Jones vs. Tarver 1

What is it with you and all gay thoughts?atsch

 

Dig myself out of a hole? I am not trying, I stand by what I say.

More mindless insults from Joe. Boxer where he claims he is some kind of genius without talking about boxing at all.. Why don't you rip apart my post? Because you can't. You have ducked the question above.. just more blah blah blah bull****.

Come up with your own ****, you unoriginal *****.:hi:

 

Joe. Boxer what happened to your v. cash??.:yikes

Isn't that supposed to be a disgraceful ammount by Team Elite standards?:rofl

Team Elite wanabee reject.lol:

 

Again, bark, bark the little doggy still doesn't bite..

How many times have i been quoted with a poster complimenting my post in this thread?

How many times have you?

It speaks volumes Joe.:yep

 

Joe. If you aren't going to man up and "rip" my post apart, then I would just rather you not post anymore in the thread.

 

Muscle mass played a role, it also had to do with Roy being close to 35 losing speed and reflexes, it also had to do with Tarver being so motivated, as well as a big southpaw that presented obvious stylistic challenges to Roy and was not the least bit scared.. something we rarely saw in a Jones opponent. Many things played a part, but the fact was, Roy was not the same in that fight. He was actually much better for Tarver 2, when he was knocked out incidentally.

I first noticed Roy slowing down as early as the Clinton Woods fight. He beat Ruiz past his physical prime. I figured he could get it done against Tarver as well.

I am not sure I follow you here.. as I think his fall from grace had much more to it than just relying on reflexes for too long.

 

His chin seemed to deteriorate as well since the 1st Tarver fight.. He took shots in that fight that would have put him in a coma since then.. His defense was based a lot on just simply having the reflexes to get out of the way.. His attack? Is STILL good when he decides to let his hands go.. Many of those punches he throws took an amazing amount of skill, and legendary ability we have not seen since... His attack suffers more now and recently after the losses because he has been put to sleep a few times, and he thinks twice about pulling the trigger, as well as afraid of punching himself out.

He would have eaten both of them alive up against the ropes if he had the chin he used to have...

again, how long did it take before his reflexes went so far to the point of not winning? 35 years and 50 fights, 4 different weight classes.. Many fighters are shot before then. That was an entire career right there.. Calzaghe didn't fight that many times, or cover that many weights.

As I posted in the original post, Tarver 1 was Roy's last great fight, where he was able to will his way to victory with pure heart over an elite motivated stylistic nightmare for him. As there were times in that fight and the Ruiz fight, where he was able to tie up at the proper times when he may have been in trouble.