Let's say RJJ was born and raised in London. How would have it affected his career?

Benn, Eubank and Collins were all a level below Jones Jnr. I know he wasn't at middle long enough to really judge him, but he had enough in his locker for all of them boys still. I class Jones Jnr and Calzaghe a level above them easy !

 

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His whiskers are long spoken of. If he were British? Oh boy, trouble!

 

Hmm I believe his style would have been very different.. unless Brendan Ingle trained him, that's the only British based trainer who I believe would have encouraged that flashy style and let him be as natural as possible, others I believe would have tried to iron him out and take away some of what actually made him great.

We didn't really encourage that sort of style then, we had the odd flashy fighter but we seem to love the solid type of fighter.


Also the majority of the British public/fight fans don't like flash, arrogance or winners LOL

We (British) normally like and support them for a while then want to see them KTFO and brought down a peg or two so then it's all about RJJ himself and how he'd feel having the majority turning on him and wanting him battered.

I believe it's broken some fighters over here, Khan for example, I'm not comparing the two as talents but Khan burst on the scene after the Olympics, young, lightening fast, flashy, once he started talking himself up the majority turned on him and wanted him beaten up and got their wish.

 

These Roy fans are nuts, man.