You got it right a 1000 times

Absolutely. Roy was raw athleticism

Yeah…I think both him and Mike Tyson both don’t get the respect they deserve. People try to downplay there respective legacies. Roy’s ability to punch from just about every angle paired with devastating punching power in both hands and Blistering speed made him nearly impossible to beat…but age and going up to light heavyweights and back down really hurt him and exposed his chin wasn’t as sturdy as we once believed it to be. Mike on the other hand should’ve been the undisputed greatest heavyweight of all time. Middleweight hand speed and head and body movement with God-Like punching power in both hands that struck fear in heart’s of every man on the planet. When he stepped into the ring he left absolute destruction in his wake but when Cus died his destiny died with him. He, ultimately, began his quick rise to fame, fortune, and greatness only to self destruct, with the help from the snakes and leeches the were all around him, inevitably falling much quicker than he rose in the beginning. By the time he came out of prison his power was still there but he was only a shell of the elite next level boxer he was only a half decade or so ago. Tyson haters ( read; racists, fake purists, and history revisionists) want everyone to believe that Mike was a mediocre boxer that relied solely on his punching power alone. But a disciplined Prime Mike Tyson would’ve terrified the heavyweight division and would’ve reigned supreme for over a decade. I miss the 70’s -late 90’s of boxing. We just don’t see the type of fights or boxers that we did back then.

Hill couldn't adjust to the long left hook..

Straight facts

Prime RJJ versus 2022 Canelo - won do you think wins?

How far they fall when they can't turn it in.

@@tannystakeaways8511 Jones every single day if the week not even close he'd baffle Alvarez with his speed. It's one thing fighting sub par super middleweights that version of Roy had no tell just picked fighters apart with single shots Alvarez would never get any time to find a groove.

@@tannystakeaways8511 *RJJ* without problems!

Facts 💯

Dan The Man Ross facts

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Will be what gets him into heaven lol

@@minds777 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

@@GoGetYourShinebox if it does ill see him there

"Unheard of unheard of!" Best comment of the fight. Followed by "I seen it all." George Foreman very underrated commentator.

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And he went right back down 😂🤣 Virgil got embarrassed

@@JayYo21you wouldn’t do any better

@@allcinionexplainsitall5869that 🐱ussy probably never fought

You are blessed

I went to technical and 7 level school there.

I'm Roy!!

RJ was teeing off on this man

He was sooo dominant ! He seemed bored lol

Jones would not have been so dominant against the Real and Legitimate LHW Kings of the 90s , Gracianno Rocchigiani and especially Dariusz Michalczewski , who was the Best , most successful and highly decorated LHW of the 90s and was unbeaten also . Always remember that this fight was a Non Title because neither had any then , not even 1 Strap between them . Jones had vacated his only WBC Strap , to avoid Nunn , Hill , who was the LHW King , had lost his WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles to Michalczewski who was the WBO Champion, a year before this fight . Unfortunately for both Rocky and Dariusz , they had their WBC, IBF and WBA Titles stolen from them in scandalous fashion and weren't even allowed to defend them , opening the door for Jones to beat inferior guys and old timers like Mc Callum, Reggie Johnson, Delvalle and defend them against coppers , binmen , postmen and teachers , and HBO had the gall to say he'd no decent competition , seriously. All the best lads 🥊🥊

​@@francishegarty8087 lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@francishegarty8087all this he wouldn’t have been as effective in the 90s is speculation at best and old man hating at worst.

@@gregorytravers Just because I'm critical of Roy Jones doesn't mean I hate him , far from it Gregory , actually loved him and was bitterly disappointed to see him getting ripped off in Seoul l in 88 . What must be remembered here is that HBO , Jones employers , said on this very broadcast , Jones was so good he had no Rivals ? What a load of lies and total nonsense and this Virgil Hill he beat was a year on from losing all his Titles to the Best , most successful and only multiple Titles holder and unbeaten , LHW Champion of the 90s , Darius Michalczewski . What about the hate and lies thrown at Darius and Rocky as they had their WBC , WBA and IBF Titles stolen from them and how Jones ducked Rocky numerous times and chose to fight an off duty cop , Ricky Frazer who was 39 and only turned Professional , 7 years earlier ? I'm just an ordinary Boxing fan probably like yourself who's been blessed to see and meet , lots of some of its best operators and was a big Jones fan up until the mid 90s when he was at SMW . It became blatantly obvious to me , he just wasn't prepared to take risks and fight the best around at that time like Eubank , Benn , Liles and Collins . 🥊🥊

How is Virgil hill a hall of famer are you kidding me

@@antoinemantoux1520how is he not

Unheard of, Unheard OF! I've seen it all

hifli danni hopkins out pointed him in the first fight 115-113

Exactly Virgil was a great boxer, Roy in his prime was just better. But people like dismissing greatness over acknowledging it.

Roy was good and talented yeah, but fighting the likes of tricky Rick frazier, Richard Grant, Glen Kelly and David telesco didn't do him any favours

James Toney was as great as they get. Probably beats Hopkins back then, but Jones took him to school.

hifli danni Hill was old here. 34 yrs old and 45 fights in the game. That doesn't mean Roy wasn't great, but his competition was pretty bad for a while in his prime

Going to heavyweight made him immortal.

Ronald Anderson that’s great to hear

Ronald Anderson so why haven’t we heard of his nephews since Roy was superman an all time great

Really? Ricky Randall (at the time 6-15) now 6-17 was first class?

