Rewatching Roy's early fights is just as eye opening as seeing them the first time. It's easy to forget after watching him fight at heavy, just how freakishly quick and powerful he was.
pretty sure rjj is the greatest athlete boxing ever had. Overall to my eyes he is, and I've been carefully watching all the best in all generations for quite a while. RJJ shows different weapons in different fights, sometimes using a quick up jab, but more commonly using the same weapons floyd mayweather would adopt. long quick lead rights and leaping left hooks. fast and covering so much range that fighting long and big guys was fine. But as good as floyd was, rjj was even better. A tad quicker prime for prime i think, a tad, and more power, could throw powerful unique punches from any angle. Crazy endurance too, crazy fast reflexes. could fight just as good moving forwards or backwards, had an amazing check hook while moving backwards. he was so... so dominant in his run. and the truth is floyd lost one fight -- the judges gave it to him, and he dominated the rematch, but floyd absolutely lost that fight, and all the commentators and harold letterman had is for that guy over floyd. it was a certain robbery. floyd was never quite as dominant as roy. roy was untouchable for a long time. all fights completely one sided, utterly and absolutely one sided more or less -- until he got to his 51st fight and finally lost. floyd went 50 and 0 -- so did rjj - although technically there was a DQ and he smashed him in the rematch. so rjj's record is also nuts, and after that first loss he was probably never quite the same -- but he's still fighting today prime for prime -- no one was as dominant as rjj for as long as rjj -- i can think of absolutely no one. just so very very dominant. and lastly, a natural star, pizzazz, showmanship, charisma, likability, even when showboating and being obnoxious, he was still somehow likable. ultimately what was it? speed. the greatest speed i've ever seen in professional boxing with my eyes overall. combat is attributes at the end of the day. only so many ways to punch, so ultimate who's faster, and the fastest is most likely to do the best. and so it is. rjj loved to drop his hands, and almost never paid for it, and was fast enough to get them back up in a shell when the range suddenly changed.
@@thecontainerthecontents6889mayweather was dope but he fought from like 30-47 , most the guys you're fighting at 30-35 couldnt ride a roller coaster at the local fair lol bunch of midgets
The guy hes fighting, Malinga, lost debatable close decisions to Chris Eubank & Nigel Benn, then he beat Benn in a rematch. Roy Jones was so far ahead of the competition he was damn near outa sight, the man was SUPERSONIC. Next Level only begins to describe him, you would need to have witnessed him in his era to grasp what Im saying, he was unreal.
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If you watch enough classic fighters the one thing you notice is Larry Merchant bitching about them. Had a first row seat to see some of the all time greats - Jones, Hagler, Hopkins and he spent half the time complaining and NOT appreciating greatness. If your name wasn’t Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya he just didn’t appreciate you. Compare that to Harold Lederman who clearly appreciates what he was witnessing all along
In my opinion, i don't think that Larry didn't appreciate them, i think he was just tired of watching people act foolish in the ring. He was a big fan of Oscar and Leonard because they hardly ever clowned around and danced in the ring, they definitely had a level of class among them. Mike Tyson was a boxer Larry liked until he began fooling around with Don King, then Larry's opinion about Tyson as a person changed.
Small Incisions Small Incisions who do you think most of these guys grew up watching if it wasn’t Sugar? Sugar Ray shuffle? The Bolo punch? Merchant likes boxer who slug and exchange . He thinks that’s boxing. Listen to him at 45:30 in this video. According to him if fighters are being tactical then it’s not a real fight
Interesting. I had forgotten Jones went incognito for the first 4 years of his career. Also, they denigrate his performance against Hopkins but time has shown that Hopkins is a legend in his own right.
