Would Prime Roy Jones have a problem with Antonio Tarver?

[MikeyMike100]

Roy Jones has said himself that Tarver had the toughest style for him despite not being nearly as good as him.

Was it a matter of style or was it just Roy Jones not being the same from all of the weight loss?

Would a prime Roy Jones have problems with the Antonio Tarver that he fought

[JAB5239]

Besides being tall and a southpaw, Tarver just knew how to time Roy. I think he gives him problems at any point in his career.

[powershots]

I see a prime Roy Jones beating the shyt out of Tarver and any of these current 168 and 175lbs.

[BKM-]

Prime Roy did have a problem with Tarver, an unconcious problem in fact. The whole "My fav fighter was past his prime at this exact point before a loss which enables me to discredit the loss" is played out. Tarver would always beat him in a trilogy. In the second fight early on, Roy looked as explosive and dominant as always. But Tarver knew exactly how to time him by that point so it didn't matter.

He had no excuses that night.

[Letsboxhoe]

Jones was in his prime

[thebrownbomber_]

Anyway, Peak Roy from the second Griffin fight defeats tarver, in a decent but non competitve fight by UD.

[The Old LefHook]

Roid Jones was the most overrated fighter of all time in his prime. He could could not back his boasts, or the boasts of others on him. Men who could not punch their way out of a cobweb knocked him wedge-cold. He fought all second raters. That is what he meant by all comers.

[QueensburyRules]

Roy Jones has said himself that Tarver had the toughest style for him despite not being nearly as good as him.

Was it a matter of style or was it just Roy Jones not being the same from all of the weight loss?

Would a prime Roy Jones have problems with the Antonio Tarver that he fought

- -Roy's trainer going into Ruiz indicated his reflexes were slower and Roy talking retirement wanted a $100 mil fight vs LLewis or Tyson for that purse.

He overestimated his value, so returned to LH to shut up Flapping Tarver whom he beat easy on my card.

Low rent Tarver who was never an A class boxer not worth a rematch, but here Roy let's Tarver suck him into the low rent rematch because it was an easy kick the tomato can down the road fight instead of pursuing bigger game.

A lucky shot kept Tarver at the lower end of big $ purses for another 10 years and a starring role in the comic book Rocky series.

We could see ducking Darius took something out of both as that's where he coulda made his all time chops, not the DKing orchestrated Ruiz fight.

Poor King never got the next fight out of Roy like he gambled on even though he dangled Evan for a song.

[Dynamite76]

Possible, hell Del Valle floored him.

[QueensburyRules]

Possible, hell Del Valle floored him.

- -Need I count how many times JJOHNSON was KOed before Burns?