Eddie Scott Jones didn’t duck anyone. He was head and shoulders above the rest. He didn’t get Fighter of the Decade by not fighting “the greats in their prime.”
Bernard is so mentally tough goes to prison, loses his first pro fight, loses his first title shot, gets robbed in second shot at title, keeps determined and becomes a great fighter, 20 title defenses
can't believe this fight was the undercard to Riddick Bowe. Bowe could have been a legend. But he got lazy, avoided Lennox Lewis and didn't fight Tyson.
Vic Rattlehead Holyfield and George Foreman had hard fights against Alex Stewart, who Tyson blew out. Crazy to think about. Some styles dont match up well with others
right dude.. All I wanna see is a good fight and fun commentary!! I'm a layman watcher. These guys just complain and bitch the whole time! Makes the boxing fan experience bad...
matthewsinist3r I just listened for like 10 seconds after reading your comment and Merchant said that they were throwing their jabs too short. Is that not constructive? It sounds like you just disagree with their criticisms.
Lamotta would not have been fast enough for although he was strong as a bull. Robinson might give him that work but I don't know man. No one before Roy Jones had his level of athleticism at middleweight in any era of boxing.
he was good but Robinson would have beat him and like I said Jake had a iron jaw and would put so much pressure on him yeah he would be slower but he was slower then Robinson also and he gave him work
Bernard didn’t take enough chances in this fight, he was too hesitant in the center of the ring because of jones speed, easier for me to say behind a keyboard I guess
Nah, you right when someone as fast as jones is coming at you with that hand speed, it's too fast to react and do anything and you know it will be the same next time, so you stand there hesitant
Hopkins was good all around but he was missing something that made him great, Jones had great overall speed, power and reflexes that helped him make decisions on the fly which is why he was able to take more risks than most
With speed comes knockout power and the hurt. Roy's accuracy was also amazing, meaning he was able to hurt opponents with ease, back them into a corner then casually pick them off
It was actually really easy for Roy with one hand. He was so many levels ahead of B Hop that he could coast at the end. Roy had a tendency of allowing guys stick around. I had this 117-111 easy work. RJJ hand speed overwhelmed B Hop.
sure did it was hopkins first fight where he faced a guy like roy but i believe if this fight was a few years later it would have been a different outcome . experience is everything in boxing . hopkins wasnt the man yet
During the rounds, Hopkins realise that the only good strategy he can implement was to get inside; in the short distance, because with a man with that speed and accuracy you cannot fight in the long distance. Big heart BH
Fascinating! This fight is a lot better than the commentators see. Roy Jones looks impressed by the end, as if he learned more than he had ever before but from one fight! Hopkins troubles him, makes the distance look fairly easy and is slippery enough to make it a close to even match. It will be a thrill to watch part II next! Hopkins is one of the few fighters to make Jones work and think outside his comfort zone- and in his prime.
Ezekiel of Judah goblins body work and mean inside right hand was not spoken by the commentators. Hopkins hurt toy several times with left hooks to the body. Roy won but Hopkins was belittled in this fight by the announcers! Roy was their guy and they wanted it to be a domination to promote Roy and make more money.
Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins have some of the biggest Ring IQs in boxing history. I always enjoy a good slugfest, but there’s something beautiful about tactical boxing.
Bernard Hopkins at this time is a universal soldier, a bummer , brawler and ruffian .. listen to those commentators..Roy Jones legacy will lives beyond this generation.
@@bill_y4762 that would be an awesome option, mute specific announcer. Except if they start talking to each other and you can only hear the answers of one lol
Glad this horrendous era of HBO commentary is dead. They clearly had no idea what they were looking at. And Merchant constantly bashing the fighters and HBO not firing his ass sooner was ridiculous.
@@DivineYT Lol so you rather have mediocre commentary from DAZN and alot of shitty mediocre and lame fights with alot of boxers ducking each other today? Boxing back then was far better than it is now.
