Roy Jones Jr. vs. Virgil Hill
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2016
- April 25, 1998
HBO Broadcast
Grand Casino Coast Coliseum
Biloxi, MS
Jones scored a 4th round KO of Hill with an incredible body shot. The KO was named The Ring Knockout of the Year. Jones would improve to 36-0 (31 KO) while Hill dropped to 43-3 (20 KO). - Спорт
This has been a Presentation of HBO sports, the last network to cover real boxing. RIP HBO.
That lead left hook is just ridiculous and almost unfair. The things Roy does in the ring is mind blowing. I guarantee no trainer could duplicate another Roy from style to results. Roy is seriously one of a kind!
You got it right a 1000 times
Absolutely. Roy was raw athleticism
Yeah…I think both him and Mike Tyson both don’t get the respect they deserve. People try to downplay there respective legacies. Roy’s ability to punch from just about every angle paired with devastating punching power in both hands and Blistering speed made him nearly impossible to beat…but age and going up to light heavyweights and back down really hurt him and exposed his chin wasn’t as sturdy as we once believed it to be. Mike on the other hand should’ve been the undisputed greatest heavyweight of all time. Middleweight hand speed and head and body movement with God-Like punching power in both hands that struck fear in heart’s of every man on the planet. When he stepped into the ring he left absolute destruction in his wake but when Cus died his destiny died with him. He, ultimately, began his quick rise to fame, fortune, and greatness only to self destruct, with the help from the snakes and leeches the were all around him, inevitably falling much quicker than he rose in the beginning. By the time he came out of prison his power was still there but he was only a shell of the elite next level boxer he was only a half decade or so ago. Tyson haters ( read; racists, fake purists, and history revisionists) want everyone to believe that Mike was a mediocre boxer that relied solely on his punching power alone. But a disciplined Prime Mike Tyson would’ve terrified the heavyweight division and would’ve reigned supreme for over a decade. I miss the 70’s -late 90’s of boxing. We just don’t see the type of fights or boxers that we did back then.
Hill couldn't adjust to the long left hook..
Straight facts
Roy at his peak is the best I've ever seen with my own two eyes- the dude was just on a whole other level.
Facts 💯
That was a nasty body shot for the KO. Roy Jones in the 1990s was truly one of the greatest of all time, if not the greatest. He was untouchable during that period
Prime RJJ versus 2022 Canelo - won do you think wins?
How far they fall when they can't turn it in.
@@tannystakeaways8511 Jones every single day if the week not even close he'd baffle Alvarez with his speed.
It's one thing fighting sub par super middleweights that version of Roy had no tell just picked fighters apart with single shots Alvarez would never get any time to find a groove.
@@tannystakeaways8511 *RJJ* without problems!
You're a great person for uploading all the prefight material.
Dan The Man Ross facts
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Will be what gets him into heaven lol
@@minds777 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
@@GoGetYourShinebox if it does ill see him there
gotta love the old HBO. good memories staying up late as kid. used to get so excited when it would come on and show the overhead view of the arena
Roy Jones doesn't have to fight, he's already proven to be the best in the world, I never seen people get knocked out or kno. crazy the way he's done it.... I think 10 years of boxing should be enough to put you in the Hall of Fame, especially since he was champion in so many weight class divisions !!!
Stopped virgil hill with a body shot, ya’ll must have forgot
I'm Roy!!
RJ was teeing off on this man
Virgil is a warrior getting up after that shot
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And he went right back down 😂🤣 Virgil got embarrassed
@@JayYo21you wouldn’t do any better
@@allcinionexplainsitall5869that 🐱ussy probably never fought
This Jones was unbeatable.
