Whos greater Chavez or Jones ?

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :lol:

    Max Kellerman is better than all those fools you just mentioned.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uA8hcv1MzA[/ame]

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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    PowerPuncher nuthugs Jones beyond belief
     
  3. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm not saying Jones is better than Robinson but Jones is clearly better at many things than Robinson - speed, reactions, slipping punches, left hooks, stepping into the punch and timing amongst those things
     
  4. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  5. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Really? Have you ever seen Jones show greater speed than Robinson does in the sequence at 0:43? And he does all that with one arm, remember - which often takes twice as long.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjmymFHotQg[/ame]

    Same as the film above. And he's doing this against an experienced fighter who knows how to counter - a fighter comparable to anybody Jones ever fought in his whole career. (It's easy to look fast against Glen Kelly.) Also bear in mind that we have much more of Jones in his prime than we do Robinson.

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  6. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    I agree.
     
  7. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Awful, awful criteria.
     
  8. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    As do I. That earlier reply you gave saved me a bit of effort. The only facet of the game in which I might champion the clear superiority of Jones over Robinson is that of natural reflexes. And even that is tempered somewhat by Robinson having his natural reflexes tested by far greater opposition than the type that Jones generally faced.
     
  9. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Indeed - and that's significant. It's easy to slip punches from a cupcake who just throws a predictable jab over and over. Getting in complex, extended exchanges with a class opponent is the true test of reflexes (not to mention generalship, intelligence and skill), which Robinson did as you saw above and throughout his career. Jones came closest to it against Hopkins and Toney where he took his game to a higher level, but Toney WAS able to counter him effectively when he pulled up his socks. Robinson is far more proven.
     
  10. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    The first footage is sped up :lol: So yes it looks quick because of poor quality footage. Robinson isn't nearly as quick as Jones

    Robinson can't throw a left hook half as quick as Jones, sure he can knock out a stationary Fullmer
     
  11. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    PowerPuncher nuthugs Roy Jones
     
  12. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Greatness needs to be special to mean anything, thus you need to limit the numbers by separating Greatness from mere Brilliance and Excellence.

    I really should also take it a step further, and wait for 20 years after a fighter has retired to decide on their place in the boxing world.
     
  13. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    Yep. Though in fairness to Jones, he was an excellent ring general in his own right as displayed against Toney and Hopkins. But I still always thought that even his speed, athleticism and reflexes played second fiddle to his caution every time he encountered a real world opponent (even against McCallum, who was practically ready for an appointment with the undertaker by that point).

    I think I have to agree.

    Quite similar to my train of thought where the truly great fighters are concerned. Letting the dust settle and all that......
     
  14. Pusnuts

    Pusnuts Active Member Full Member

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    Tough pick because they both have a similar relative absence of great wins, Jones was the better talent possibly but Chavez has the win over Meldrick Taylor and he was just a hard *******

    Both are greats though for sure
     
  15. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    PP this is where we agree. tho Robinson put more behind his blows and was the more bludgeoning puncher, Roy was more the pin point accurate. I have Roy ranked ahead of Robbie in p4p