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  1. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    and pick any fighter in history. Now figure out which fights you would have made and when to make his career even better, increase his legacy, prove his worth, make his career more entertaining, make more money or just amuse you. Whatever.

    For me, it's gonna be Roy Jones. And if I could have guided his career it would have looked like this...

    Middleweight:

    Roy Jones vs Julian Jackson-1993

    Super-Middleweight:

    Roy Jones vs Gerald McClellan-1994
    Roy Jones vs Nigel Benn-1995
    Roy Jones vs Steve Collins-1996


    Light Heavyweight:

    Roy Jones vs Dariusz Michalzzewski-1997
    Roy Jones vs Sven Ottke-1999
    Roy Jones vs Bernard Hopkins 2-2001
    Roy Jones vs Joe Calzaghe-2002

    Heavyweight:

    Roy Jones vs Lennox Lewis 2003

    If THAT was how Roy Jones career had gone and he had won them all...top 3 ATG. But we'll never know. Who's resume would you change?
     
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  2. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier
    1967- Thad Spencer
    1968- Sonny Liston
    1969- Leotis Martin
    1970- Mac Foster
    1971- Can't top Ali
    72- Lyle
    73- Norton
    74- He fought Bugner
     
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  3. Jorodz

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    now that would have been a fight of the year:good
     
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  4. Former Dawg

    Former Dawg Active Member Full Member

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    You forgot

    Roy Jones vs Chris Eubank 1995
     
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  5. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    good call:thumbsup that would have been a hell of a atheltic, technical fight. two great fighters whose skills are mostly based in natural talent who can hit like monsters
     
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  6. BADINTENTIONS2

    BADINTENTIONS2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    for all the good posts you do, you let yourself down bigtime here.

    stop ****ing bigging up your british fighters just because you were brought up on them....

    damn...im australian and how many people see me jacking off to kostya tszyu, danny green, fenech or anyone else.
     
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  7. BADINTENTIONS2

    BADINTENTIONS2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    no its not.
    eubank never deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as jones..and never will.
     
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  8. Jorodz

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    haha, well, to be honest i wasn't really raised on british fighters in canada. i am a big fan of a lot of british fights, same as american fighters, japanese fighters and really any good fighter regardless of where they're from. and the super middleweight division in the 90s, which was jones prime, was dominated by the english. i just don't see anyone else that could compete with that group
     
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  9. Jazzo

    Jazzo Non-Facebook Fag Full Member

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    Tyson!

    I would give him a good talking to to stop him from going to prison, and then I would have him fight Bowe and Holyfield...

    Actually, maybe I'd just leave it alone.

    :smoke
     
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  10. Jorodz

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    damn! you really have a hate on for eubank. you don't think it would've been a great fight?
     
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  11. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    really good, well thought out post. the only small questions i'd raise are: could he have done more work at 130 pounds (ie: morales)? what about tszyu at 140?

    the thing is when you look at mayweathers pre-135 record it's flawless. there are some things he could have done different from 135-140 and 147 is a work in progress (though he hasn't impressed me there yet). overall though, really good resume.

    and yeah mosley...****, i can't wait for that one
     
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  12. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    oh cheers, than yeah pretty much tied up all loose ends. i'm dying to see mosley's though...i know floyd will be there at 135 :D
     
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  13. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    that floyd one is pretty good
     
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  14. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier post CONTD.

    1975- Earnie Shavers
    1976- Duane Bobick

    He retired and came back in '81 but was too far gone.
     
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  15. Jorodz

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    how do you think the shavers fight goes?
     
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