Joe Louis vs. Roy Jones Jr. @205 lbs?

I love Roy Jones, but Louis goes through him like a tornado in a Kansas trailor park.

 

I give Jones a 25 percent chance of outboxing Louis. He gets KTFO the other times.

In a series of fights though, Jones chances would lessen every fight.

 

Louis lands a left hook early and Jones' jaw becomes his hat. End of thread.

 

Really though?

Jones was better than Conn imo (definently faster) and I know people bring up his big flaw (chin) but he never had a problem with it until he became too dehydrated trying to make 175.

Of course he's going up against one of the best overall punchers in the games history, but over 12 rounds (he has close to no chance over 15) I think he might have a chance.

 

Of course, lets just apply the old " classic underdog was invincible " argument.

 

I like Roy, but he would have almost no chance in this match-up...in my opinion. A Joe Louis win in a first or second round knockout would not surprise me.

 

While this may be true, Jones hit a lot harder than Conn did, and Conn staggered Louis. I tend to think Louis wins here as soon as he lands something serious. Jones might take a few rounds.

 

Jones would win a few early rounds I have no doubt about that.

But Louis at some point would time him and lay Roy out.

Louis KO

 

Say what you will but as i often say, styles make fights and jones would be very difficult for louis. Jones would give the "brown bomber" major problems with his great speed and highly unorthodox style of fighting.

People say that louis would tear through jones but I disagree. Louis had a helluva time keeping trying to keep up with conn and jones was much faster hand and foot. Conn made the fatal mistake of trading with louis and it cost him the fight. Jones was not a fighter to get involved in slugfests so therefore he wouldn't make the same mistake.

Size wouldn't matter so much as louis was 6'1 (not 6'2) and jones was 5'11. His reach was only a couple of inches longer so reach wouldn't be a factor either.

Call me nuts or whatever you want to but I believe that jones with his speed and cautious style would box and move his way to a decision victory.

 

With Jones' superior hand and foot speed, he could win some early rounds and trouble Louis, but you have to think that eventually at some point Louis would catch up to him and end the bout.

Of course, we thought that a lot of times with Jones even when he was undefeated, but it does seem the most likely outcome. A minority of the time perhaps Jones finds a way to keep outmoving and outboxing Louis, but the majority f the time Louis catches him in the mid to late rounds.