prime archie moore vs prime roy jones jr

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I'd give Roy Jones the early rounds and he might put a scare into Archie like Yvon Durelle did. Archie still KOs Jones around the 9th or 10th round, certainly within the 12 round distance. Archie is a ring master that Jones has never faced with exception of Hopkins, the second time around.

 

ezzard charles would take jones apart, fast hands and all

 

roy jones was emphatically not better than ezzard charles by far. he wasn't better than ezzard charles at all

look at moore's other rivals: charley burley, harold johnson (man in my avatar), rocky marciano. roy jones did not stand head and shoulders above any of them

i rate roy at 168 AS unbeatable but at 175, with a history with such a rich tradition, he would surely meet his match against many of the champions of the past. i just don't think archie moore is one of them

 

jones has incredible hand speed but i don't think he'd beat charles, foster, spinks and a win over moore is debatable

 

For the record, I was just going along with what combatboxeo would say (which turned out to be true).

I think Moore would land that right hand at some point and it would be over.

Jones is faster and more muscular (not that it matters to anyone that knows their ass from a hole in the ground concerning boxing), but not better technically and not stronger, not more crafty either. Moore can take Jones' punches, or at least recover from big shots or knockdowns, Jones can't say the same.

As for Charles, it would become clearer and clearer as the fight went on that speed and potshots only gets you so far against someone who can do not just a little of everything, but alot of everything...

 

The faster more skilled opponents all beat Moore - Patterson, Charles, Burley. Moore has the great win over Johnson. But against Jones he fights someone that can land first with explosive accuracy, someone that will make him miss and counter him, which will make him gun shy. You have to give Archie a punchers chance here but Jones may well have more of a punchers chance given that Jones has the power to KO Archie and more speed and accuracy to land that KO punch first. Archie could well become reluctant to punch as he gets countered time and again and like many of Jones opponents go into survival mode