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Eric Harding beat Tarver in his Prime by UD People don’t know shit about boxing to say Harding was nobody All these casuals who just started watching boxing are laughable.

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Gotta disagree with you to a degree. I was at the 1st Tarver-Harding fight at Grand Casino in Biloxi, MS. Harding didn’t flat-out “dominate” Tarver: It was a see-saw bout until the 9th round, when Harding broke Tarver’s jaw. Tarver has a BAAAAD habit of cruising & tiring out early, which is what caused most of his losses, including his Olympic loss against Jirov.

In my opinion he was breaking tarver down to the body the entire fight and ended up fracturing a few of Tarver's rips as well.

He was beating travers ass Rewatch that fight kid.

Jones should've never moved up to HW, he was never the same after moving back down.

I didn't mind him moving to heavyweight he just should of retired after Ruiz.

He didn’t need to retire Who should’ve gone to crusierweight . But he beat Tarver the first fight. After dropping back down and losing that natural muscle mass. After the Jones was koed by Tarver He was never the same.

Tarver couldn't fuck with Roy

@@sherrillraymond7595 doesn't work that way. Can't measure styles.

@@isaacc3307I could

@@isaacc3307 Roy beat Tarver when he wasn't at his best so think about if they wouldn't at his peak Tarver couldn't fuck with him

@@sherrillraymond7595 thats not how you measure fights tho. Styles make fights. Just because "fighter A" Beats "fighter B" and "fighter B" beats "fighter C" doesn't mean "fighter A" will beat "fighter C". Because all styles have different weaknesses. Also the only reason tarver beat Roy was because he had Roy's play book from sparring him so much. Roy said he would never fight another sparring partner again during the post fight interview after beating "the honey boy" because the honey boy gave him problems and even dropped roy. Thus was during his prime. Not saying roy wasn't better than tarver he was WAY better than tarver. But tarver had a "cheat code" which was knowing roys patterns from all the sparring they did together. Roy just made a mistake by ignoring the rule he made for himself a few years back and that was fighting sparring partners.

Your dad was a great fighter. I was at this fight and started pulling for him to win it. I bet he was heart broken that his shoulder didn't hold up.

Man alive...you pop is a great fighter!

What did your Dad think Roy Jones? It seems like he could have beat him.

young man the blessing have bestowed on you is awesome stay strong train hard rest hard, and stay out the streets.. your bussiness is ring time.

Your dad was a warrior inside the ring 🙏🏾

Exactly! 👊

Jealous!

That’s merchant

Facts I use to live next to Eric in East Hartford we talked about this fight he told me he'd give Roy a tough fight before it happened

Pennies on a Dollar excellent strategy by Roy. That’s stuff of genius.

Dang and I just looked it up and the one fight he popped for banned substances was the fight before this against Hall. Wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Fuckkkkkk🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

RJJ = Legend, just wished he would officially retire

Yeah.

That was my uncle he broke his hand

New Me. Harding was hesitant to throw the jab, because a jab can make you vulnerable to a counter.

New Me He would still habe lost

Nah man, that was a fuckin stupid result. Roy was beating the shit out of Montell and he took a dive to get BS DQ win. Smart move by Montell? Yeah, he got to parade around with the belts for a little bit, make some money on the rematch, all that fun stuff. Respectable move? Nah. He ate some tiny love taps, looked all around for how he should react, then pulled a pathetic keeling over trick to convince everyone he was killed by the shots. We saw what happened the second go around. THAT was what a real knockout looks like.

It was still a DQ regardless. You can not hit a fighter when he's on one knee. Jones hit Griffin twice. End of story.

SiThompson1 If you want to be a woman about it, then sure. But we all know what really happened and that it wasn't a real loss. Montell Griffin did not beat Roy Jones.

Be a woman about it? I've just educated you on why it was a DQ, i am not sure what you mean. I have merely stated a couple of facts. It seems you are not very bright Mark. Maybe a little slow also. Anyway. Don't reply to me and waste my time you imbecile.

pearcemark2 The record books say Roy Jones Jr lost. Keep clutching at straws you absolute foreskin. He LOST. He was rightfully DQ'd. You've been told so suck it up and move on.

Having personality makes him a goof? You sound like a stiff

Tommy is his cutman.

But he would be. Michalczewski fought in Germany and had referees behind him.