Jones was just better than everyone. He fought great fighters and some who were not great. Everyone fights cans sometimes. Roy is a legend.

Foreman a legend in the ring and on the microphone.

Hill was also beaten by a much older Thomas Hearns in a big (sort of big) upset earlier in his reign.

Virgil Hill also went on to become champion again.

@@TheRaisinHead yup exactly

There was not much of a size difference between them. Hill was a light heavy, Jones was a super-mid.

@@bauerj3398 And anyone who knows about fight sports knows that weight cutting is a thing, and that guys who are nominally the same size or close to the same size, may not really be so.

Demond Turner ...Alton Merkeson dropping jewels in the corner!!

Cause Hill was a big mf

Hill was the best 175lber of the 90s until Dariusz Michalczewski came along the year before Jones fought him , and beat him fair and square , taking all his Titles in the process, Dariusz was then , the WBO , WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles holder after he defeated Hill only for the cheats of the WBA and IBF , steal these from him without even allowing him to defend them . Dariusz to this very day , has the record for the longest unbeaten Reign as LHW Champion , 23 defences and was the only Boxer to hold multiple Titles and go unbeaten as a LHW in the 90s , he was the real King of that Division then . 🥊🥊

I remember watching this fight live and thinking the same. I swore it was tapped previously pop and they were commenting after

who said Floyd was GOAT?

@@uncletony6210 Floyd is definitely the greatest boxer of all time

@@seankeys5384 you know you're in the minority, right?

Floyd point scored to wins all trough his career. He did get the job done but was a boring fighter to watch.

@@jjfost1987 I look at it like this every fighter that faught floyed had 12 rounds to figure out how to beat him and not only that he had briddle hands and still beat every man that challenged him

And marvin hagler

u ruined the statement when u brought up ray

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unofficial word is 2 busted ribs.

He broke 1 or 2 if I remember. Facts

lol, no. Foreman was AWFUL!

Holy shit, you're right about Hill not throwing the right hand!! Wtf?? That's so weird!

That's not Ja....

The WBC was a joke , farcical Organisation back then as regards it's LHWs , they declared Jones their Champion twice for beating nobody , gave him the Title for absolutely nothing , free , in 96 after beating Mc Callum , despite him not being Champion , Tiozzo was the Actual Champion , then again in June 98 , handed him a Title that was actually belonged to Rocchigiani , who beat Nunn , March 98 for the vacated Title , after Jones had vacated it some time earlier . Jones has to be the only Guy in the History of Boxing to be declared a Champion twice , despite not beating an existing Champion or winning a Vacation Bout .

@@francishegarty8087 as much as i like jones i wish he fought those guys and michael nunn

@@benrobbo2902 Hi Ben , the reality is that Michael Nunn earned the right to fight Jones for the WBC LHW Title , he also won the TV rights and wanted to fight using a Rival Channel to HBO , who had signed Jones on a Multi fight , Multi Million Dollars contract in 96 , Nunn's Management Team rightly predicted , Jones would duck him and probably Relinquish his Title , which he did , in late 97 . In March 98 , Nunn lost a decision to Rocchigiani for the Vacated Title , yet in June that year , the child Jones , and that's exactly what he was , a spoiled child , comes back , asks for his Title back , and was given it back , it's Embarrassing Ben , there's no other words to describe it . Jones got to duck both Nunn and Rocchigiani that year and nobody batted an eyelid , he would then go on and beat the decent but ordinary Delvalle for his WBA Title in 98 , and the old Reggie Johnson for his IBF Title in 99 , Titles which were stolen from the Best LHW of the 90s , Michalczewski . All the best Ben , take care 🥊🥊

@@francishegarty8087 yeah its annoying, he didnt take many risky fights after toney and hopkins. I think he couldve won them aswell but he didnt have to take these high risk fights so he chose not to, so many good fights couldve been made that it annoys me as a fan i wish we couldve seen them that era had tonnes of good middleweights to light heavyweights

@@benrobbo2902 Exactly Ben , I couldn't agree with you more , it was frustrating as a Boxing fan , not to see him take more risks but who am I to ridicule him realistically . I would have definitely done my utmost to see him fight live in the UK or Ireland V Benn or Collins and may have even traveled to the US if he fought Collins there . It's just my opinion Ben but I think Jones got badly rattled and spooked by what happened to Mc Clellan in his fight with Benn , this came just 3 months after his Toney win , late 94 . For me also , the SMW Division was stronger than the LHW Division at that very time so who knows , as you rightly said it's a pity .

Blm sucks

Brilliant comments there Mr Knuckles and love your insights and honesty , having done some research into that period of time regarding Jones career . I agree with them names except for 1 , Eubank , he openly admitted that he didn't want to fight Jones and was content with his big paydays from British TV Companies , ITV and SKY TV and lacked ambition , to be Undisputed . Theres 3 other Guys that Jones blatantly ducked on numerous occasions , Frankie Liles , Michael Nunn and Gracianno Rocchigiani , who he actually stole his WBC LHW Title from in 98 , with the help of the cheating cowards in the WBC . HBO , who were contractually tied to Jones since 96 and paid the vast amount of his wages , constantly lied for him , proclaiming , he'd no real competition , as you rightly said above , despite the facts he never fought any other SMW Champions like Benn , Liles and Collins , or the Real Champions of the LHWs , Rocchigiani and especially Dariusz Michalczewski , who was the Best , most successful and highly decorated LHW of the 90s and unbeaten here . All the best 🥊🥊

What a body shot.