He was sooo dominant ! He seemed bored lol
Jones would not have been so dominant against the Real and Legitimate LHW Kings of the 90s , Gracianno Rocchigiani and especially Dariusz Michalczewski , who was the Best , most successful and highly decorated LHW of the 90s and was unbeaten also . Always remember that this fight was a Non Title because neither had any then , not even 1 Strap between them . Jones had vacated his only WBC Strap , to avoid Nunn , Hill , who was the LHW King , had lost his WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles to Michalczewski who was the WBO Champion, a year before this fight . Unfortunately for both Rocky and Dariusz , they had their WBC, IBF and WBA Titles stolen from them in scandalous fashion and weren't even allowed to defend them , opening the door for Jones to beat inferior guys and old timers like Mc Callum, Reggie Johnson, Delvalle and defend them against coppers , binmen , postmen and teachers , and HBO had the gall to say he'd no decent competition , seriously. All the best lads 🥊🥊
@@francishegarty8087 lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@francishegarty8087all this he wouldn’t have been as effective in the 90s is speculation at best and old man hating at worst.
@@gregorytravers Just because I'm critical of Roy Jones doesn't mean I hate him , far from it Gregory , actually loved him and was bitterly disappointed to see him getting ripped off in Seoul l in 88 . What must be remembered here is that HBO , Jones employers , said on this very broadcast , Jones was so good he had no Rivals ? What a load of lies and total nonsense and this Virgil Hill he beat was a year on from losing all his Titles to the Best , most successful and only multiple Titles holder and unbeaten , LHW Champion of the 90s , Darius Michalczewski . What about the hate and lies thrown at Darius and Rocky as they had their WBC , WBA and IBF Titles stolen from them and how Jones ducked Rocky numerous times and chose to fight an off duty cop , Ricky Frazer who was 39 and only turned Professional , 7 years earlier ? I'm just an ordinary Boxing fan probably like yourself who's been blessed to see and meet , lots of some of its best operators and was a big Jones fan up until the mid 90s when he was at SMW . It became blatantly obvious to me , he just wasn't prepared to take risks and fight the best around at that time like Eubank , Benn , Liles and Collins . 🥊🥊
Love George Foreman's reaction
"Unheard of unheard of!" Best comment of the fight. Followed by "I seen it all." George Foreman very underrated commentator.
I was in Biloxi stationed at Keesler AFB and attended this fight. That body shot sounded like a gunshot in the arena. Peak RJJ.
You are blessed
I went to technical and 7 level school there.
Virgil hill is a hall of famer so that goes to show you how good Roy was back then. Roy, it's time to retire my friend. I don't want u to get hurt bad. Virgil hill retired and was smart. I was rooting for hill here and he tried his best. That body shot said it all.
How is Virgil hill a hall of famer are you kidding me
@@antoinemantoux1520how is he not
Virgil was talking bout.. I got hit in the back. Ha ha ha... FOH!! That’s was all kidney shot.. and people always saying he had no competition back in the day. Smh. Man please. He was a world class fighter and hall of famer. He just made great fighter look ordinary cause he was a phenomenal fighter
hifli danni hopkins out pointed him in the first fight 115-113
Exactly Virgil was a great boxer, Roy in his prime was just better. But people like dismissing greatness over acknowledging it.
Roy was good and talented yeah, but fighting the likes of tricky Rick frazier, Richard Grant, Glen Kelly and David telesco didn't do him any favours
James Toney was as great as they get. Probably beats Hopkins back then, but Jones took him to school.
hifli danni Hill was old here. 34 yrs old and 45 fights in the game. That doesn't mean Roy wasn't great, but his competition was pretty bad for a while in his prime
Look at how Roy look. He should have stayed between Light Heavy and Super Middleweight. He would have never damaged his body and lost a fight!
Going to heavyweight made him immortal.
Hill was old but George was right, look at Roy and look at Hill. Immense size difference, to beat a fighter of Hill’s caliber while being much smaller kind of overrides the age thing.
Hill was also beaten by a much older Thomas Hearns in a big (sort of big) upset earlier in his reign.
Virgil Hill also went on to become champion again.
@@TheRaisinHead yup exactly
There was not much of a size difference between them. Hill was a light heavy, Jones was a super-mid.
@@bauerj3398 And anyone who knows about fight sports knows that weight cutting is a thing, and that guys who are nominally the same size or close to the same size, may not really be so.
In the 90s and 00s we had Fight Night at our house. We packed them in and sometimes there weren't enough chairs. Food, beer, and boxing, family and friends. It was the last great era of boxing and I miss it.
