What were your thoughts when...

Told ya so....

 

Fighters, even all time greats, get old at some time.

And that had he retired one day before he would be considered a top ten all time great by many.

 

Even though he didnt look great in the first Tarver when I woke up the morning after the fight I was shocked,thought I had read it wrong,be like Floyd getting knocked out now..

 

You got to love boxing, like fire, play with it long enough, sooner or later you will get burnt.

 

What I think happened to Roy Jones was that once he slowed just a little bit this was the end of him being one of the best fighters in the world. Some great fighters like Ali can adopt and change their style once their athleticism and reflexes begin to decline slowly but Roy Jones with his very unorthdox approach was unable to do this for the most part. One of the big things I noticed that went on Roy when he began to lose fights was not his hand speed but rather his foot speed he was no longer able to jump in and out and constantly attack from different angles the way he once did and that used to be one of the main things which made him pretty much untouchable in his prime.

 

I think I was more shocked than Roy.

 

Surprised, but not as much as I thought I'd be. When Tarver said to Roy: "What is your excuse going to be tonight, Roy?" I could sense that maybe something unexpected was going to happen.

Even so though, I was pretty surprised to see Jones put down like that. It was almost surreal.

 

First thought was, ****ing perfect. The big headed ego got what he deserved

After a while I realised what boxing lost that night

Weirdly I feel exactly the same about Anderson silva aswell

Probably feel that way about floyd if he gets kod

 

I was extremely HAPPY:nut not because I'm a Tarver fan, but I never really liked Roy, too ****y, too egotistical, and narcissistic as well, I was glad when Calzaghe whipped his ass too..

 

Absolute shock ! I had a bunch of buddies over to watch the fight. We all figured, he would make amends for the first fight being so close. That with adequate time, he would come in, comfortably at 175.And then re-stake his claim as the p4p king. My family room went dead quiet when Jones hit the dead ...

 

Surreal. I felt vindicated in that I had been saying for years that he cherry picks and fights overmatched opponents. I always said it would be different when he gets in there with someone who isn't scared and isn't a no-hoper... Tarver was neither of those things.

 

I always wanted to see what happened when he got hit a good shot...now I know...

 

Cherry picked ??????? Toney, McCallum, Hill, Ruiz ????????????

 

dave, jones was supposed to fight tarver in 2000 but tarver got beat down by eric harding. jones then fought harding. tarver was no different than the rest of jones' competition but he had the fortune of facing a post-heavyweight jones. that said, tarver still had to go in there and win it so all credit should be given to him.

it was hands down the lowest i felt watching any sporting event. i was with friends and we were in shock. looking back i'm surprised there were no tears. honestly, it's been over 9 years and i don't think i've totally gotten over it. :| i knew the critics would come out and say that jones was never any good to begin with. the same will happen with mayweather if he is ever defeated.

the only thing that jones and his fans had to hold onto that night from a historical perspective was that jones had a close win over tarver in the previous fight. but honestly, that didn't do much to help me feel better in that moment.

since this fight, it's been comical to read all the revisionist history by writers and the idiots on these boards. all of a sudden, everyone wanted to fight and could have defeated jones. jones was the best fighter of his era and it really wasn't close.

personally i imagine this felt for me like it felt for others when louis was ko'ed by marciano. it's different watching your favorite fighter get beat in this manner because you know it's over. in team sports, there's always next year. not so in boxing.