When Roy Jones Jr Confronted Showboating Specialist
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Welcome back to Boxing After Dark! Tonight, we rewind the clock to 2008. With Roy Jones Jr fresh off a significant defeat to Antonio Tarver and a surprising victory against Félix Trinidad, he wants to prove to the world he's still got it by challenging the 46 and 0 "Pride of Wales" Joe Calzaghe.
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Aww at the end you can see how much Joe loved his dad. Two great boxers. Two of my faves in fact.
Joe Calzaghe surprised me a few times, is one of the most underrated and hardly ever mentioned super stars of boxing
When Roy wasn’t even a shadow of his shadow
@Scalaflow
Ай бұрын
40 years old and should have retired
@Calzaghe83
Ай бұрын
lol, it would have ended the same at any stage of his career. RJJ avoided him for a reason.
@eriklaguira
Ай бұрын
You realize they were the same age right ? 😂😂😂
@guyjackson1261
Ай бұрын
@@eriklaguira Roy was shot after he came back down from HW, was never the same
@jordanthornton9122
Ай бұрын
Don’t matter him and joe was both old asf in this fight
Calzaghe was never a 'showboating specialist'. He was a clever, agile, awkward and unconventional fighter who was undefeated 47-0.
@caseyhouser9839
Ай бұрын
This was a wipeout. Jones second most overrated guy in the game
@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365
Ай бұрын
@@caseyhouser9839 P4P fighter of the 90's... Yeah... Totally overrated.
@mang-ganern
18 күн бұрын
*In figher. Smh!
@President_Shin
6 күн бұрын
46-1
@nalla90210
3 күн бұрын
@@caseyhouser9839 This fight happened in 2008 and roy had been out of his prime for a while. He still one of the best fighters of the 90s.
Incredible to hear the commentator say "this might be the last time we see both fighters in the ring" and now looking to see Jones Jnr has fought 19 times since, as recent as this month. Sad to see.
@therealbs2000
29 күн бұрын
Everyone says it is sad but why
@scottthompson3019
29 күн бұрын
@bs2000two Well we all know he's only doing it because financially he's in a bad way. I don't think its good for anyone's health to be taking punches to the head at 55 years old. Taking punches to the head for 40 years is going to take it's toll.
Joe's run at the end of his career when he beat Lacy, Kessler, Hopkins and then Roy is what defined him as a fighter. So rare that all of a top champion's defining wins come at that stage but Joe did it. On top of that with his dad by his side all the way. There's a reason everyone in the UK loves Calzaghe.
boxing will humble almost all fighters eventually
Calzaghe gets zero respect. We can all speculate as to why but it’s true.
@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365
Ай бұрын
It's pretty easy to see why Calzaghe will fade away into total obscurity. The same can't be said for Hopkins or Jones...
@bilbo_gamez6195
25 күн бұрын
@@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365the only reason is because you Americans love to downplay the british boxing pedigree and put your own fighters on a pedi stool as is clearly proven by the bias in this video. Joe beat both of em at the end of the day.
@lman1006
2 күн бұрын
It's the same reason Andre Ward isn't mentioned amongst the greats it's because neither of them have big name defeats on their resume. They are both victim of the era they came up in it is what it is.
Joe under-rated
Yes. Roy was shot by that fight.
If the Welsh dude had some horsepower behind his speed and accuracy, he'd beat a lot of heavyweights
Both brilliant fighters in their day
No disrespect to Calzaghe but Roy was far past his prime when Joe fought him.
@abdulwakeel5598
Ай бұрын
You mean roid Jones jr was off the juice when they fought
@reallyunderstandmetho
Ай бұрын
@@abdulwakeel5598nah he had it right at first, roy was close to 40 this fight and that weight cut after ruiz really sped up his decline
@abdulwakeel5598
Ай бұрын
@@reallyunderstandmetho my guy Roy was on the roids so I dnt care about what you're talking about
@tafaofamily4819
Ай бұрын
They were the same age 😅
@reallyunderstandmetho
Ай бұрын
@@abdulwakeel5598 he tested positive once, and so did his opponent richard hall. guess what the result of the fight was?