@@indiglo1971 George Foreman, Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Emmanuel Steward, Lennox Lewis, and Roy Jones Jr. just to name a few were all boxers and they were literally the greatest commentators of all time (ok maybe not Hagler). Harold Lederman is the only non-boxer(I think?) to have ever done an incredible job as a commentator
The best feet in the history of boxing ? I cant think of anyone with better footwork than Roy Jones. Ali had great feet, Ray Leonard had great feet, Ray Robinson had great feet but I dont think any of them had better feet than Roy Jones. Hes probing, creating openings n generating power with them with almost every twitch. Hes always in position to counter, hes rarely if ever defensive even when hes moving backwards. Idiots try to say he was only reflexive, athletic n powerful. Roy Jones was a master tactician, hes an an absolute black belt. Hes poetry in motion.
@@michaels8386 Manny has good feet too, just not Roy Jones level, but if you see something in Mannys footwork that you can take n use for yerself or teach to a kid then go ahead, Manny has good feet but not great, his feet got him KOd, face planted vs Marquez, same as Amir Khans feet got him TKOd vs Danny Garcia. I dont even think Roy realised or realises how good his feet were. I describe Roys feet as basketball player feet. No basketball player hs feet like Roy Jones but because Roy played basketball during his boxing career I think it added an extra dimension to his footwork, which knowing Roy, is probably WHY he played basket ball during his boxing career. He was n maybe still 24/7 a boxer. & 24/7 boxing. Roy was no accident, he was dedication hard work, intelligence & commitment.
@@Lonelysportofboxing Pep had good feet, defensively very good, just not as good as Roy Jones. Read what I wrote, nobody used their feet as effectively as Roy. It doesn't mean X, Y or Z had bad feet, nor does it mean thay yer great great granny lied to you about Willie Pep as you were slurping on her withered diddy.
Malinga was game, but man, a prime Roy was just in another galaxy. He was just unbeatable in this era. Never seen a fighter before or since switch stances and look so natural in both. Roy was a cheat code.
@@juk1107 Sugar Ray Leonard was good. Roy Jones Jr. was good. Foreman was kind of a mixed bag and took everything personally. For all the people that hate Merchant, he was right pretty much all the time.
@@taekwondotimeLarry is always nagging. How was he right? He wants Roy, a tall fighter, to just go in and slug it? Bruh 😂 that’s the most restarted thing to ask…
Didn't see Sugar Ray Robinson but Roy Jones was a freak of nature. Maybe his legacy got tarnished post his heavyweight experience but no doubt he was the best of the best middleweight / light heavyweight in the 90s early 00s. Calzaghe included. Scary speed and power , you see other boxers don't want to engage because they knew what was coming.
@@philgarrett5498 I was actually at his fight against Calzaghe. That was past Jones' prime, of course. Turned out to be Calzaghe's last fight. . Yes, after he came back down in weight after the Ruiz fight he was never the same. The reason I believe is because it was all muscle he had to lose and at his age it weakened his body taking off so much muscle so quickly - about 20 pounds of muscle. He was never the same after that
Reading a lot of comments of people talking about Larry Merchant. Larry was just too old school when it came to boxing. Larry didn't care about the fanfare and theatrics of boxing, nor did he enjoy seeing a fighter showboat and taunt their opponents. I can respect that, i enjoy seeing people just box but, i also enjoy a good show. Larry just liked what he liked lol
Well if he didn’t like the theatrics of boxing, he sure contradicted himself with love and admiration for Ray Leonard, much part of Leonard’s fights theatrics and show-boating was an essential part of his routine.
Roy had speed reflexis timing but no inside defense an chin plus everything he did only he can do even if it was the wrong way like Ali n sugar ray Robinson they all fought there own way
If boxer has roy's ability, that means they don't need much inside defense or a concrete chin. Because they almost won't be tested in the match. Speed is everything!
Nicholas Y right. Arum has been robbing fighters for decades. Listen how fighters talk about Haymon. They love him. Floyd calls him dad. Nobody speaks highly of Arum.
I am so proud of Mayweather and Hopkins for checkn Larry Merchant smuck ass. Never did anything but make money off of boxers u would think he would show more respect and be more appreciative.
