Jones' punch resistance wasn't terrible for most of his career - or at least he had so much skill and ability it wasn't an issue - but it went downhill quick, and late in his career, he had an awful chin. Put it this way. If the Roy Jones of the 90s had the punch resistance of the Roy Jones of 2004 on, we never would have heard of him.:deal
They're still around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5721sWEf3XA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWCgnkSZls
Still remember when the old man corpse of Roy Jones Jr knocked down Calzaghe :rofl nearly stopped him in the 1st I was so embarrassed for Calzaghe that i started routing for him to win
Elite punch resistance, along with the requisite "**** You" attitude, is something that takes 1000s of hours of heavy sparring to develop. Why would someone with those gifts put himself through that if he can win without ever getting hit flush? I'm usually the first guy to rag on someone for fighting this way, but I think it was justified in Roy's case.
Jones had an awful Glass Jaw. He also mysteriously never fought a savage puncher in his whole career. Kinda strange as there were several available for him to fight...:huh
Apparently, copyright claims resulted in their deletion from YouTube, as this post from their creator indicates: http://www.boxingforum24.com/showpost.php?p=13551442&postcount=176 For some reason, the Brit videos must been seen as having clips short enough to not warrant copyright claims. Or perhaps British television networks aren't as over-aggressive on this as the U.S. ones. Who knows?