@@ScientificEliteEducations HBO's commentary sucked, other than Emmanuel Stewart, Foreman and RJJ. They were constantly crapping on fighters, especially the ones that weren't HBO house fighters. USA's Tuesday Night Fights had great commentary; they knew the personal stories of the fighters, and they did a great job making the audience sympathize with them and understand the stakes the were fighting for.
Jones is the only middleweight in history who could’ve beaten a PRIME Hopkins this easily (if at all). A couple of other middleweights like Hagler or James Toney might’ve beaten Hopkins in his prime, but they would’ve been hard, tough fights. Jones handled the great Hopkins like a sparring partner. Jones (at his best) was probably the greatest pound for pound fighter of all time.
@@jdvlanka265 He literally fractured his metacarpal in the 3rd/4th rd. No excuses though cuz he made none. He never to this day said he did. He kept his mouth shut...
Damon Richardson most boxers have an injury or fight with hurt hands.part of the sport and is no excuse. I'm sure Roy would have dominated anybody else that night
B-Hop made Roy WORK for this victory. This is the only fight i've seen of prime Roy Jones where he wasn't playing with his food. He knew he couldn't get away with a lot of his usual tactics against Hopkins. This was a close and hard fought fight, which really speaks to both guys' greatness.
Smoger is my favorite referee of all time. He was able to let fighters be physical but still keep the fight flowing without constantly involving himself..
So funny to reflect that this fight is on the under card! And to see so much attention given to the main event, given how seminal this fight has become
James Toney would like to have a word with you, about this statement. See: James Toney vs Mike McCallum I: ua-cam.com/video/7X6e4t7xmS0/v-deo.html and Roy Jones Jr. vs. James "Lights Out" Toney - November 18, 1994 - HQ: ua-cam.com/video/3vdHJFJeijw/v-deo.html
"He was in a 24 hour dry out period to make weight" dam no wonder he moved up to super middle weight real quick in his career. Meanwhile Hopkins stayed as middleweight king for a long as time.
Nah jui-jitsu skills and teach him to block and check kicks and knees. Yea beats everyone in a street fight, including a 1990s tyson (not 80s tyson lol that's different). Shit he might even beat mma greats in a street fight like st perrie or Silva even possibly just cause jones was so fast and skilled in his youth.
Peeps who think this fight wasn’t exciting aren’t getting it. Two lively young hungry legends going at it. Jones gets the nod in reaction time/reflex and agility but still highly impressed by Hopkins. He fought very well. Jones like the Bruce Lee of boxing the way he fought back then. Instincts off the charts. Agility with power unpredictable shots.Hopkins fought him in deep waters and had some excellent rushes where he banged away hi and lo able to back him to ropes with very good footwork determination. Both super talented but also super tough. Both took heavy shots and answered right back or just absorbed it like they didn’t feel anything. Gots to do lots of sparring rounds to get your body conditioned for that. People underestimate the super talented boxer’s toughness. Hopkins laid it on him in 8th, clipped him numerous times clean.Lederman a fool. 9 to 0 jones after 9 rounds, pfff whatever
The sequence of movements Hopkins used to dodge, punch, and work his way to the opponent faster than him was just incredible. Hopkins was also deceptively fast in his inside combinations. The commentators were a bit annoying - too infatuated with Roy's speed.
20:40 Larry Merchant doesn't know shit about boxing. Saying he's glad it's chilly so he can stay awake. So he wants both fighters to start throwing crazy stupid punches without calculating the other opponent first. He should have been fired a long time ago with his nonsense. It's boxing this ain't MMA any of that bullshit.
Being a kid watching roy jones this fight took me back he was like ali too me a real special fighter just talented quick and accurate i remember mimcking his moves fighting as a kid ❤
This was a great chess match Two chess players that are boxing strategically If you know boxing this was a great boxing match to watch you can learn allot from watching this fight it’s not always about knockouts it’s about the sweet science hit and not get hit paying attention to his moves or what he going to do anticipating it so you can attack or set up with the Jab to get out the way.
