So, Roy Jones Jr effectively outboxed Felix Trinidad in his recent fight, scored 2 knock downs and total control in all aspects. In other words he's back. He's almost as fast as he was in his prime, his defence is reliable, and MOST NOTABLE he started to throw combos again. He has fun in the ring again! Fight against Trinidad also had more than 500,000 PPVs. So RJJ is not forgotten, he's still popular, and still great.
Now Roy Jones has many options to choose from. He can go up up to heavyweight or down to middle or even bellow(he mentioned that he wants to fight Oscar De La Hoya), but more likely that he gonna met winner of Calzaghe-Hopkins bout, or in more distant future Kelly Pavlik or Jermain Taylor. All four candidates are -no doubt- tough guys. So, what if Calzaghe beats Hopkins(i don't believe in that, but anyway SD-UD is possible). I heard a lot that RJJ can't stand a chance against Calzaghe. I don't see a ground in this point of view. Yes, Roy was bombed to KO by Glen Johnson, but then Roy was in VERY bad shape.
I suppose that Roy Jones will beat Calzaghe by UD(with knock down in later rounds). Why? Because Roy is simply a better boxer.
RJJ's advantages are: great speed(nobody will argue?), better technique, he's unpredictable, great deffence against the ropes. Roy Jones' Rope-a-Dope i think is even superior to Ali's, Toney's and Byrd's, great counterpunching abilities.
Calzagher advantage is: great tempo, up to hundred thrown punches per round. He also possesses very good hand speed, not bad punching power.
So it's time for your view! What do you think? Who we'll be next opponent of Roy Jones? What result do you predict?
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