You don't win the rounds by aggressiveness, you need it to be effective - to score with clean punches. Roy blocked, slipped or rolled with most punches Hansho threw at him on the ropes, and countered with plenty of crisp clean shots to the body and head in all rounds except the 1st. 7th and, possibly, 10th rounds were close, but again Roy's counter punchers were cleaner and sharper, whereas Hansho's punches to the head were mostly blocked or rolled with, only his punches to the body scored cleanly, but then again Roy landed at least as many punches to the body and head, or probably more in each of these two rounds. The rest of the rounds Roy clearly won.
No, it's just that I pay more attention to punches that land cleanly and punches that land or get stuck in the block, and I'm keeping a count of clean punches as I watch the fight. If you wanna say that was effective aggressiveness with Anthony Hansho, I think you should read more explanations in the books or articles that give hints how to score the fights.
Damn straight. Roy was just getting in rounds for the most part and Henshaw almost never connected with anything but Roy's arms. Roy pretty much hit him with the right hand at will and backed him off every single time he would get too smothery on the ropes. We can all argue about whether Henshaw was a tomato can or not and whether he was a legit challenge, but this fight was by no means close.
Wow, can't wait to see this on youtube. Nice round by round also, this is a great win for Roy as he won against a good, undefeated, young fighter. I'd say it's a pretty damn nice win and keeps Roy in the game for a while longer.:good
congrats Roy Jones jr.!!!!! bring on Tito and then the winner of Winky wright vs B-Hop and then the winner of the Calzaghe vs Kessler and the he should go ahead and retire!
Good fight, would've liked to see Jones throw more, but that's not going to happen. In his last few fights, he hasn't thrown enough punches & allows his opponent to put him on the ropes. As a Jones Jr. fan, it's aggrivating when he's in that position. Yes, he was blocking most shots, but he was rarely winning while against the ropes. 114-113 Roy Jones Jr.
What are you talking about, what 10-15 punches per round? Watch the fight again and count Roy's punches in any round (except the 1st, that one belonged to his opponent, absolutely) you gave to Hanshaw, where did you see Roy throw so few punches? Clean punching belonged to Jones, in almost all rounds, and mostly by wide margin, his punches were both spectacular and effective, and usually looked as harder punches. Also, if you saw Hanshaw landing clean jabs, then we surely were watching different fights. I saw Jones landing jabs here and there, most Hanshaw's jabs either missed or Roy parried them the way he always does, with his right hand. Hanshaw didn't throw that many punches to the body, except the 7th round, that one was close and I wouldn't object if anybody gave it to Hanshaw. Defense works to not allow the oponent land many clean punches, that's exactly what happened in almost all round. It is irrelevant whether Roy stood by the ropes or not, when you are considering the defense criteria, it's about punches that landed and those that didn't, your comment about Roy not countering doesn't make sense, how is it related to defense? Ring control - Roy didn't object against staying at the ropes, except for the 1st round, he was damn good while staying at the ropes as he didn't let Hanshaw land many clean punches and countered him with his own punches, it wasn't situation that allowed Hanshaw to be effective, so it cannot count in his favor. You gotta look for Hanshaw creating situations where he did good, only those count for ring generalship.
Can't read 4 paragraphs, each consisting of 3 lines? Now I understand how you counted only 10-15 thrown punches for Roy in most rounds.
I thought Roy did good when he was against the ropes.... Many times Hanshaw had to back off because he was hit so hard...I thought Roy blocked most of Hanshaw's punches when he was on the ropes, and was really active in firing back. The knock down also came from Roy being on the ropes and capitalizing.... I thought it was a very clear cut victory for Roy Jones Jr. He should still retire because he is not the same... He would kill Trinidad though! Im proud of Roy, thought it was a very solid performance from a old man like himself.
For sure. How many fighters in the world could have won such a clear UD over Hanshaw? Really, I am guessing we are talking about a handful. So Roy - if he wants - is up there where it is funny again. I think we will see him be much better at this his natural weight than he has been for the last 3-4 years.