Jones would never have beaten Calzaghe. His punch output was unmatched. Jones did not like applied pressure. In Calzhaghe’s case, an onslaught you can’t get away from.
Calzaghe definitely Underrated it would be bad ass to see prime roy and prime Calzaghe
Great video !
Miss you Max Kellerman !!
Good morning as much as l love Roy Joe and Collins were always calling him out. Agreed they were both on the slide. Joe less than Roy. However Joe won the fight and let us just respect Joe for what he accomplished.
Jones hit him so nice at 5:02 I think he got Mario coins or something.
Would love to see you do a video on Oscar De La Hoya versus Tito Trinidad.
@ericcote1632
Ай бұрын
Man, me too!
Around this time period boxing was in a good place ,i remember pavlik beating taylor ,hopkins was the underdog and beat pavlik,mayeather was in his prime and so was pacquiao,cotto was doing his thing and calzaghe was doing his thing and retired undefeated.
Joe turned the super middleweight into something .. Legend ..
Loved Calzaghe but Jones may be the best boxer I’ve ever seen
Calzaghe is a “showboating specialist?” Please! Roy was the showboat king & he could back it up. Calzaghe has never had the respect he deserved. In this fight, he out-Jonesed Jones. If Calzaghe was American, we’d never hear the end of how great he was! They would be talking about him the way they talk about Ray Leonard or Marciano.
@BoxingAfterDark
Ай бұрын
It's funny you say that because I actually wanted my title to be "when Calzaghe out-jonesed jones" but I felt the masses just wouldn't understand it. also I'm a big calzaghe fan. me and my grandad who's welsh may I add, would watch every calzaghe fight together and he'd tell me stories about Tommy Farr, good times!
@DEAJP10
Ай бұрын
Good times indeed. The best of times. I may be a little biased, I live in Newbridge Wales where, as I’m sure you know, Calzaghe lives. Everyone round here likes to try & convince anyone who’ll listen that he’s their neighbour 😂.
Even though they were both humiliated by Joe, you have to give credit to Jones & Hopkins for eventually finding the courage to step up & face the ultimate test.
@jbt2018
5 күн бұрын
Ultimate test? Gtfoh
Everyone pumped him up after beat wack ass Jeff lacy
Lol. Roy waa 40 and Bhop was 43. Borh way past their primes when then fought Joe. No body will even put Joe's name in the same sentence with these two fighters. Roy Jones was a one of a kind from.25-33yrs old. The lost to Tarver was the end for Roy.
When you start thinking who what got what before da fight
Why the hell does Mayweather glorify his undefeated career and act like he the only fighter to retire on top and undefeated where this guy did the same just wanted to mention that, but Roy Jones Jr will always be P4P GOAT
@jasonwilliams4659
22 күн бұрын
Mayweather wouldn't have retired undefeated if he fought the best during the 80's and 90's and he always seemed to fight boxers past their best or not at their best.
Roy jones would knock calzagh out if this fight happened in their primes
Like holmes vs ALI
Lol. People talking. ROY WAS SO SO PASSED IT by this point. It's like how people take pride in beating Antonio barrera past his prime. 😂it's so desperate😂
And no even knows who calzaghe is?
@trollgoodman7808
28 күн бұрын
nonsense 😂😂😂😂
@lestercombs1871
13 күн бұрын
Bullshit. Any boxing fan who truly knows boxing know who Joe was.
So Joe beat up an old Jones. Good job, but no cookie. 😂
@armandomorelos2500
28 күн бұрын
They are the same age 😂 what are you on about hahaa
Roy Jones did this to his opponents. He deserved the same back. I like him now, but he was way too cocky.
90s RJ would’ve won by the 6th round 💪🏽
@lestercombs1871
13 күн бұрын
Don’t think so
@jbt2018
5 күн бұрын
@@lestercombs1871you don’t watch boxing that’s why
This should have been Jones' last fight. Sadly it wasn't and he took some awful needless punishment.