It surprised me that this fight was actually even. If we didn’t know who either fighter was and didn’t listen to the announcers, you would realize every round was even. The announcers just had no idea how good Hopkins was. They thought he was just a solid guy. I wish they had fought again at middleweight, since neither guy was actually at their peak here.
yeah i know thats whats really makes this fight even more intriguing since i believe hopkins probably beats jones if this were 5 years later when hopkins was at his prime fighting trinidad and jones was still the man and hadnt lost to tarver yet . so its like 98 99
Bruce Lee also has a very unorthodox style of fighting, and it’s not the one you see in the movies. When you’re on an elite level of quickness, like Bruce Lee & Roy Jones, you can afford to fight different than everyone else.
theirs a little trick hopkins had during his career too see if his opponent had trained and during weigh ins , confrences etc he would grab your shoulders , tap your stomach , grab your arms etc too see if youve been training he showed his same trick to ward and even ward used it at times lol , very smart little trick not many would even think of doing.
roy Jones jr looked like he didn't take bernard hopkins seriously he thought he would be a average fighter until they both got old he knew he was one of the best
I respect Roy cuz he fractured his metacarpal in the 3 or 4 rd. I'm sure that bothered him but he never made an excuse. To this day he's never talked about it. Outside sources spilled the beans. Hopkins is a tough SOB!!!!
We’d never get this stylistic matchup today lol two elite skilled, athletic boxers in their prime would never fight each other. This would be like us getting Boots vs Crawford or Haney vs Shakur
Gotta love the 60 yr old commentators that couldn't whip their selves out of a wet paper bag, yet they have the answers for what these pros should do. 😂
Can't believe how BHop made the "olympian " RJJ look bad . Bernard started in boxing with nothing, fought RJJ in his absolute prime and made him look terrible .
Yeah and Hopkins won maybe 2 rounds. Who cares if most rds were competitive. Hopkins smothers and doesn't land anything effectively for most of the fight.
![Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix Trinidad [Full Broadcast]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pAdJ2XzP4Ns/mqdefault.jpg)
Roy Jones is one of the greatest fighters i ever seen......Prime RJ is a mismatched to almost anybody.
He didn't fight the greats in their prime he was not that good.
Joe calzhage
@@andresviveros3994 Joe fought RJ past his prime, to be fair
Eddie Scott Jones didn’t duck anyone. He was head and shoulders above the rest. He didn’t get Fighter of the Decade by not fighting “the greats in their prime.”
@@Jjjeeztgravy yes .....he did exactly that. He beat Toney and Bhop in their primes.....nobody else good.
Bernard is so mentally tough goes to prison, loses his first pro fight, loses his first title shot, gets robbed in second shot at title, keeps determined and becomes a great fighter, 20 title defenses
Jumpman90 facts
If he's wasn't gone to prison he would still be a thief and murderer and bad rat
Barry Mccoy now he’s got more money then your entire family combined and can knock you and your dad out at the same time :)
Got to respect that 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
My favorite fighter all time... I just hate how his career ended like that with those 3 loses to those clowns when he was nearly 50.
Roy beat him with a bad right hand. A Hall of Famer beating another Hall of Famer with one hand yet y'all forgot.
Realbrand When didn't roy jones jr presumably had a bad right hand? It doesn't matter in his stile anyway
That's the heart of fighter
Stop with that one hand bullshit
ajajajajaaaaa, i guess ol´ Roy had 2 bad hands for the 2010 rematch, right?
@@fatrobdouble they both lost that second fight.
can't believe this fight was the undercard to Riddick Bowe.
Bowe could have been a legend. But he got lazy, avoided Lennox Lewis and didn't fight Tyson.
eagleshade11 no tyson didn't want to fight riddick bowe u can see in an interview when tyson was in prison he said that bowe was his friend
Bowe might beat Holyfield twice but he struggled against guys like Tony Tubbs and Golota, guys that Tyson beat with ease.
