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Never said he was a horrible boxer.... what happened with the BHop rematch tho when his reflexes and athletic ability started to fade? :mjpls:


If you're teaching someone how to box, would you have them emulate RJJ?

There are more disciplined and textbook boxers better than Roy, no disagreement there.


However, I'd say someone who has:

-Feinted James Toney out of his shoes for nearly 12 rounds.
-Got into BHop's head and out of his comfort zone while beating him at his own game when it came to roughing on the inside. Nearly every other fighter, BHop is in their head and the rough house tactics work the other way.
-Out pot-shotting both of them on the outside and making them look ridiculous missing.
-Counter punched both continuously.

I would say whoever could do that to both of those fighters knew how to box at a pretty high level.

While Roy was neither Floyd nor Pernell technically, dude was much better than your average good boxer and I don't think that's only because he was athletic.

Roy's mindgames in and out of the ring were phenomenal, which is a major part of boxing skills.

edit: And even Pernell at the late stages of his careeer was getting caught much more.
 
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When Roy lost his speed, his boxing skills couldn't cover for him. His speed was rediculous and went it went... :to:
 
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I don't know shyt about boxing but I've gained interest in it over this year :ohhh: someone tell me where to start on gaining knowledge on the sport cause I love reading yall argue over it
 

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roy is one of the greatest, but he hurt his career earlier than usual when he put on 25 lbs of muscle to fight at heavyweight then lost it. he was still fast and fluid at heavy. his body was adjusted, but losing all the weight and muscle to fight tarver ruined him, he barely survived tarver the 1st time, that should have been a clue for him.

bhop had an interview where he spoke on how the weight gain and loss did it to him. very insightful.
 

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May >>> Roy

Big part of that is the fact hes still the GOAT at 37
 

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Roy is the most naturally talented and physically gifted fighter of all time. An amazing specimen to be sure, but he's certainly not the greatest boxer or fighter for that matter. He was exposed in the 3rd Tarver fight as not having the heart of so many of the great fighters. He was too scared to actually win that fight. Refused to pull the trigger and admitted he just wanted to go the distance as opposed to winning. The 3rd Tarver fight, Roy was actually better than Tarver in the ring that night, but he was too scared to actually fight enough to win.
 

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he was athletically superior to everyone else, that made him a better boxer then everyone else
:usure: he dont even got enough fundamentals to beat denis lebedev


plus roy blew his prime fighting cans
 

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Great athlete. Not a great boxer.
Get ALL THE WAY the fukk outta here.

How the hell was Roy Jones Jr. NOT a great boxer? Please enlighten all of us.

Hell, if Roy never gives Tarver that rematch, he retires with a legit claim of being the GOAT.
 

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Get ALL THE WAY the fukk outta here.

How the hell was Roy Jones Jr. NOT a great boxer? Please enlighten all of us.

Hell, if Roy never gives Tarver that rematch, he retires with a legit claim of being the GOAT.

RJJ was a supremely gifted athlete, with speed and reflexes I've never seen before, but in terms of boxing technique? He had holes you could drive a truck through. Why do you think he was getting knocked out by tomato cans in Russia somewhere? Meanwhile BHop is still giving nikkas that work at damn near 50 :jawalrus:
 
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