@BoxingAfterDark
Ай бұрын
I often ponder what might have been if Roy had retired after his first fight with Tarver. People would be talking about him as if he was born on another planet!
@CYMotorsport
Ай бұрын
@@BoxingAfterDarkironically guys like that who never really dodged a challenge are also the same guys who don’t know when, or even how, to hang em up. Evander comes to mind. Toney. Barkley. Ali. Duran. The list goes on. What made them formidable is the same stuff that kept them going
@BoxingAfterDark
Ай бұрын
So true. and funny enough, most of them guys are my favourite fighters of all time! Sadly I feel most of the time, Money is the main motivator due to bad spending in their prime years!
@GDCDGC
Ай бұрын
He should have retired after beating john ruiz for the heavyweight title. He never should have went back to the light heavyweight division
@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365
Ай бұрын
He should have retired after the Ruiz fight. If he had, he'd be in the talks for P4P greatness.
Roy would’ve destroyed him 10 years before
you should change the title to “when joe confronted roy” 💀💀, cus roy didn’t confront joe for shit 💀💀
Unsubstantiated rumors still haunt Joe's legacy
@abdulwakeel5598
Ай бұрын
What about roid Jones jr career?
@trollgoodman7808
28 күн бұрын
you're lying 😂
@armandomorelos2500
28 күн бұрын
Jones was roided his whole career
@trollgoodman7808
27 күн бұрын
@@armandomorelos2500 you got proof No you haven't Awww poor baby mad
Calzaghe no power
Calzaghe is one of the most underrated boxers of all time. He was like a white Sugar Ray Leonard who I personally believe was the Greatest of all pound for pound.
Prime jones would of beat calzaghe. And, i much as i respect joe, that show boating was tacky as hell
No disrespect but Calzaghe could beat prime Jones Jr or anyone in the world in his day, superb boxer and genuine legend, shut up marks 😂😂😂😂😢😢
@shoto1600
Ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@damianbarnes401
Күн бұрын
Lmbo
Jones fought far too long.
@damonbrice
21 күн бұрын
Yep, he did
Never liked pillow hands Joe
@abdulwakeel5598
Ай бұрын
He beat roid Jones jr was tho
@doocies
Ай бұрын
@@abdulwakeel5598Jones Jr was 137 years old in that fight
@ghostjason878
Ай бұрын
because he beat those fighters?
@Gustavo__157
Ай бұрын
@ghostjason878 nah, more like fighting the greats way past their primes, everyone knows a prime jones eats him alive
@ghostjason878
Ай бұрын
@@Gustavo__157 keep coping bud roy got his ass whooped by an out of prime joe easily. dude would get manhandled by joe and kod like tarver did to him in their primes
Let’s not pretend he actually beat Hopkins. Jones Jr in his prime would’ve destroyed Calzaghe
@ghostjason878
Ай бұрын
keep coping
@stanettiels7367
Ай бұрын
How’s the copium??
@user-ft6wo8rs5g
Ай бұрын
Correct. Calslappy was a tomato can.
@kiboma4209
Ай бұрын
@@user-ft6wo8rs5gcalling the guy a tomato can is crazy. Considering he beat RJJ, Hopkins, and Jeff Lacy. Sure RJJ Wasser his beset that RJJ woulda beat other guys in that division still, plus Hopkins‘s prime was like his 40s-50s 😂
@user-ft6wo8rs5g
Ай бұрын
@kiboma4209 Hopkins was robbed and Prime Jones mops Calslappy in 1 maybe 2 rounds.
Joe gave Roy a good old fashioned boxing lesson!
Calzaghe strike rounds by pitty pat punches. Jones was way past his prime.
He barely beat a past prime Hopkins via split decision and Jones had been KOed 2x s
@nosherz
24 күн бұрын
A split decision even though Joe was forced to chase him around the ring for 12 rounds. Hopkins wasn’t interested in engaging in a more open fight, as he knew full well he’d get his ass handed to him if he did - hometown officiating at it worst.