Vic Rattlehead Holyfield and George Foreman had hard fights against Alex Stewart, who Tyson blew out. Crazy to think about. Some styles dont match up well with others
Tyson and Bowe went to school together.
@@Khuyayn styles and the time of their careers that they fight some fighters which their Peak at different times.
Damn, look how young Lampley looks - while Merchant looked hella old even back then. 😆
I just screen-shotted Lampley to send to my brother for that exact reason, lmao.
LMFAO!!!!
MrWicked61671Merchant would rock Mayweathers shit tho .Honestly
MrWicked61671 i didnt realize how old this was until the camera panned to lampley. Merchant looks the same just talks a little faster. Lol
Old piece of shit
Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant dont every have any real constructive criticism, they just complain about shit because its not what they wanna see.
matthewsinist3r So true man, so true.
right dude.. All I wanna see is a good fight and fun commentary!! I'm a layman watcher. These guys just complain and bitch the whole time! Makes the boxing fan experience bad...
matthewsinist3r I just listened for like 10 seconds after reading your comment and Merchant said that they were throwing their jabs too short. Is that not constructive? It sounds like you just disagree with their criticisms.
lasoogneypubes I disagree with your criticism of these guys criticism about Larry merchants criticism
true, especially Jim Lampley when he interviews Mayweather after the fight, he shows his hate toward Floyd. an old man with big ego
this roy jones at this weight class was unbeatable in any era. period.
+wally wallster Your comment is as PRECISE as King Roy Jones Jr.'s punches..
Sugar ray Robinson would beat him and let's see him handle jake lamota
Lamotta would not have been fast enough for although he was strong as a bull. Robinson might give him that work but I don't know man. No one before Roy Jones had his level of athleticism at middleweight in any era of boxing.
he was good but Robinson would have beat him and like I said Jake had a iron jaw and would put so much pressure on him yeah he would be slower but he was slower then Robinson also and he gave him work
Roy beats Robinson.
Bernard didn’t take enough chances in this fight, he was too hesitant in the center of the ring because of jones speed, easier for me to say behind a keyboard I guess
Them boys up to sumptn
Nah, you right when someone as fast as jones is coming at you with that hand speed, it's too fast to react and do anything and you know it will be the same next time, so you stand there hesitant
Hopkins was good all around but he was missing something that made him great, Jones had great overall speed, power and reflexes that helped him make decisions on the fly which is why he was able to take more risks than most
Respect
With speed comes knockout power and the hurt. Roy's accuracy was also amazing, meaning he was able to hurt opponents with ease, back them into a corner then casually pick them off
My favorite boxing match. tactical as hell. it wasn't easy for Roy at all but he stayed disciplined throughout the fight
Agree. I feel Toney vs McCullum is by far the Greatest chess match.
I love me some toney
@@greylynn-snakevenom113glc7 that fight was the best tactial fight
It was actually really easy for Roy with one hand. He was so many levels ahead of B Hop that he could coast at the end. Roy had a tendency of allowing guys stick around. I had this 117-111 easy work. RJJ hand speed overwhelmed B Hop.
Prime Roy jones is just one of the greatest
Roy Jones Jr made Bernard Hopkins better after this fight
YES SIR & DAMN YOU 2 ARE FIT AF, IT TAKES DEDICATION TO BE IN YOU GUYS SHAPE.
sure did it was hopkins first fight where he faced a guy like roy but i believe if this fight was a few years later it would have been a different outcome . experience is everything in boxing . hopkins wasnt the man yet
During the rounds, Hopkins realise that the only good strategy he can implement was to get inside; in the short distance, because with a man with that speed and accuracy you cannot fight in the long distance. Big heart BH
Do you guys think this is boring? I don't. I love tactical boxing
JaySw34 I kind of find it a little boring but I respect their skills and patience
you have to know what ur looking at to truly appreciate it
@@blackbolt679 congratulations for this outworldly achievement for liking technical boxing
tactical boxing shows great boxing and your money's worth
Yes this is good boxing, not like touch n run like mayweather
2 legends in their prime. Amazing
Hopkins has some cold ass costumes when he enters the ring. One second its a medieval executioner and then 6 months later it's an alien :-)
The like his stuff like how loma comes out with some dope robes.