Malinga was a slick boxer who had a victory over Nigel Benn. He was no pushover but yet could hardly land a punch on Jones. This fight shows you just how good Jones was. He would have beaten Chris Eubank, Benn, Julian Jackson and Gerald McLennan had they been willing to sign to fight him. It's a pity he boxed for so long and ended up with a stack of losses. If he had retired after his victory over John Ruiz in 2003, Jones would have gone down as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Instead, he boxed for way too long and ended up with an average looking record as a result. Sad!
but... we all know that, and prime for prime, and lb for lb, Jones probably beats everyone EVER. He was never even challenged during his long run at the top. And it's proof of his sheer love of fighting that he fought way, way, way too long. He was bored without it.
His name is Forever etched in the book of Boxing History. Just like Ali, Ray Robinson, Tommy Hearns etc, etc. All these men had losses and they are All in the Boxing H.O.F
Since most everyone is voicing their disapproval of Merchant here (which I agree) I must announce my all time favorite boxing commentator, his name is Bob Sheridan, as for boxers, I love Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Roy Jones, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Edit: I sincerely hope Larry Merchant did not participate alongside De La Hoya in one of those fishnets tryouts fit and finish pictorial contest.
Roy should have listened to his Father and not rushed into the pros and develop his boxing skills more,once his reflexes left he was done as an elite fighter
Yeah, he had such unorthodox lead punches he was unlike anyone else. The punch was perfectly timed and landed. Not much else to say about it. The guy was such a joy to watch fight back then.
Malinga got better from this fight it improved his skill set I think that's why he managed to edge Benn out on a points win in the future learn from the loss
Roy would go back in time an in theory decimate everything. Lamotta, Robinson, Armstrong, Hagler, Hearns, Monson. If you gave Roy Bulk I believe he would of taken the W from Tyson in a split decision
I always wondered how Merchant kept that job for so long. Was he friends with a top guy at HBO? Negative, biased, and elitist in his commentary, post fight interviews where he thinks the show is about him.
Agreed. This was the 2nd fight I heard him say "I saw sugar ray Leanord and he's no sugar ray". Bernard Hopkins was the other. He probably said it every fight until he realized Roy was an all time great
Roy was my favorite boxer. I think when he first fought in heavy weight against ruiz i think he could have beat any heavy weight. His speed was crazy and could hit hard. Way too fast for most heavy weights.
Lol, I'm laughing at the commentator that doesn't like that Roy Jones's Jones's Jr is show boating. I say if you can back up your show boating, then please,, show boat baby. Screw the critics. 👍
Oscar Hernandez , brotha you are dead ass correct, Merchant, as someone else stated is a true hater if you ain’t a favorite of his... well said bra, fans love excitement and entertainment and truth be told if you can entertain and box, what in holy fuck is wrong wit dat!!!
it wasn't posturing if you know his background he didn't learn fighting in your local city gym. He was forged in a serious slolom of hazing and relentless discipline. Some would call it abuse, but you see the product. In his prime nobody in his weight class was able to fight him and win decisively or indecisively lol.
brk He was made to be a hater it’s second nature to him all I ever heard coming from this mans mouth was pure garbage and long stupid rants about nothing.
Rewatching Roy's early fights is just as eye opening as seeing them the first time. It's easy to forget after watching him fight at heavy, just how freakishly quick and powerful he was.
pretty sure rjj is the greatest athlete boxing ever had. Overall to my eyes he is, and I've been carefully watching all the best in all generations for quite a while. RJJ shows different weapons in different fights, sometimes using a quick up jab, but more commonly using the same weapons floyd mayweather would adopt. long quick lead rights and leaping left hooks. fast and covering so much range that fighting long and big guys was fine. But as good as floyd was, rjj was even better. A tad quicker prime for prime i think, a tad, and more power, could throw powerful unique punches from any angle. Crazy endurance too, crazy fast reflexes. could fight just as good moving forwards or backwards, had an amazing check hook while moving backwards. he was so... so dominant in his run.