39:15 That feint+jab setup before the KO was beautiful. Steps in a little to have Hill raise the guard, throw the jab to have Hill throw back a jab, go under and smash the body.
Jones Jr NEVER fought a bum. His opponents have always been first class
Really? Ricky Randall (at the time 6-15) now 6-17 was first class?
Jones was just better than everyone. He fought great fighters and some who were not great. Everyone fights cans sometimes. Roy is a legend.
Foreman a legend in the ring and on the microphone.
You wont see a better bodyshot! Roy jones jr was just raw talent.
I myself used to box amateur it was about 12 of us on the team.My boxing coach used to take us all over the country to fight.And before Roy went to the Olympics he was always there him and his dad.He also had two nephews that were just as good as he was
Ronald Anderson that’s great to hear
Ronald Anderson so why haven’t we heard of his nephews since Roy was superman an all time great
Love Foreman's reactions to the punches.
Unheard of, Unheard OF! I've seen it all
Floyd Mayweather isn't GOAT...Roy Jones Jr. is one of the GOAT hands down!!!
who said Floyd was GOAT?
@@uncletony6210 Floyd is definitely the greatest boxer of all time
@@seankeys5384 you know you're in the minority, right?
Floyd point scored to wins all trough his career. He did get the job done but was a boring fighter to watch.
@@jjfost1987 I look at it like this every fighter that faught floyed had 12 rounds to figure out how to beat him and not only that he had briddle hands and still beat every man that challenged him
I was so used to seeing Hill as the quicker fighter in his bouts but here he almost looks slow. Jones was an unusual talent among unusual talents.
No 1 gives Jones jr enough credit for this . IMO this ranks as his 3rd best career win behind Toney and Hopkins. Hill was the main 175lber of the 1990s. He was slightly past his prime here but still later won the cruiserweight title in an upset. Roy mentality was different for Hill and he was fighting to do damage instead of his usual cautious style
Cause Hill was a big mf
Hill was the best 175lber of the 90s until Dariusz Michalczewski came along the year before Jones fought him , and beat him fair and square , taking all his Titles in the process, Dariusz was then , the WBO , WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles holder after he defeated Hill only for the cheats of the WBA and IBF , steal these from him without even allowing him to defend them . Dariusz to this very day , has the record for the longest unbeaten Reign as LHW Champion , 23 defences and was the only Boxer to hold multiple Titles and go unbeaten as a LHW in the 90s , he was the real King of that Division then . 🥊🥊
i used to fight in different boxing levels ///with virgil hills ...i remember him at 13 ..and later on moved up .....but i was 156 pound fighter and 4-5 years older than him..we never fought but i got to watch him //great times because now i see him ....glad he made it ....but too bad for his lost
"When he come with that one, two..Hit him in the body real strong" 💯😂😂
Demond Turner ...Alton Merkeson dropping jewels in the corner!!
Larry merchent always hated 2 give Roy his props
That HBO entrance music and graphics are just epic, such a brilliant and iconic theme 🙌
If you actually observe this fight you can see the spirit draining from Hill 😅 It aint take long for Hill to realize that he got in the ring with something else. He tried to stay focus, but you could see those right leads starting to cause a problem. Roy was just a freak of nature. He could use angles better than anyone. You find yourself being overwhelmed, out of position and caught off guard. He doesnt even have to use a jab. All lightning fast power shots that can take away his opponents will to do anything. Not many can manage that type of weaponry.
Roy Jones Jr in his prime might be the Greatest Boxer of All Time. His style of Boxing can't be duplicated because it defied all boxing 🥊 fundamentals. Roy Jones Jr talent was definitely God given.💯
roy was a bad man, it was all about inspiration. i think his decline in the ring was not from a decline in skill or reflexes , he was over it. sick body shot to end virgil.
The timing of the commentary from harold then George was classic.... it's like Roy was listening then booooooooom!
I remember watching this fight live and thinking the same. I swore it was tapped previously pop and they were commenting after
Man Larry was on point at the beginning of this cast. On another note - how did Hill get up from that shot, my goodness!
