Roy Jones is the worst ducker ever in the sport.

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  1. boricua100%

    boricua100% Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good
     
  2. Dynamite Kid

    Dynamite Kid "I Must Break You" Full Member

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    Keep dreaming:-(
     
  3. homebrand

    homebrand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is not entirely true. What Chris actually said was this:
    People always ask me why I never fought Roy Jones. The reason is simple, Roy Jones was never my mandatory contender and I was never his. He used to call me up over the phone and say "Eubank, stop hiding and give Roy a shot", but at that time he was not a big name and there would of been no need to fight him, it would of been abit random. When 1996 was on the scene, I wanted to fight Roy Jones in his backyard and even told HBO that I'd publicly bet $1,000,000 on knocking him out in the 1st-round. When I rang Roy Jones, he hung up on me every time. He wouldn't fight me when I was no longer champion, he didn't want to take risks you see. I can say this about a fight with Roy Jones, if he had been my mandatory I would of fought him, I am a professional. People think that I would of made a fight with him become boring and louzy, I would not have done. If you hold back against that guy, he will hurt you and stun you before you have the chance to throw your best shots at him and by then it's too late because they won't be your best shots, you will be hurt and stunned already. If you give him the chance to view and the time to get set, he will land first because his quickness and timing is that good. That's why I would of made it an all-out war with him, so that I'd have more chance of throwing my best shots at him and so there would be less chance of him landing his best shots on me. You don't want to make life easy for him, I would of stood as good a chance as anybody of beating him. Roy Jones would of came out of the fight in bad shape, but I would of came out worse off!
     
  4. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Roy Jones has a Glass Jaw and he knew it it is why he avoided so many fighters. He handpicked 98% of his opponents would only fight them on his terms. The guy wasted most of his prime fighting pathetic mandatory fights against no hopers and straight up bums. His optional defenses were against handpicked opponents who were very little threat to that Glass Jaw.
     
  5. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fail.. that title belongs to floyd Mayweather who claims to be the best without fighting the best at his division:lol::rofl:rofl
     
  6. TheGreat

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    Yeah, Ruiz, Hill, Tarver, Griffen, Toney, Hopkins and the other 17 World champs he beat were all bums. GTFO here with that ****, Calslappy is the # ducker of alltime.
     
  7. Vitor Belfort

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    Bernard Hopkins-tomas tate- james Toney- vinny Pazienza-eric lucas-mike mccallum-montell griffin-virgil hill -ruiz

    i wouldn't call that wasting his prime.. he beat pretty good opponents. Jones went up in weight class and took on the champions and made them look average. It's not jones fault he is so talented that even when he is fighting world champions they look like bums :good
     
  8. Finn73

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    Benn and Eubank because of his akward style and _maybe_ a Dariusz at his peak
     
  9. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Roy Jones NEVER beat a unified, linear, or undisputed champion in his whole career.

    And there are 4 trinket belts in today's era that 17 number does not mean **** in the grand scheme of things. Back in the day there was one champion not 4 per a division (if you count the WBO)
     
  10. Finn73

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    Benn and Mclellan because they were extraordinary heavy punchers and of course Eubank (because of his akward style) and _maybe_ a Dariusz at his peak.
     
  11. Vitor Belfort

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    Dariusz didn't want to fight in america so his fight with jones never happened. If these guys had balls then they would have come to america where they can become superstars:good
     
  12. TheGreat

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    I guess holding and unifying all the belts means nothing right, what the hell has slappy done that is better?
     
  13. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    This has nothing to do with Calzaghe nuthugger.

    And 2 of those belts Jones had at Light Heavyweight belonged to someone else. Someone that Jones never fought. :deal
     
  14. TheGreat

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    How is RJJ a bigger ducker than Slappy? You claim Roy is the biggest ducker of all time, I say Slappy is.
     
  15. Silver

    Silver The Champ is Here Full Member

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    well, the thing is, when talking about guys he should have fought, benn mcclellan, eubank, dm ect. jones, at his pea, would be favored to beat all of them because at his best, he was sipmly better then them. not to say they wouldnt have a chance but a prime jones was something truly special. jones problem was he flet like he did have to prove himself against these guys. he felt that people sould know hes the best based on fighting mandatories and collecting belts. a shame, jones never wanted to show his abilities against the very best.