and the truth is floyd lost one fight -- the judges gave it to him, and he dominated the rematch, but floyd absolutely lost that fight, and all the commentators and harold letterman had is for that guy over floyd. it was a certain robbery. floyd was never quite as dominant as roy. roy was untouchable for a long time. all fights completely one sided, utterly and absolutely one sided more or less -- until he got to his 51st fight and finally lost. floyd went 50 and 0 -- so did rjj - although technically there was a DQ and he smashed him in the rematch.
so rjj's record is also nuts, and after that first loss he was probably never quite the same -- but he's still fighting today
prime for prime -- no one was as dominant as rjj for as long as rjj -- i can think of absolutely no one.
just so very very dominant.
and lastly, a natural star, pizzazz, showmanship, charisma, likability, even when showboating and being obnoxious, he was still somehow likable.
ultimately what was it?
speed. the greatest speed i've ever seen in professional boxing with my eyes overall. combat is attributes at the end of the day. only so many ways to punch, so ultimate who's faster, and the fastest is most likely to do the best. and so it is. rjj loved to drop his hands, and almost never paid for it, and was fast enough to get them back up in a shell when the range suddenly changed.
Y'ALL MUSTA FORGOT
@@thecontainerthecontents6889mayweather was dope but he fought from like 30-47 , most the guys you're fighting at 30-35 couldnt ride a roller coaster at the local fair lol bunch of midgets
Still not as good as Calzaghe. He beat everyone.
Jesus that guy was absolutely awesome at his peak.
YES HE WAS 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Crazy thing is he hadn't peaked yet he was still at the beginning stage of his career
You're goddamn right💯
The guy hes fighting, Malinga, lost debatable close decisions to Chris Eubank & Nigel Benn, then he beat Benn in a rematch.
Roy Jones was so far ahead of the competition he was damn near outa sight, the man was SUPERSONIC.
Next Level only begins to describe him, you would need to have witnessed him in his era to grasp what Im saying, he was unreal.
When he was at his peak period, NO other boxer could claim Pound for Pound without blushing.....
ha ha : )
FACTS. He was nothing nice with them hands, just ask Richard Hall.
#truth
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If you watch enough classic fighters the one thing you notice is Larry Merchant bitching about them. Had a first row seat to see some of the all time greats - Jones, Hagler, Hopkins and he spent half the time complaining and NOT appreciating greatness. If your name wasn’t Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya he just didn’t appreciate you. Compare that to Harold Lederman who clearly appreciates what he was witnessing all along
Such a true statement!
In my opinion, i don't think that Larry didn't appreciate them, i think he was just tired of watching people act foolish in the ring. He was a big fan of Oscar and Leonard because they hardly ever clowned around and danced in the ring, they definitely had a level of class among them. Mike Tyson was a boxer Larry liked until he began fooling around with Don King, then Larry's opinion about Tyson as a person changed.
Small Incisions Small Incisions who do you think most of these guys grew up watching if it wasn’t Sugar? Sugar Ray shuffle? The Bolo punch? Merchant likes boxer who slug and exchange . He thinks that’s boxing. Listen to him at 45:30 in this video. According to him if fighters are being tactical then it’s not a real fight
You better watch your mouth or Larry will knock you out!
Phil N LeBlanc if he was 50 years younger😉
The cameraman getting floored in round two was AWESOME
Interesting. I had forgotten Jones went incognito for the first 4 years of his career. Also, they denigrate his performance against Hopkins but time has shown that Hopkins is a legend in his own right.
Y'ALL MUSTA FORGOT
18:53 Lol@ the way my man flinched when the trainer went to put grease on his face.
what was that all about ?
@@steelermia I guess he thought he was going to slap him, some coaches do it to wake his guy up
Punch drunk
No-one better than Roy in 1993
Maybe Pernell pound for pound?
Crazy how many years hbo had commentators who never boxed before
Meh, alot of COACHES have never boxed before, that's crazy
Maybe because many boxers slur their words because od brain damage.