Joe didn't fight anyone in their prime. So NO he's not an all time great to me.
Another of Roy's pointless fights post-prime. He was 5 years past his best! 40 years old! Benn, Eubank, Collins, Calzaghe all ducked him in the 90s. RJJ would've destroyed them all.
Calaze was retireing after this fight he was just happy to have all the wins no loses and now his last fight ducked nobody,he liked Jones,he didnt do it to embar. Jones.
Calzaghe met Roy well past his prime. I wish Calzaghe had been 10yrs older
@user-se1bb3vl6i
Ай бұрын
ars They are only three and
@user-se1bb3vl6i
Ай бұрын
Difference in Age is only 3 years
@armandomorelos2500
28 күн бұрын
What? They are like 2 years apart lmao
@kennedy6971
27 күн бұрын
@armandomorelos2500 I guess I put prime Roy in a special elite category. I think most fans of the sport recognize his talents and style as unique and a once in a lifetime type thing. I don't think you can teach anyone to fight like he did. He was like ichiro was to hitting In baseball
Tyson and Jones are the best EVER!!!
Jones was way past his best nearly 40 years old
@armandomorelos2500
28 күн бұрын
They are the same age
If Roy was in his prime, that first round would have been the last round for Calzaghe.
@JavierHernandez-gd5tp
Ай бұрын
😂
Roy?Booooooooooooooooo
Why didn't Colzaghe recieve the same amount of attention as Mayweather?
@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365
Ай бұрын
He fought a grand total of four times outside of the UK in his 46 fights. His resume is paper-thin at absolute best.
@trollgoodman7808
28 күн бұрын
@@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365lol He's Welsh, he fought everywhere...unlike Mayweather,Hopkins & Jones who never left the US in their primes. You silly boy!
@jbt2018
5 күн бұрын
@@trollgoodman7808you sound fuckin stupid Floyds resume is definitely better than joes 23 world champs he’s beat has Joe done that
Roy jones solo sabia pelear dando un golpe sorpresa.pero el problema fue que su oponente tenia el poder de absorber su pegada y roy jone solo era un peledor que se mofaba de sus oponentes porque poseia una gran velocidad y pegada pero muy cobarde para tirar cuando lo castigaban y solo usaba el efecto sorpresa de un solo golpe y calzachi le demostro que para el tenia que ser mas fuerte y calzachi no se como se pronuncia pero el hombre lo desmoralizo y lo humillo a su antojó.
When Calzaghe confronted a washed up legend.
Jones softest figfhter ever
Joe was better than jones in his prime and as a human IMO. The man needed a good humbling exactly the way he did everyone else. Irony.
@GDCDGC
Ай бұрын
Prime calzaghe is better than a prime jones?
@joshreynolds729
Ай бұрын
@@GDCDGC I think so.
@budthechud9795
Ай бұрын
Comedy time🤣🤣🤣
Joe stunted on roid Jones jr that night 😂
@mtroy0620
Ай бұрын
don't be naive everyone takes tehm
Some of the worst commentary ever.
So Roy was past his Prime? So what? Calzage till out hustled him!!!!!!
@caseyhouser9839
Ай бұрын
They were a year apart in age
@GDCDGC
Ай бұрын
@@caseyhouser9839a boxer's prime isn't determined by age. Some deteriorate quicker than others
@sizzlechestmcmurphy4365
Ай бұрын
@@caseyhouser9839 They're three years apart in age... If you knew how to operate Google, you could have saved yourself from looking stupid.
Joe Calslappy was an overrated tomato can
@GDCDGC
Ай бұрын
His record speaks for itself - the only good names in his record are hopkins and jones who were both past their prime, and mikkel kessler. He fought mostly bums
@trollgoodman7808
28 күн бұрын
you're jealous
Roid jones jr you going from jr middleweight yo heavyweight is nothing special. Until you beat manny Pacquiao 8 times division champion you're nothing but eoid jones jr