Roy Jones should rematch Glen Johnson

Jones in his prime fought 8 southpaws. He KO'd 6 of them. So your assessment that he rarely KO'd southpaws in his prime is simply not true. In those 8 fights, he won 173 out of 186 rounds on the judges scorecards. So he didn't struggle much either. It's a myth perpetuated by his losses to Tarver.

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If you believe Calzaghe could beat him now, so be it. Won't get an argument from me. If you want to believe Jones couldn't stop Calzaghe in his prime, fine, that's impossible to prove. But the myth that Jones had trouble with southpaws will not be your basis for such an argument.

 

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And you're entitled to your opinion. But what I posted was fact.

Jones didn't look bad against Harding. Harding looked GOOD. He had just beaten Tarver for that title shot. He was a highly ranked unbeaten fighter. Jones turned around and destroyed Hall right after this, another tall southpaw with power.

Jones looked worse against McCallum and Griffin than he did against Del Valle and Harding.

Who cares if Hopkins is ahead of Jones in that department? Is this your way of saying "If Hopkins is better against Southpaws and can't KO Calzaghe, Jones in his prime cannot," ? I hope you aren't comparing the failings of a 43 yr old Hopkins with prime RJJ?

 

Bernard wanted 50% and DM and Calzaghe wanted Roy to come to them. All ridiculous demands, IMO, although I would have loved to see him fight Hopkins.

 

Jones would always beat Hopkins. And Jones resume is better or equal to that of Hopkins IMO. The people you say he avoided? Only ONE has a decent claim to that and it's DM. And DM wanted Jones to come to him overseas.

Hopkins turned down the rematch because he wanted equal money with a fighter who already beat him and would be the champion coming into the match. A better case could be made that he avoided Jones.

Tarver lost to Harding in the title eliminator that got Harding his title shot. Jones never avoided him.

Calzaghe was not a big name, but wanted to act like one by asking the LHW champion to come to him to defend his titles even though Jones was regarded better. No one who was serious about fighting Jones offered him a fight abroad because everyone knew he wouldn't do it because of the olympic debacle.

Jirov? He was never even in Jones division. Jones is being accused of avoiding fighters in divisions higher than him now?

Hopkins BTW, didn't lose for over a decade after fighting Jones. This version of him by most people's accounts is no where near the fighter he was in his prime, and I doubt you will find many who will agree he was as good as he was when Jones beat him.

 

Why? Jones was the champion, had already beaten him, and was the top fighter in the sport, and also the bigger draw and higher paid fighter. Name one other circumstance where that equation adds up to 50-50.

Since when does the risk involved get the lesser known fighter extra money?

It was a ridiculous demand. And why is MW the second most prestigeous?

BTW, Jones got his reputation on ESB because he destroyed champions. You point out who he didn't fight, but fail to mention who he DID fight.

 

Deserved has nothing to do with it. Roy was a huge draw at that point and Hopkins never has been.

 

No he didnt deserve to get 50%.

Thats all:good

 

Who should he have fought that didn't either price themself out or make the ridiculous demand that he fly over seas to their backyard? I know he did a lot of talking about crazy possible matchups, but come on.