Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Please somebody explain how anybody can call Roy Jones Jr overrated or a ducker?

Roy Jones Jr. was freakishly physically gifted, but his gifts did somewhat curse his career. When you have a fighter dominating so many other fighters in multiple weight cles, people tend to start calling them cherry-pickers and duckers. I think in part Jones Jr. did fight in an era in which the talent pool he faced wasn't as deep as, say, the welterweight division today. Rocky Marciano was actually plagued by the same problem during his active fighting years, but history has looked upon him kindly as I believe it will Roy Jones. I dont think he has helped his legacy in recent years, but I always believed he should have retired after beating John Ruiz for the heavyweight title. Signing with a big promoter instead of going about the business on his own could have probably built up his accomplishments a lot more as well. There are always going to be arguments against Roy Jones' wins.... Jeff Lacy was ped his prime, B-Hop was still un-polished, Ruiz was a paper champ. I dont buy it. RJ was a great fighter/entertainer and has numerous accomplishments that no one should try to take away from him...especially people that don't know what it is like to step in the ring with any of the guys RJ did. If a legendary fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard were to say Jones was a cherry-picker or ducker, then maybe I would buy the argument. But all of Roy Jones Jr's peers respect his accomplishments as boxing fans should. Fans never realize that they are witnessing something truely special until it is gone. Also, I don't think Roy Jones had a suspect chin. There were times in his career when he wore some good shots to the chin like a champ. I just think that the Tarver KO was the type of punch that changes a fighter. When you add that to an aging body and diminishing reflexes... well we now see the effects. If Jones had been caught by Tarver's shot 10yrs earlier in his career he probably could have recovered a little bit better.

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