@@indiglo1971 George Foreman, Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Emmanuel Steward, Lennox Lewis, and Roy Jones Jr. just to name a few were all boxers and they were literally the greatest commentators of all time (ok maybe not Hagler). Harold Lederman is the only non-boxer(I think?) to have ever done an incredible job as a commentator
Prime Roy Jones
Prime Ali
Prime sugar Ray Robinson
Best to ever do it
captain insanity. I agree.
Leonard
@@sherrillraymond7595 leonard was something else as well and hagler
Floyd wasn't the most exciting to people but he was the most complete fighter of them all
@@Hubtones1 hahaha
Roy Jones is THE BEST !!! ✌😎
The best feet in the history of boxing ?
I cant think of anyone with better footwork than Roy Jones.
Ali had great feet, Ray Leonard had great feet, Ray Robinson had great feet but I dont think any of them had better feet than Roy Jones.
Hes probing, creating openings n generating power with them with almost every twitch.
Hes always in position to counter, hes rarely if ever defensive even when hes moving backwards.
Idiots try to say he was only reflexive, athletic n powerful.
Roy Jones was a master tactician, hes an an absolute black belt.
Hes poetry in motion.
Manny Pacqiao had exxellent footwork
@@michaels8386
Manny has good feet too, just not Roy Jones level, but if you see something in Mannys footwork that you can take n use for yerself or teach to a kid then go ahead, Manny has good feet but not great, his feet got him KOd, face planted vs Marquez, same as Amir Khans feet got him TKOd vs Danny Garcia.
I dont even think Roy realised or realises how good his feet were.
I describe Roys feet as basketball player feet.
No basketball player hs feet like Roy Jones but because Roy played basketball during his boxing career I think it added an extra dimension to his footwork, which knowing Roy, is probably WHY he played basket ball during his boxing career.
He was n maybe still 24/7 a boxer. & 24/7 boxing.
Roy was no accident, he was dedication hard work, intelligence & commitment.
I guess you never saw Willie Pep’s foot work “Put Some Pep In Your Step” is where that phrase comes from.
@@Lonelysportofboxing
Pep had good feet, defensively very good, just not as good as Roy Jones.
Read what I wrote, nobody used their feet as effectively as Roy.
It doesn't mean X, Y or Z had bad feet, nor does it mean thay yer great great granny lied to you about Willie Pep as you were slurping on her withered diddy.
@@SPIDERM0OSE 🤣🤣Lmao nice granny joke bro
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVE HIM AND THE WAY HE PUT DOWN ....TO MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR ROY . JONES Jr💪💪💪✌️💯💯
COMO EXTRAÑO HBO SPORT . La verdad la mejor tv que transmitía BOXEO🙏🙏😔😔🥊🥊
This show just how great Jones was considering the problems Malinga gave Benn and Eubank.
Malinga was game, but man, a prime Roy was just in another galaxy. He was just unbeatable in this era. Never seen a fighter before or since switch stances and look so natural in both. Roy was a cheat code.
Larry Merchant went from saying he's No Sugar Ray Leonard to comparing Roy to Muhammad Ali real quick 😂😂😂 Love watching the old fights!!!!
Way ahead of his time
This is Roy Jones, Jr. vs Thulane Malinga, Larry Merchant goes off on Delahoya, Baa
Now that ladies n gentlemen is a lead left hook, they do not come better than that.
Right
@@sherrillraymond7595 lol just checked out your,, channel, i got rear view lyrics tattood on my bck. miss the golden days of rap!
@@geoffreygoodyear3746 that's what's up
@@geoffreygoodyear3746 that was the best music
28:02 just look at that hand speed, Jones was like the flash
Thank God the camera angle was able to catch the true speed of his right hand. Unbelievable
The amount of times I replayed that, absolute magician in the ring
they where talking about if Oscar de la Hoya is going to be a star or just a good fighter of his divition lol
Or a cross dresser.💋
Larry Merchant: A guy who's never Boxed a day in his life telling us how it should be done at the highest level.