Halloween
Fascinating! This fight is a lot better than the commentators see. Roy Jones looks impressed by the end, as if he learned more than he had ever before but from one fight! Hopkins troubles him, makes the distance look fairly easy and is slippery enough to make it a close to even match. It will be a thrill to watch part II next! Hopkins is one of the few fighters to make Jones work and think outside his comfort zone- and in his prime.
this fight was boring
I don’t know what fight you watched but Roy won a easy 117-111 fight with a broken hand. Roy hand speed embarrassed Hopkins
Also I’m not sure this was prime Roy… He was like 21 or 22 here
Too bad Merchant didn't fall asleep so he'd keep his mouth shut.
Tom Quinn 😀
This fight is close and very tactical especially without volume.
Ezekiel of Judah goblins body work and mean inside right hand was not spoken by the commentators. Hopkins hurt toy several times with left hooks to the body. Roy won but Hopkins was belittled in this fight by the announcers! Roy was their guy and they wanted it to be a domination to promote Roy and make more money.
@@lovegod84jesus80 Hopkins looked like an amateur. Jones did tricks on him in the 10th round....
Agree, this fight was close, easy fight for Roy, alot of delusional folks out there
Hopkins only retiring last year and Roy Jones still going today. Shame to see great champions keep going past there best.
Hopkins beat Kelly Pavlic when he was 43 - that was a huge win.
Benjamin TG He also beat Calzaghe the same year and got robbed.
Pashtun Boy lmfao ok casual, u clearly don’t know shit about boxing💀😷🤡
It’s love for the sport and it’s all they know. Some don’t know when to stop and some do
Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins have some of the biggest Ring IQs in boxing history. I always enjoy a good slugfest, but there’s something beautiful about tactical boxing.
Bernard Hopkins at this time is a universal soldier, a bummer , brawler and ruffian .. listen to those commentators..Roy Jones legacy will lives beyond this generation.
Let still find ways to win
a very close chess match... Larry merchant never learned a thing in all his years in boxing!!!
"HBO NEED TO FIRE YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT BOXING!"
lol yep.... its too bad you cant just mute one of the announcers
@@bill_y4762 that would be an awesome option, mute specific announcer.
Except if they start talking to each other and you can only hear the answers of one lol
He's a racist biased old dumb piece of shit call him what he is
This fight wasn’t really close
What awful, awful commentary.
Dreadful. Boxing put these idiots and then put this under that shit mainevet
Glad this horrendous era of HBO commentary is dead. They clearly had no idea what they were looking at. And Merchant constantly bashing the fighters and HBO not firing his ass sooner was ridiculous.
@@DivineYT Lol so you rather have mediocre commentary from DAZN and alot of shitty mediocre and lame fights with alot of boxers ducking each other today? Boxing back then was far better than it is now.
Has a point about the jabs though
@@ScientificEliteEducations HBO's commentary sucked, other than Emmanuel Stewart, Foreman and RJJ. They were constantly crapping on fighters, especially the ones that weren't HBO house fighters.
USA's Tuesday Night Fights had great commentary; they knew the personal stories of the fighters, and they did a great job making the audience sympathize with them and understand the stakes the were fighting for.
Larry Merchant is the world's first Troll.
