Sigh...I have to paste this post for the 3rd time today? You Calzaghe fans are really on fire today! LOL.
JC would fall short against younger versions of RJJ and Hopkins(against this guy he'd get beaten 'without any trouble' being that he couldn't beat him at 43. Terrible style for Joe. He'd do better against RJJ.) I agree with that.
I said before the fight that if Roy doesn't have his legs anymore, he will definitely lose. Turns out that it was absolutely the case, and much more than that too. I should have watched his 3 fights before this one.
In his prime, Roy didn't just have ACCURACY and punches in bunches, he had extremely explosive legs that enabled him to have this great defense, could get into positions very quickly to capatilize on his opponents' mistakes, get himself out of corners with ease(even against Tarver he was seen doing this) get away with leaping hooks, his stamina was excellent, and most importantly, he had that mental edge and killer instinct.
Lets say he fought this version of Joe while he was 10 years younger. Calzaghe would get caught with a lot more unseen flush shots like he did from a near 40 year old man last night in the first round. His WIIIIDEEE looping shots, albeit quick, would hit nothing but air against Roys freakishly athletic ability to avoid punches. And like I mentioned earlier, it was impossible for anyone to to just load up on shots on Jones while having arms low like Joe did last night. Jones would actually get out of corners with a long leading jab, a quick long step shooting himself across the ring, out of the corner. OR, he would actually fight himself out of the ropes. You really have to watch more vintage Jones fights to see what i'm talking about here. I think some of you really forgot what he was about.
Yes, Calzaghe gave a great performance and beat him convincingly, but his fighting game was full of holes, like usual. I mean, at times he was blatantly just ****ing around in there, throwing combo's while Jones was on the ropes, and with him not thinking of defense at all while doing his fruity little movements..erm, 'showboating'. Don't get the wrong impression, take away all of the showboating nonsense, and just watch the fighting aspect of it, and it becomes clear that in their primes, Jones would have won with ease.
But I guess you won't get popular by saying it at a time like this. Don't mind it, act intelligent and explain it to them from a boxing point of view. Works every time.
JC would fall short against younger versions of RJJ and Hopkins(against this guy he'd get beaten 'without any trouble' being that he couldn't beat him at 43. Terrible style for Joe. He'd do better against RJJ.) I agree with that.
I said before the fight that if Roy doesn't have his legs anymore, he will definitely lose. Turns out that it was absolutely the case, and much more than that too. I should have watched his 3 fights before this one.
In his prime, Roy didn't just have ACCURACY and punches in bunches, he had extremely explosive legs that enabled him to have this great defense, could get into positions very quickly to capatilize on his opponents' mistakes, get himself out of corners with ease(even against Tarver he was seen doing this) get away with leaping hooks, his stamina was excellent, and most importantly, he had that mental edge and killer instinct.
Lets say he fought this version of Joe while he was 10 years younger. Calzaghe would get caught with a lot more unseen flush shots like he did from a near 40 year old man last night in the first round. His WIIIIDEEE looping shots, albeit quick, would hit nothing but air against Roys freakishly athletic ability to avoid punches. And like I mentioned earlier, it was impossible for anyone to to just load up on shots on Jones while having arms low like Joe did last night. Jones would actually get out of corners with a long leading jab, a quick long step shooting himself across the ring, out of the corner. OR, he would actually fight himself out of the ropes. You really have to watch more vintage Jones fights to see what i'm talking about here. I think some of you really forgot what he was about.
Yes, Calzaghe gave a great performance and beat him convincingly, but his fighting game was full of holes, like usual. I mean, at times he was blatantly just ****ing around in there, throwing combo's while Jones was on the ropes, and with him not thinking of defense at all while doing his fruity little movements..erm, 'showboating'. Don't get the wrong impression, take away all of the showboating nonsense, and just watch the fighting aspect of it, and it becomes clear that in their primes, Jones would have won with ease.
But I guess you won't get popular by saying it at a time like this. Don't mind it, act intelligent and explain it to them from a boxing point of view. Works every time.
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