I have seen all the best fighters going back thrity five years can't say before that but Roy is the best I have ever seen hands down only Ray Lenard comes close
And marvin hagler
u ruined the statement when u brought up ray
Best body shot ever thrown and placed in the ring! Broke Virgil's ribs! 😂😂
Roy did this to an silver medalist and a HOF! It really wasn't that close.
39:39 Hill asks " what the fu@% did he hit me with?" Absolutely amazing KO by a LEGEND!! My mind was blown when I watched this live! I actually think Jones broke a couple of Hill's ribs with th shot
unofficial word is 2 busted ribs.
He broke 1 or 2 if I remember. Facts
23:47 "Let's get ready to rumble"
25:12 "He is considered by the experts to be pound for pound the best in the world"
26:21 Round 1 | 28:03 left hook
30:21 Round 2 | 30:40 Right hand
31:34 | right hand
34:21 Round 3 | 35:37 head shake
35:56 Combo then shrug
38:21 Round 4 | 39:16 body shot
39:17 "oo! Unheard of!" | 39:31 "unheard of"
😂😂😂😂😂😂
And from this, a legendary rap lyric was born.
40:42 ferdie pacheco throwing up his hankerchief and laughing in the crowd, behind the photographers
Who would have thought it would end like that? But still, overall I saw Hill by the second round start waiting for Jones to throw first - thats a recipe for disaster that so many of Jones opponents fall into when they start to get overwhelmed by the speed and angles.
George Foreman’s commentary is the best😹😹😹😹
Thank you for uploading. Might be a good idea if ya did not tell us who the winner is, and what round it was stopped.
40:24 Larry tell us about this please. LOL Foreman was a great analyst. A bit biased when it came to certain fighters, Prince Naseem comes to mind, but he is one of the best boxing analysts ever.
lol, no. Foreman was AWFUL!
How does Jones go 8 months without a fight and the WBC says he's a champion in recess but Jeff Harding with the WBC Light Heavyweight belt went two years without a title fight and was still the champion???
The WBC was a joke , farcical Organisation back then as regards it's LHWs , they declared Jones their Champion twice for beating nobody , gave him the Title for absolutely nothing , free , in 96 after beating Mc Callum , despite him not being Champion , Tiozzo was the Actual Champion , then again in June 98 , handed him a Title that was actually belonged to Rocchigiani , who beat Nunn , March 98 for the vacated Title , after Jones had vacated it some time earlier . Jones has to be the only Guy in the History of Boxing to be declared a Champion twice , despite not beating an existing Champion or winning a Vacation Bout .
@@francishegarty8087 as much as i like jones i wish he fought those guys and michael nunn
@@benrobbo2902 Hi Ben , the reality is that Michael Nunn earned the right to fight Jones for the WBC LHW Title , he also won the TV rights and wanted to fight using a Rival Channel to HBO , who had signed Jones on a Multi fight , Multi Million Dollars contract in 96 , Nunn's Management Team rightly predicted , Jones would duck him and probably Relinquish his Title , which he did , in late 97 . In March 98 , Nunn lost a decision to Rocchigiani for the Vacated Title , yet in June that year , the child Jones , and that's exactly what he was , a spoiled child , comes back , asks for his Title back , and was given it back , it's Embarrassing Ben , there's no other words to describe it . Jones got to duck both Nunn and Rocchigiani that year and nobody batted an eyelid , he would then go on and beat the decent but ordinary Delvalle for his WBA Title in 98 , and the old Reggie Johnson for his IBF Title in 99 , Titles which were stolen from the Best LHW of the 90s , Michalczewski . All the best Ben , take care 🥊🥊
@@francishegarty8087 yeah its annoying, he didnt take many risky fights after toney and hopkins. I think he couldve won them aswell but he didnt have to take these high risk fights so he chose not to, so many good fights couldve been made that it annoys me as a fan i wish we couldve seen them that era had tonnes of good middleweights to light heavyweights
@@benrobbo2902 Exactly Ben , I couldn't agree with you more , it was frustrating as a Boxing fan , not to see him take more risks but who am I to ridicule him realistically . I would have definitely done my utmost to see him fight live in the UK or Ireland V Benn or Collins and may have even traveled to the US if he fought Collins there . It's just my opinion Ben but I think Jones got badly rattled and spooked by what happened to Mc Clellan in his fight with Benn , this came just 3 months after his Toney win , late 94 . For me also , the SMW Division was stronger than the LHW Division at that very time so who knows , as you rightly said it's a pity .
