Would Roy Jones have taken his fights more serious if he didn't get robbed in Seoul?

no. he was great, but he had a lack of confidence similar to Floyd Mayweather, which did not go for the greatness. Somehow he is greater than Floyd in my mind. He knocked out guys in his youth in a way Floyd never did.

 

well maybe he would have fought overseas

its not like he was ever in a position in his pro career to get robed, he was always in his home arena, starring in the "roy jones show" against hopelessly overmatched, hand picked opponents

 

I don't see how he ain't take his fights seriously.

He clowned all the time cuz he was arrogant. As good as he was he had a right to be. I do think the Olympic memory kept him from goin abroad for Collins, Eubank, Benn, etc tho.

 

I have heard he took training light for multiple fights... Just by running and playing basketball.. I am not sure it had anything to do with the Olympics though.

 

I do also feel he got a little comfortable with his HBO deal... getting paid millions to stay at home and defend his belts. He was already known as the best, and making good money. Why not?

 

He beat his best opponents too easy, and towards the end of his career ran out of them. He got totally disinterested in boxing. Sometimes you got performances like Richard Hall(because of how wild the Indianapolis crowd was), or Telesco(when he was mad at Telesco) when he was fully motivated and active...and sometimes you got listless fights against Derrick Harmon or Eric Lucas where most of the time it looked like he didn't want to be there.

 

Comparing him to Floyd is actually a decent comparison. Both are drug cheats.

 

They have the nerve say I aint fight nobody...I just make em look like nobody.

Y'ALL MUSTA FORGOT!

 

True. It lead to a lot of friction between him and HBO and they were threatening to cancel it as early as 02

 

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