Plain & simple.........THEY CAUGHT ROY WHEN HE GOT OLD & SLOW
Bernard was always old 😂😂😂
+Jose Cedillo nigga was 20 the day he was born hahaha hes like father time he probably 90 and we dont even know it
I agree and tarver is one of em
tarver ducked him
They were 1 and 2 in the world though so
Jones is the only middleweight in history who could’ve beaten a PRIME Hopkins this easily (if at all). A couple of other middleweights like Hagler or James Toney might’ve beaten Hopkins in his prime, but they would’ve been hard, tough fights. Jones handled the great Hopkins like a sparring partner.
Jones (at his best) was probably the greatest pound for pound fighter of all time.
I would add Thomas Hearns to that list.
Gerald McClellan would’ve murdered Hopkins.
Hagler and Monzon would’ve beaten Hopkins relatively handily.
@@Seabiscuit-gf4jn You sound stupid. Hopkins would knock Monzon’s BLOCK off! 😂😂😂
Definitely the Goat
This was one chess match of a boxing match...2 high level boxers.
Exactly what I thought. Great tactical fight. Reminded me of Leonard/Benitez. Truly underrated when talking about greatest fights ever.
HBO's ability to tell stories is underated. I hope one of these streaming networks finds a way to emulate the way HBO did it.
hopefully with a different background music
The best storytelling H.B.O. use to do was when they would show that 24-7 series.
Would have loved to see this fight in the early 2000's.
Shut up man
They were peaking here, look at the speed and reflexes from both men, early 2000s they needed PEDs
Roy Jones Jr.’s voice still sounds the same to this day.
He's a little hoarse now
Technical boxing at it's best. Heard the Jones had a bad right hand in this fight though.
theplaymakerno1 As in any roy jones jr fights. had he ever not a bad right hand?
Don't believe it..that's what a fighter says when they don't look as impressive
Every fighter got bad hand lol
@@jdvlanka265 He literally fractured his metacarpal in the 3rd/4th rd. No excuses though cuz he made none. He never to this day said he did. He kept his mouth shut...
Damon Richardson most boxers have an injury or fight with hurt hands.part of the sport and is no excuse. I'm sure Roy would have dominated anybody else that night
Thanks for the upload.
B-Hop made Roy WORK for this victory. This is the only fight i've seen of prime Roy Jones where he wasn't playing with his food. He knew he couldn't get away with a lot of his usual tactics against Hopkins. This was a close and hard fought fight, which really speaks to both guys' greatness.
this was not even the best version of bhop though that would come later on
It was 8-4 unanimous decision. Roy was barely touched
Smoger is my favorite referee of all time.
He was able to let fighters be physical but still keep the fight flowing without constantly involving himself..
Didn't think this was boring. I love a tactical fight.
So funny to reflect that this fight is on the under card!
And to see so much attention given to the main event, given how seminal this fight has become
This might be the most talent inside of one ring that I’ve ever seen
James Toney would like to have a word with you, about this statement.
See: James Toney vs Mike McCallum I: ua-cam.com/video/7X6e4t7xmS0/v-deo.html
and
Roy Jones Jr. vs. James "Lights Out" Toney - November 18, 1994 - HQ: ua-cam.com/video/3vdHJFJeijw/v-deo.html
Mayweather vs Pacquiao was more talented!
Larry Merchant always hated the flashy black boxer with the exception of sugar ray
Roy jones jr vs Sugar Ray Robinson wouldve been the greatest fight series ever
Jones would have destroyed Robinson. James Toney and B-Hop would beat him as well.
@@H.K.5
yes obviously because technical methods and training methods has changed and got alittle more weight against Ray
Put Ray in any fighting era and he adapt to them he’d destroy any fighter.
This was a great chess match
When boxing was worth watching
Boxing is back now!
prime vs prime. ...
best vs best
legend vs legend
HOF vs HOF
..fans are lucky. ...but jones beat anyone in his prime
Coming back to watch this after their interview on the bus on the way to the Hof.
Top 10 greatest bout I have ever seen.
Class boxing in this fight, two of the best.
