Coli Ring Theater Classics: Roy Jones Jr. vs John Ruiz (the finality of Roy Jones Prime)

[TheProfessor]

He was lightning quick

Which was a few notches below what he was in his prime.

Jones began to decline a year or so earlier, when Derrick Harmon landed an alarming 59% of his power shots against him. The cutting of weight back to 175 following Ruiz expedited the process.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

Could see how much he had slipped in this fight. Much slower, barely throwing. But still elite enough to wash this nikka.

Not sure being in there with a heavyweight would make him look slower. Should be the opposite.

If you put on a bunch of muscle/weight, then you're going to be slower than you were when you were around around 30lbs lighter.

You think Usain Bolt would be as fast if he put on 30lbs? Nope. Desean Jackson? Nope. And neither should Roy Jones.

 

[TheProfessor]

If you put on a bunch of muscle/weight, then you're going to be slower than you were when you were around around 30lbs lighter.

You think Usain Bolt would be as fast if he put on 30lbs? Nope. Desean Jackson? Nope. And neither should Roy Jones.

That's offset by the fact that Ruiz was a million times slower than anyone he ever faced. That would make him look even faster.

Jones began slipping well before this fight. He was such a great fighter that somehow managed to defend his title a couple more times, move up to HW, win a title, move back down and regain the title.

But there is no doubt that he was slipping. Flat-footed almost all of the time (a far cry from his prime), one punch at a time (he was once a combination machine) and then cutting muscle to go back to 175. All of that did him in.

 

[R=G]

We know what did him in..we knew that a lifetime ago but still at his best, he blows anyone away.

 

[TheProfessor]

We know what did him in..we knew that a lifetime ago but still at his best, he blows anyone away.

For sure. At his best he was damn near unbeatable.

 

[R=G]

There is this Roy fight with this guy named David Teslasco..it was in 2000...i swear to goodness it can make you almost start crying. It got to a point where Roy started throwing lightning quick lead right hands. I coughed so damn hard off that shyt..Teladco got so frustrated he tried to nearly tackle him and pull his tights up towards the ropes. Lol.

 

[Achille]

There is this Roy fight with this guy named David Teslasco..it was in 2000...i swear to goodness it can make you almost start crying. It got to a point where Roy started throwing lightning quick lead right hands. I coughed so damn hard off that shyt..Teladco got so frustrated he tried to nearly tackle him and pull his tights up towards the ropes. Lol.

"David Telesco really asked for it, so I beat him with a fractured wrist"

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

this version of RJJ beats anybody in their prime

 

[TheNig]

He told this story a couple of years ago on SiriusXM. He was never supposed to go back down to LHW. A potential series with Mike fell thru and he ended up fighting tarver.

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

middleweight to heavyweight during a career is hard to fathom

 

[Erratic415]

Roy’s absolute peak IMO was at 168.

Muhammad Ali’s famous peak performance is usually looked at as the Cleveland Williams fight. You could debate which fight was RJJ at his absolute best, but I thought his “Cleveland Williams fight” was Bryant Brannon.