39:00 best part is how roy waits for the camera to get in perfect position before he stops him yall must have forgot
Roy Jones Jr. Wow!! Incredible speed and POWER!
Virgil Hill was a big light heavyweight.
2 takeaways from this fight: 1) Best body shot KO I've seen since Gerry Cooney wrecked Ron Lyle's liver with a left hook in the first round of their match back in 1980. Only way to knock out Hill too, he was built to take headshots like few others in the history of the sport. 2) WHERE WAS HILL'S RIGHT HAND!?!?!? All through that match and I never actually saw him throw one at all. Shoulder problems, maybe? Your guess, folks...
Holy shit, you're right about Hill not throwing the right hand!! Wtf?? That's so weird!
The GREATEST OF ALL TIM
Nothing better than the old school boxing on HBO theme.
Never been one like Roy, so fun to watch.
i like the boxing introduction
Goosebumbs... love Michael Buffer ❤
oooh deadly body shot
In this fight again, Roy Jones showed that he was a virtuoso, Virgil Hill was still a very good fighter at this point in his career even if he was passed it. In June 1991, Hill ate some big right hands from Tommy Hearns and left hooks to the body. Hill never wobbled. Big George had an appreciation of that shot and so did I. Although most people view it in passing as nothing special. I picked Jones by decision and I did not think he would stop Hill. Jim Lampley made reference to Roy Jones stopping Glenn "Big Bad" Wolfe in 1993. Merchant indicated that Wolfe was not a world class fighter, but he was. He went the distance with James Toney, in a losing effort and then was chosen to face Jones to step up the level of competition for Jones. About a minute into the first round Jones started unloading on Wolfe with lefts and rights to the head. Wolfe was stunned, but not really hurt and had fully recovered by the time Jones landed a brutal left hook to Wolfe's body. Wolfe did not go down, but he turned his back and the referee stopped it immediately. Again, Glenn Wolfe was a tough motherfucker. He was shot in the head multiple times, caught in the crossfire of rival gangs, and after take 2, 3 or 4 bullets to the head he was still able to get up and run and get out of danger. That is a tough man and Jones not only dispatched Wolfe with the one body shot, but he ended Wolfe's career as a professional fighter as he lost a kidney as a result of that body shot. Roy Jones Jr, the best fighter I have ever seen.
Jones/Del la hoya in their early years would've been a spectacle.
24:37 That's the absolute BEST fuckin boxing bow I've ever seen hahaha.
21:52 a young Ja Rule out there rapping with Roy Jones.. 😆
That's not Ja....
I miss this fight years ago but i've always been a fan of Roy and i like Virgil also i just never seen many of his fights when he was at the top,this a good fight,Emmett aka Emilio***
Back when people listen to their corners
I really wish my guy would have boxed Nigel Benn, Tiger Micalchezki, Chris Eubank, or Steve Collins. All were great fighters better than any of Roys opponents through 1995-1998. All this talk about "there wasnt no competition" is a lie. Ive been going through all the old fights from the 90s, and realizing that as a kid I didnt know all those guys were CONSTANTLY trying to get him to box them! Is crazy how the media here in America didnt really mention those guys much.
Brilliant comments there Mr Knuckles and love your insights and honesty , having done some research into that period of time regarding Jones career . I agree with them names except for 1 , Eubank , he openly admitted that he didn't want to fight Jones and was content with his big paydays from British TV Companies , ITV and SKY TV and lacked ambition , to be Undisputed . Theres 3 other Guys that Jones blatantly ducked on numerous occasions , Frankie Liles , Michael Nunn and Gracianno Rocchigiani , who he actually stole his WBC LHW Title from in 98 , with the help of the cheating cowards in the WBC . HBO , who were contractually tied to Jones since 96 and paid the vast amount of his wages , constantly lied for him , proclaiming , he'd no real competition , as you rightly said above , despite the facts he never fought any other SMW Champions like Benn , Liles and Collins , or the Real Champions of the LHWs , Rocchigiani and especially Dariusz Michalczewski , who was the Best , most successful and highly decorated LHW of the 90s and unbeaten here . All the best 🥊🥊
That's a proper body shot KO, if a body shot really takes you out, that is how it should look, not taking a knee then getting up as soon as the referee says 10.