Former boxers usually make for sh_t analysts. Being an analyst is different from being a boxer.
@@taekwondotime idk i feel like we've had many good boxers-turned-analysts.
@@juk1107 Sugar Ray Leonard was good. Roy Jones Jr. was good. Foreman was kind of a mixed bag and took everything personally.
For all the people that hate Merchant, he was right pretty much all the time.
@@taekwondotimeLarry is always nagging. How was he right? He wants Roy, a tall fighter, to just go in and slug it? Bruh 😂 that’s the most restarted thing to ask…
Nice KO but Roys neck moustache stole the show 👌
At his best Roy was as great as any fighter that ever lived. He was a modern Sugar Ray Robinson
Facts!
Didn't see Sugar Ray Robinson but Roy Jones was a freak of nature. Maybe his legacy got tarnished post his heavyweight experience but no doubt he was the best of the best middleweight / light heavyweight in the 90s early 00s. Calzaghe included. Scary speed and power , you see other boxers don't want to engage because they knew what was coming.
@@philgarrett5498 I was actually at his fight against Calzaghe. That was past Jones' prime, of course. Turned out to be Calzaghe's last fight. . Yes, after he came back down in weight after the Ruiz fight he was never the same. The reason I believe is because it was all muscle he had to lose and at his age it weakened his body taking off so much muscle so quickly - about 20 pounds of muscle. He was never the same after that
@@jaysharp789 totally agree
Robinson fought taxi drivers
21:20 and down goes cameraman
Another great RJ 'Knockout',what a knockout "WOW" KILLER,Emmett***
Did they start off by taking five minutes to call Roy's victory over Hopkins a failure????
Trainer: says stuff
Jones: aight
Trainer: says more stuff
Jones: aight
great respect for him..
Malinga had a good chin...he actually survived the initial hook but the secondone...damn...legs just turned OFF. RJ Best P4P ever at his prime
Roy be funny asf.
These commentators talking like theyd rather watch a typical stiff classic boxer from the 1920s over jones style smh
But Jones WAS boring until he caught fire.With all his talent he would/should of been far more devastating.
It is an entertainment sport you know.
@@bigdaddy4069 it’s an hit and not get it sport, I love watching entertaining brawls but I prefer 12 rounds of pure boxing
Reading a lot of comments of people talking about Larry Merchant. Larry was just too old school when it came to boxing. Larry didn't care about the fanfare and theatrics of boxing, nor did he enjoy seeing a fighter showboat and taunt their opponents. I can respect that, i enjoy seeing people just box but, i also enjoy a good show. Larry just liked what he liked lol
Parry Mason false. He hated charismatic athletic black boxers
John Wick Exactly
Well if he didn’t like the theatrics of boxing, he sure contradicted himself with love and admiration for Ray Leonard, much part of Leonard’s fights theatrics and show-boating was an essential part of his routine.
Roy had speed reflexis timing but no inside defense an chin plus everything he did only he can do even if it was the wrong way like Ali n sugar ray Robinson they all fought there own way
If boxer has roy's ability, that means they don't need much inside defense or a concrete chin. Because they almost won't be tested in the match. Speed is everything!
@@shenjia who’s the fastest boxer
@@paulcris107 sugar ray leonard. but roy has the best reflex and most devastated and unexpected left hook.
@@paulcris107Gifted
Crawford needs to leave Top Rank, Arum is a bandit son of a thief!! His comment on Haymon paying fighters too much says it all!
Nicholas Y right. Arum has been robbing fighters for decades. Listen how fighters talk about Haymon. They love him. Floyd calls him dad. Nobody speaks highly of Arum.
The nigga so defensive he tryna move away from Vaseline at 18:53
Great ref. A rare thing.
I am so proud of Mayweather and Hopkins for checkn Larry Merchant smuck ass. Never did anything but make money off of boxers u would think he would show more respect and be more appreciative.
