Roy Jones "karate" stance

Damn you and your friend are bored as hell:rofl

 

pretty ****ing stupid, considering Karate doesn't work in real life.

Maybe next you guys could sit around 'analyzing' early UFC tapes.

 

Ignore the ***gotry displayed by the above posters. It is an interesting observation, since Jones is quite unique.

 

Funny he should mention Bruce Lee -- Sugar Ray Leonard has gone on record saying that he is a BIG fan of Lee, and that he would get fired up after watching his movies and even use him as an inspiration for some of his boxing training. Lee, in turn, was a BIG fan of Ali -- he loved the man so much that he would watch the Cleveland Williams fight and mimic Ali's footwork, reversing it for his southpaw stance. It seems easy to tell why Leonard would like Lee so much if he saw some of Ali's style in the man, and the same may go for Roy Jones Jr, although I've never seen anything indicating that Roy was a Lee fan.

I wouldn't call Jones' stance a Karate stance, though. I think it's just the stance that felt most natural to him due to his gift of speed -- if you've ever tried shadowboxing, you may agree with me when I say that it feels more fluid and comfortable to throw punches from the waist rather than from a traditional boxing guard. The problem is that 99% of people can't get away with boxing like this in the ring, which is why they use traditional technique. Jones, on the other hand, had such amazing raw gifts that he was basically able to (mostly) box from a loose, hands-down, bouncing style that Lee, Ali and Leonard loved so much. A lot of Martial Arts styles favour this loose/fluid, bouncing footwork and 'weak guard' approach, especially in the realm of Kungfu and Taekwondo.

 

Yep. Bruce Lee coppied his footwork from Ali.

I would say that Jones occasionally looked like he had a capioera type stance. Sort of dancey like.

 

Bruce Lee did not study Karate. You guys must be bord as hell.

 

Wtf. You must be drunk as ****. By know means is karate the best martial art. However, A blackbelt will spank a ufc guy any day of the week. I study Wushu and you know what i dont lose fights outside my Wushu training. Dumbass.

 

Roy Jones Jr is just the example of a purely great athlete.

 

He did? I did not know that. Bruced Lee would have still busted his ass easily.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

atsch

Oh dear.

 

A master martial artist like Bruce Lee and Jackin Chan would have no problem beating any great boxer anyday of the week.