You can tell by the amount of white or grey hear on Michael Buffer's head what year any fight has taken place!
dude in white suit standing next to roy in the post fight looks like the black jonah hill
Whipping type shot loved the way he threw it
There was an exchange at 1:35 of the 3rd round. Roy jabbed to his face and hill ducked while turning his waist toward Jones. I wonder if that’s what Jones picked up on.
This is why No one wanted to fight Mike McCallum he was called the Body Snatcher Check your Records Tommy Marvin or Sugar would give him a shot
THOMAS "THE HITMAN" HEARNS" PROVED THAT HILL HAD ALWAYS BEEN A ONE-ARM BOXER.
What a body shot.
Awesome.
Lampley knows boxing
A puncher versus the boxer. Very interesting and if it wasn’t RJJ it might have been a great fight. However, Roy Jones Jr. destroyed Virgil Hill with one devastating punch to the body, hilarious. Both were excellent, great athletes but Roy Jones Jr. has been a world class pounds 4 pounds the best in his time according to my opinion..
Dam I felt that.. Pure and True..
Roy Jones Jnr. What a cool guy!
How about some Major credit to Alton for spotting exactly what Roy needed to do to win.
Merchant is so negative!! So disconnected withe game!!
Merchant's always got some snark for Roy. Guy makes me nauseous. And has he ever
announced an HBO fight sober?
Lol old ass fu jet ain’t got no mind
Stop defend I bet him
Cry baby
Merchant was awesome. Told it like it is without sugarcoating things. People of today's generation have never seen a Larry Merchant on television, so they don't know what it means to have an independent opinion on something. All they know today is "fluff". Commentators who are "fluffers" will just endlessly kiss the fighter's asses and never say a disparaging word about them.
What fight was it after when Mayweather threatened to beat Merchant's ass, and Merchant was "Yeah, you wish!" or something like that in response? lol That had me rolling!
ROY JONES JR. IS THE GREATEST BOXER, POUND FOR POUND, IN THE WORLD !!!
COMENT BY:
EARL (A. ALI AL- WADUD) M. JOHNSON / MARTINEZ...
Roy had a mean leaping left hook
Blm sucks
The best roy jones jr best in yoúr season
HBO boxing commentary - Jim, George, Larry, best to do it
I wouldn’t want to get hit with that shot 😂
Foreman a legend and expert
Larry Merchant sounded like Skip hatin' on LeBron 😅
Credit to Hill for still trying to get up and even beating the count. No one would held it against if he stayed down.
Hill was a good fighter but he had just two punches, a straight left and a straight right, with only moderate power. No chance against 90s Roy.
Who was that rapper????
Eddie Mustafa brought me here.
"UNHEARD OF! UN. HEARD. OF. I seen it all!"
Goerge Foreman had a flashback of taking one of those shots 39:16
People don't understand that Virgil was a BAD BOY and a natural light heavyweight champion for YEARS. This is the ONLY time someone stopped him.
Roy fucking Jones Jr is my all time favorite fighter. I mean damn this man was just nuts
39:12..Hooot Damn.. "Jones' power over Hills jab" yes sir RJJ 🥊 💥🤯
Two fighters I love to see in action Roy Jones Jr. and Aaron the hawk Pryor.
28.03 jones lands hook. SPEED.
HBO really hated Roy Jones except Ledderman 😂 even Big George
What George and others didnt see.Was Roys body work with the left hook.So no the end wasnt a surprise.
Peepz talk about resumes nd names ..
Many say RJJ didn't beat many good ones , I disagree
[Good or indifferent] ..
James Tony . V Hill . Vinny. Trinidad . Hopkins . Tarver . Lacy . Ruiz etc...
That shit looked like it hurt like hell.
Ouch.