Do you have Roy Jones vs Percy Harris Hbo taping?
+Blake472 Now THAT is a solid RJJ performance! I believe the Harris beat down was my first foray into RJJ territory. Been a fan ever since.
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25:29-25:45 😂😂😂😂, He activated that Hell Naw Roy Jones Jr. Roy just charged up a special attack on that man. Too smooth
Malinga was a slick boxer who had a victory over Nigel Benn. He was no pushover but yet could hardly land a punch on Jones. This fight shows you just how good Jones was. He would have beaten Chris Eubank, Benn, Julian Jackson and Gerald McLennan had they been willing to sign to fight him. It's a pity he boxed for so long and ended up with a stack of losses. If he had retired after his victory over John Ruiz in 2003, Jones would have gone down as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Instead, he boxed for way too long and ended up with an average looking record as a result. Sad!
but... we all know that, and prime for prime, and lb for lb, Jones probably beats everyone EVER. He was never even challenged during his long run at the top.
And it's proof of his sheer love of fighting that he fought way, way, way too long. He was bored without it.
His name is Forever etched in the book of Boxing History. Just like Ali, Ray Robinson, Tommy Hearns etc, etc. All these men had losses and they are All in the Boxing H.O.F
"That is the suggestion indeed." made me lol
Larry Merchant literally believes that fast reflexes means no risk.
What is the name of the song in roy jones ring entrance at 10:14 ⁉️
Paperboy- Little Something For The Summer
Congrats to Roy Jones Jr
What song did jones walk into the ring with?
thats a good ref for cleaNING THE WATER in the middle of the ring you can tell he really wanted to see this fight
Since most everyone is voicing their disapproval of Merchant here (which I agree) I must announce my all time favorite boxing commentator, his name is Bob Sheridan, as for boxers, I love Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Roy Jones, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
Edit: I sincerely hope Larry Merchant did not participate alongside De La Hoya in one of those fishnets tryouts fit and finish pictorial contest.
Let's watch the fight of Roy Jones Jr versus Thulane Malinga their style and speed also the punching power of them
Before they realized how great Roy was.
Roy should have listened to his Father and not rushed into the pros and develop his boxing skills more,once his reflexes left he was done as an elite fighter
Larry Merchhant seen a real live alien fly by, a flying praying mantis
Think the dude taking out Jones Jrs mouthpiece hurt em more than his opponent did! "From the back! You hurt my lip man..."
Roy Jones Jr has so many landed punch to malinga.
Jones was a superstar who never made the super money he should. Floyd split, Mikey followed, Shakur will leave next!
Captain hook what athletic freak of nature the best boxer in his prime of all time in my book
Malinga came out to a mellow classic country love song .... interesting
Don Williams was big in South Africa during 1980s
how did he get such leverage on that finishing left hook 37:56?
Yeah, he had such unorthodox lead punches he was unlike anyone else.
The punch was perfectly timed and landed. Not much else to say about it. The guy was such a joy to watch fight back then.
clear unanimous victory over hopkins... and these commentators saying all that bullshit, that it made roy look bad or what... maaan!
The commentator on the left, reminds me of Dan aykroyd when he played in trading places with Eddie Murphy...
Everyone knows roy and his roosters, but he was the mantis shrimp of boxing
Malinga got better from this fight it improved his skill set I think that's why he managed to edge Benn out on a points win in the future learn from the loss
No, Benn was shot by the 2nd fight. Malinga's team said as much before the fight.
@abraxis20 yea benn was on the side but malinga had improved still regardless what shape benn was in
Jones jabbing much better here than Benn did vs Malinga.
He's so fast sugar boy didn't know what hit him. For that matter I don't think he knew we're he was at for a minute after roy hit him ....
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Half of the comments are about how great RJJ is and the other half about how horrible Larry Merchant is...😂😂😂
Fighters never ever earn the money they should with Arum. The man is a crook!
