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Roy Jones’ lacklustre attempt at redeeming two knockout defeats on Saturday night left everyone in boxing thinking the same thing: ‘No Excuses’ its time for him to call it a day.
Although Jones showed flashes of his old self, notably in the 5th round where his showboating was backed up with some furious flurries, his 36 year old body is no longer capable of sustaining any sort of offense. The 5th was to be the only round that he really backed up his flamboyance with some hard punching, going on to land just 10 punches throughout the next 3 rounds.
In the post fight press conference, Antonio Tarver tried to enhance his own questionable performance by stating he beat the Jones ‘Of the last ten years’. In truth however, he must know that Roy is an old 36. Jones has lost most of his leg speed, and he is now desperately gun shy, seemingly reluctant to take risks because he is no longer fast enough to get in and out of range. On Saturday night he apparently threw just 320 punches.
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Although Jones showed flashes of his old self, notably in the 5th round where his showboating was backed up with some furious flurries, his 36 year old body is no longer capable of sustaining any sort of offense. The 5th was to be the only round that he really backed up his flamboyance with some hard punching, going on to land just 10 punches throughout the next 3 rounds.
In the post fight press conference, Antonio Tarver tried to enhance his own questionable performance by stating he beat the Jones ‘Of the last ten years’. In truth however, he must know that Roy is an old 36. Jones has lost most of his leg speed, and he is now desperately gun shy, seemingly reluctant to take risks because he is no longer fast enough to get in and out of range. On Saturday night he apparently threw just 320 punches.
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