The Jones that fought Calzaghe v. the Dawson that fought Tarver - who wins and why?

Dawson by a CLOSE decision.

Of course if it's the VERY SAME Jones, the forearm might knock Dawson out.

 

Jones hasn't stopped anyone in like 5 years. He couldn't stop an Anthony Hanshaw that was obliterated by Dirrell, and he couldn't stop C level Prince Badi Ajamu. Roy said he should retire if he couldn't stop a chinny, completely shot Tito who was coming off of a long layoff and who was coming up 10 lbs from his last fight. Not only could Roy not stop him, he lost 4 rounds in the process. Jones' power will not bother Dawson. Dawson is too big and fast for Roy at this point in Roy's career. Roy's reflexes and power just aren't there anymore. He gets outpointed in this one, or possibly stopped.

 

If Jones can pull the trigger and land an uppercut as he did against Joe, I wouldn't count against him, but if not, he is getting stopped late or outpointed.

 

But when was the last time Jones landed a shot on someone that they couldn't recover from? Dawson took some good shots from Johnson, who obviously has some power. I think Dawson's chin is fine, not great, but probably good enough to keep him out of trouble with this version of Roy.

 

See BigReg's post above.

BTW your own poll in this, your own personal analysis thread, is working against everything you are coming off with.

Not many people agree with you. Time to either (a) disappear (b) make a dignified retreat, or (c) troll away regardless of the hole you are digging yourself into.

There are no definites in this game, but I would say it should be about 95% certain that Dawson would deal with Jones if the two should meet.

 

I think the shots Dawson took from Johnson were as powerful as the ones Jones hit Calzaghe with, and Johnson is busier these days than Roy. Jones isn't fast enough these days to dart in, land a power shot, and then dart out of harms way. He's going to catch something coming back if he works to get in close enough to land something heavy on Dawson, and I think that works in Chad's favor.

 

Jones is SHOT. He has been shot for years.

Dawson is NOT. He is an excellent young boxer.

That's my analysis. Lame thread with an obvious answer. Dawson stoppage.

 

Dawson by very wide decision.Jones is no better than Tarver at this stage.

 

I think if the RJJ that CAME TO FIGHT calzaghe (rounds 1-7 before the cut opened) shows, I think RJJ has a legit shot of winning. Very surprised by the disparity.

 

Do you think Tarver would be competitive in 1 round with calzaghe? IMO, not 1 round would he even be competitive.

Roy Jones was competitive in 4 very close rounds w/ calzaghe...That shouldn't be overlooked. Rounds 1-7 of calzaghe jones (pre cut) is an even fight on many scorecards.