Correct..but he just won't die or retire, what a greedy bastard ....lol
The Golden Boy ODLH exempt, I think the Golden Boy was Bob Arum’s manicurist.
Roy would go back in time an in theory decimate everything. Lamotta, Robinson, Armstrong, Hagler, Hearns, Monson. If you gave Roy Bulk I believe he would of taken the W from Tyson in a split decision
RJJ at his best ~
I'm sorry but Was Larry Merchant a professional boxer ever in his life?
Not at all!
Hell NO!!!
Roy fought a heavy bag with legs.
remember that this guy basically drew with nigel benn and then beat him, jones schooled malinga
Larry never knew shit about boxing at all
Makes you wonder how in the world he was able to keep that job at HBO for 35 years.
I don't care what any human being says ok but to my eyes and my own brain in life Manny is a geniuse 2 times over!! Think carefully 🤔🤔🤔
Great step of malinga they are waiting to get tired his opponent
I always wondered how Merchant kept that job for so long. Was he friends with a top guy at HBO? Negative, biased, and elitist in his commentary, post fight interviews where he thinks the show is about him.
Agreed. This was the 2nd fight I heard him say "I saw sugar ray Leanord and he's no sugar ray". Bernard Hopkins was the other. He probably said it every fight until he realized Roy was an all time great
I think De La Hoya was Larry Merchant’s toy boy.
12:13 and for this fight to be official
Roy was my favorite boxer. I think when he first fought in heavy weight against ruiz i think he could have beat any heavy weight. His speed was crazy and could hit hard. Way too fast for most heavy weights.
Lol, I'm laughing at the commentator that doesn't like that Roy Jones's Jones's Jr is show boating. I say if you can back up your show boating, then please,, show boat baby. Screw the critics. 👍
Agree to the T
Oscar Hernandez , brotha you are dead ass correct, Merchant, as someone else stated is a true hater if you ain’t a favorite of his... well said bra, fans love excitement and entertainment and truth be told if you can entertain and box, what in holy fuck is wrong wit dat!!!
I just saw a praying mantis flying across the ring. I'm not sure what symbolism that is.
Roy made very lil mistakes if any he was a BAD ASS 4 REAL!
Stop! Gimme a towel...
Well, now I want to Roy's story about pulling a horse out of a pool...
Bahamas?
Love the way Merchant dismisses Lewis in the Bruno fight, self opinionated fool lol
Something tells me the referee is Italian
He’s fu fu lame ! Telling Roy to not stick his tongue 😜
did u see his hand gesture during his introduction?
33:51 impressive
Remarkable KO performance by RJJ! I can't stand Larry Merchant.
it wasn't posturing if you know his background he didn't learn fighting in your local city gym. He was forged in a serious slolom of hazing and relentless discipline. Some would call it abuse, but you see the product. In his prime nobody in his weight class was able to fight him and win decisively or indecisively lol.
Ivii izo bati zing8ne zimepakwa rangi nyekundu au 😅😅😅
It was funny when Malinga fail his very first time in the fight.
My prediction did not work, due to the fall of malinga.
Larry Merchant always been a hater..
brk He was made to be a hater it’s second nature to him all I ever heard coming from this mans mouth was pure garbage and long stupid rants about nothing.
He's a pessimist.
Hi brk, I can hear that sweet 'ping' as you part his hair with an aluminium baseball bat. rofl
Yes, real hater...
typical jew
I love how badly Merchant riles up black people.
Roy was better than Ray prime for prime
I would have to agree but ray was a legend as well
He tried his best but Roy jones was too smart for my Sugar boy
Malinga was a 2 time champion
+Mario Zelda Metroid Malinga would go on to beat Nigel Benn and scrape the planned RJJ-Benn SuperFight.
Thilane Malinga is a Sri Lankan name, is he originated from Sri Lanka...??
South African ..hes a Zulu.
Lasith Malinga is a South African name, he originates from South Africa 😁
16:20.
Merchant’s take in the beginning is absolutely shameful . . .