I agree Hash Two , well said , Dariusz Michalczewski , the True King of the LHWs in the 90s , he was the most successful , highly decorated and only undefeated multiple LHW Champion of the that Decade . Jones had to rely on the WBC , to gift him their Strap twice for free , 96 and 98 , then he beat lesser Class guys like Delvalle , WBA , 98 and the ancient Reggie Johnson , 99 , IBF , and then somehow , tell the World he was Undisputed , when Dariusz was the Lineal and WBO Champion , and had the IBF and WBA Titles stolen from him within 1 month of beating Virgil Hill in 97 , a year before Jones beat him in a Non Title , dead rubber fight in 98 as neither had 1 between them . Dariusz Michalczewski was a Pressure fighter as was Gracianno Rocchigiani and Steve Collins , all would have given him nightmares at SMW and LHW had he have fought them and were most definitely better than old timers Mc Callum , Johnson , Lucas , Thornton , Frazer , Kelly etc . All the best 🥊🥊

@@francishegarty8087 So I apologize in advance. But why are you everywhere trying to discredit Jones Jr achievements? At first I thought it was just the usual guy giving facts but then I noticed your wording sounded rather bias. Then I realized you’ve been doing it for 3 years…….. The only ancient fighter on the list you mentioned was Mike McCallum. Reggie Johnson was just 32 and had never been in any serious wars. Same with Virgil Hill. The worst you could give Hill is the absolute boxing lesson Thomas Hearns gave him. Having actually sat down to actually watch Dariusz to see exactly what he was capable of I don’t think he would’ve beaten Jones Jr. Styles make fights but Richard Hall had a seriously competitive 1st fight with Dariusz. The rematch was more one sided but still a competitive match during the earlier rounds before Hall was figured out. Richard Hall stood no chance against Jones Jr to the point where it looked like he was fighting an amateur. I’d like to have a serious conversation about this rather than a onslaught of cherry-picked wiki information being thrown at me. Why was Dariusz the king of LHW despite having vastly less impressive wins over the same opponents Jones Jr beat to you? Is it because of Jones Jr’s fans?

@@tmac1499 Hi Tmac , first off , thanks for your reply and second , your know your Boxing but there are some things that need to be straight off here if we are to be honest , Reggie Johnson was 39 pushing 40 fighting Jones , and the only reason why he became a Champion again at LHW at that age , is because he beat a guy called William Guthrie who beat another guy called Darrin Allen , for the vacant IBF Title , which was stolen from Dariusz who had won it from Virgil Hill in 97 . Reggie was 32 when he beat Steve Collins for the vacant WBA MW Title in 92 , Mike Mc Callum vacated this very Title to avoid Collins , who he'd out-pointed 2 years previously , when Collins came in as a late replacement for British guy Michael Watson who'd sustained a broken nose in training , late 89 , early 90 . Jones had also won the WBA LHW Title from Lou Delvalle , in 98 , he'd won it in a vacation Bout having beaten Dutch guy Eddie Smulders in 98 , once again , another Title stolen from Dariusz who'd taken it from Virgil Hill . This is the reality Tmac and please correct me if I'm wrong here , RJJ , claimed to be Undisputed after beating old Reggie , IBF , in 99 , Lou Delvalle , WBA in 98 and worst still , having stolen the WBC Strap from the Legitimate WBC Champion , the late Gracianno Rocchigiani in 98 , and do you actually believe this ? Your probably not going to like or believe this but in 99 , straight after the Reggie Johnson fight , Michalczewski was an unbeaten LHW Champion since 94 , was the Legitimate WBO , WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles holder up to then , had twice as many fights as Jones at LHW in the 90s and still is to this day , the record holder as an unbeaten Champion with 23 defences V 20 different opponents . Please forgive me if I sound biased towards RJJ but a true Champion doesn't steal Titles from Guys , Gracianno Rocchigiani , RIP , and not even have the guts to fight the Man , nor does he win Titles that belonged to someone else , Dariusz Michalczewski , then claimed to be Undisputed . For the record , Dariusz , Gracianno and Michael Nunn , another guy he disgracefully ducked , and actually dropped a Title to avoid in late 97 , WBC LHW , were all ranked Top 5 LHWs and RJJ fought none , do you honestly feel he deserved to be called Undisputed LHW King in 99 because I most certainly don't , to be the best you beat the best , that's my whole argument . All the best 🥊🥊

@@tmac1499 I'm not trying to discredit Jones achievements but I most certainly will not give him credit where it isn't due , he was not the best LHW of the 90s , Dariusz Michalczewski was and to be blatantly honest here , the most unluckiest and most ripped off , was Gracianno Rocchigiani , RIP , whose WBC Strap was disgracefully , disgustingly , stolen from him by Jones and the cheats within the WBC in 98 , proven in a Court of Law , NYC in 03 , and he got disqualified in a Bout with Michalczewski for his WBO Strap in 96 , got DQ after striking after the Ref had called ' Break ' DM made a meal of it and this was bad . Jones had a case for a bad DQ v Griffin , first fight but he struck him twice while he was on his knee , harsh but correct .