You’re in the ring with him and you never know.
Roy was a special fighter for sure. I got dropped again in the 10th round and Russ [Anber] said, ‘You’re so far behind, in order for you to win you’re going to have to knock this guy out.’ Between the 10th and 11th round he stopped the fight. That incident lit a fire under Jones, who blitzed Griffin in the first round of a direct rematch.“Fighting Roy was an opportunity. His feinting was unbelievable and sometimes a feint is as good as a shot. I didn’t fight my fight; I fought a very defensive fight.
Roy had this thing about fighting southpaws, he had trouble fighting southpaws. He could do everything; jab, move, punch. He had to beat me twice and I had to beat him once.
He used his cat-like reflexes to bob and weave, slip and counter his opponent.
Photo from The Ring archive“For me, Roy Jones Jr. is No. Holyfield, 57, and fellow American Tyson, 54, have swapped jibes and training videos amid rumours as they plot comebacks. He was ridiculous fast.
Roy wasn’t an Achilles heel; I didn’t have no problems fighting Roy in the amateurs.
Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/ Getty Images“He was coming up in weight to heavyweight and brought his handspeed. He said, ‘A guy like that, I want to give an opportunity to fight.’ Everybody thought the fight wouldn’t last one round. In the first round I was meeting him with shots because my speed wasn’t bad for a light heavyweight and I think he was a little bit shocked. That left hook of his was out of this world and he had a helluva right hand too. He was smart enough to neutralize my best weapons and smart enough to not get hit with my big shots. Roy Jones’ skillset presented the most problems by far. If you got him three times, ohhh, my god!”Tarver takes the lead against Roy Jones Jr. in their second encounter. He was the fastest person I faced. He moved around a lot and did everything he needed to do to win by boxing.”Here we speak to former amateur rivals, ex-coaches, sparring partners and former opponents who assess just how good Roy Jones Jr. was:“It was not easy to catch him; he was a mover; he threw punches while he was still moving. When I think of any guy in my weight class, I’d think of a scenario where at my best I could at least make it a very good fight but with Roy, I laugh because I couldn’t come up with a scenario where you could do anything with him.
People don’t realize, (they think) you get in there and it’s all dandy – it’s not like that. Updated: 23rd July 2020, 8:40 pm. But when the two ring legends meet on September 12 in … He had everything. But now Tyson is due to face Jones Jr, 51, on September 12. It’s like fighting Sugar Ray Robinson, or Muhammad Ali in his prime – you have to confess, this guy’s better.”“Jones was fast as hell, and I fought a lot of fast guys.
In hindsight there’s no shame in saying that you can’t beat Roy Jones. Hands down, nobody was that fast. I started boxing at the age of 12 and I fought at the highest level as an amateur and pro. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American born Russian citizen. He is a complete boxer with tremendous skills.
There are fighters that go in there with flu, colds, you’re not ready.
Jones gave me big problems in the fight, he was just so good and fast.”Shortly thereafter, Jones dropped back to 175 pounds and following a close – and for many controversial call – against Antonio Tarver, he was knocked out in the second-round of their rematch. Of course, being the first guy to ever knock out Roy Jones was a feather in my cap. He was never shaken by anything. ANTONIO TARVER was inspired to box again by Roy Jones Jr – the all-time great he knocked out 14 years later in Hollywood style before going on to … For his athleticism and God-given talent, I’d say Roy was the best I faced.”He won the vacant IBF middleweight title in his 22nd bout, outboxing future great Bernard Hopkins, and made one defense before moving up. He was with her until his death, and Barbara died of … There’s an expression, ‘There’s levels to this.’ A great fighter is a great fighter, but Roy is greater than some of the great fighters. I think you can say he’s one of the best fighters of the past quarter of a century.”“Roy Jones was, by far, the best boxer I faced.
He had good speed and made up for faults with speed. 1 in the world at the time. Roy Jones Jr was no slouch either, and has 47 stoppages in a career which only ended two years ago. Jones was a brilliant amateur, who was robbed of Olympic gold in Seoul 1988. Photo from The Ring archiveJones (left) dominated Reggie Johnson. He had such hand speed that he could often throw hooks in rapid succession.
A lot of guys in those days were trash talking and he had seen me fight on the USA Tuesday Night series and found out I worked with special needs kids. Rosalie's family were ambitious and social-climbing, and purposefully crafted a situation for their daughter to meet Royce: her mother sent her to the bank with her father's \"forgotten\" lunch, and she caught Royce's eye. The Pensacola, Florida star combined incredible speed, power and athleticism to capture world titles in four weight classes – from middleweight to heavyweight.