against JoeCal, Branon might have gone 6 rounds.

Against M Spinks, once Spinks stopped evaluating after a minute, the fight would last one round with Brannon at the same location on the
floor that Roy put him.

 

:rofl

 

Depends at which stage Joe was at in his career. Mitchell is a better fighter than Brannon, similar fighting style to the fight he had with Jones Jr against Calzaghe, yeah he put Calzaghe down but then got himself knocked the hell out with a big shot.

Spinks, I really don't get why people rate him so highly compared to Jones Jr, I figure in a fight, Jones Jr would massacre Spinks.

 

Kidney punch.

It's as much Hill's fault as Roys - And it sounded phenomenal - THWACK! - Like a basball bat hitting a heavy bag.

But it was a foul.

I took a video off the old house of boxing website called "fighter of the decade" - Pretty good 90's compilation from when Jones DID seem invincible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6gZM7cvBw

 

Jones was insanely difficult to tag - But if the Jinx got through to touch Roy's chin...TIMMMMMMMM_BEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

 

yes. he absolutely clowned Ruiz and made him look like a fool for sure. it looked like a sparring session. by far the most impressive "prime" jones ive seen. ruiz wasnt a very good hw but he was legit top 10 guy and considering what jones had to put his body through, it was a truly great performance. however, i think it hurt him more in the long-run.

but i still haven't forgiven him after he said wlad should retire after losing to brewster though. y'all musta forgot

 

Ruiz was a sticker in the HW division.

I still say RJJ could have done a job on most HW's as long as they weren't taller than 6'1-6'2.

 

oh yeah. he could have taken byrd for sure and everyone else for that matter sans lennox, vitali, and petrified wlad. most of the other guys were very dangerous early but had major issues late in the fight (mccline). he just needs to stay away early and potshot those overweight slugs

 

Geologists summed up the Jones Fault Line:

"For years the plates will be locked with no movement at all as they push against one another. Suddenly the built-up strain breaks the jaw along the fault and the plates slip a few feet all at once. The breaking jaw sends out waves in all directions and it is the waves that we feel as earthquakes...as someone hits the canvas."

 

And the fact of the matter is, Bryant Brannon was unbeaten and rated top 10 by Ring and the major sanctioning bodies coming into that fight. Was he a C level fighter? Perhaps, perhaps not, but what does that say about the division at the time? And is that Jones fault?

 

Looked up Brannon on Boxrec and he only lost 2 fights out of
26 total bouts......and he picked up the USBA Title I believe when it
used to mean something.

Brannon was the typical overachiever in boxing that goes as far as he can,
then the powers to be throw him in with somebody who is REALLY GOOD
(ala Jones) and you see the result.