Roy Jones vs. Muhammad Ali at Heavyweight.

assasin · Jul 10, 2010

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You act as if Ali never lost. Ali was more beatable than Jones at that age. At the age that Jones was fighting heavyweight he was seen as being unbeatable. If we are talking about a prime Roy Jones Jr, assuming he could bring his speed and power up in weight and keep his legs, considering nobody in any other weightclass could touch him, why should we believe Ali would suddenly be able to knock him out?

And thats the only way Ali can win, by KO. Ali cannot outbox Jones. So if Ali could land on Jones chin he could win the fight but thats the only way I see Ali winning. The only chance Ali would have to win is to pin Jones against the ropes and fight him in an uncharacteristic fashion. Ali physically is capable of winning but Roy Jones is one of the smartest boxers of all time when it comes to using his athletic ability.

If this debate were taking place right after the Ruiz fight the debate would be very different but because Jones has been losing and is old now, everyone forgets how dominant he was before his loss to Tarver. People were talking abuot him fighting Tyson and a lot of people thought he would win. He was talking about fighting guys like Lennox Lewis, and no I don't think he could win that fight but the fact that he's the only boxer that anyone could seriously talk about fighting Lewis means something.

Could he beat Ali? He could outbox Ali. Let's say the ring is big enough, the gloves are right, and the fight takes place in Florida, for 12 rounds, would you still bet on Ali? I'd put my money on Jones. It's not because Ali isn't great, it's because Jones was damn near impossible to hit and would go for an entire round without being hit. Ali wasn't that hard to hit. Also Jones had better footwork than Ali, Jone's footwork was what allowed him to jump in and out of range with such ease. Ali would have had problems landing anything until after the 7th round, where he might be able to land something but what if he can't land his power shots? If he cannot land his power shots the fight will go to Jones.

It's very much like Jones against Tyson. If Tyson with his fast hands would be able to actually land his power shots on the chin, Jones would obviously be knocked out. The problem is I don't see Tyson being fast enough to land a shot on the chin without taking 10 shots in return.
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jones was thinking about a fight with lewis? get the **** out of here...

anyone with a brain knew that jones was going to go for the weakest champ when he said he's going to the heavy-weight division...

he was NEVER, EVER, going to get in the ring with lewis...hell,he wasn't even going to get in the ring with chris byrd or the klitschko's.

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