Pashtun Boy yeah okay get in the ring with them doubt you’ll be saying that
Just love the way Roy fights
These guys were in insane shape doing this for 12 rounds and they both looked fine afterwards god damn
Can't stand friggin Larry Merchant...
THIS IS A GREAT FIGHT
Great fight. Two bonafide greats. Beautiful fight.
Awesome fight
The best part of a Hopkins’ fight is his interview
"He was in a 24 hour dry out period to make weight" dam no wonder he moved up to super middle weight real quick in his career. Meanwhile Hopkins stayed as middleweight king for a long as time.
"jones is no ray leonard" says larry merchant. most would say he surpassed him...
Mental Warfare. Guarantee you wouldn't be bored if you've stepped into the ring before.
😭😭😭 The Best Vs the Best!!! I miss this shit!!! That’s why Mikey is great!! At least he had the heart to attempt something this great!!!
Lmao mikey is garbage fuxking quitter. Mikey doesn't fought the best, errol is the good figher in hes resume don't mention him after hes performance.
Fight starts at 8:26
Can’t stand commentators who are clearly biased.
They didnt even notice roy was using 1 hand
Roy jones jr with division one all American wrestling skills kills every one who's ever lived
Nah jui-jitsu skills and teach him to block and check kicks and knees. Yea beats everyone in a street fight, including a 1990s tyson (not 80s tyson lol that's different). Shit he might even beat mma greats in a street fight like st perrie or Silva even possibly just cause jones was so fast and skilled in his youth.
Good Fight!!
Roy was supremely talented...always thought he was boxing’s equivalent of Ronaldo Fenomeno
THE GENERAL true
Peeps who think this fight wasn’t exciting aren’t getting it. Two lively young hungry legends going at it. Jones gets the nod in reaction time/reflex and agility but still highly impressed by Hopkins. He fought very well. Jones like the Bruce Lee of boxing the way he fought back then. Instincts off the charts. Agility with power unpredictable shots.Hopkins fought him in deep waters and had some excellent rushes where he banged away hi and lo able to back him to ropes with very good footwork determination. Both super talented but also super tough. Both took heavy shots and answered right back or just absorbed it like they didn’t feel anything. Gots to do lots of sparring rounds to get your body conditioned for that. People underestimate the super talented boxer’s toughness. Hopkins laid it on him in 8th, clipped him numerous times clean.Lederman a fool. 9 to 0 jones after 9 rounds, pfff whatever
The sequence of movements Hopkins used to dodge, punch, and work his way to the opponent faster than him was just incredible. Hopkins was also deceptively fast in his inside combinations. The commentators were a bit annoying - too infatuated with Roy's speed.
I don't get it. this fight was boring 🥱
@@TheProtagonistDies you’re boring don’t contact me fool
Hopkins one of my favorites defiantly brought it to Jones in this fight.
Hopkins didn’t lose again for 11-12 years.
20:40 Larry Merchant doesn't know shit about boxing. Saying he's glad it's chilly so he can stay awake. So he wants both fighters to start throwing crazy stupid punches without calculating the other opponent first. He should have been fired a long time ago with his nonsense. It's boxing this ain't MMA any of that bullshit.
MMA has great chess matches too. Merchant is just a fool.
It's bs that alot of Boxing/ MMA fans think like him too.
Watching here due to Corona virus, shelter in order. 2020
Who had to come here after Rogan
2 all time greats. A fight for the purist.
Being a kid watching roy jones this fight took me back he was like ali too me a real special fighter just talented quick and accurate i remember mimcking his moves fighting as a kid ❤
These two didn’t like each other at all, but they respected each other as fighters greatly.🍿🍫🥤
The bias of the commentators will say opposite to what you're watching unfold, baffling.
This was a great chess match Two chess players that are boxing strategically If you know boxing this was a great boxing match to watch you can learn allot from watching this fight it’s not always about knockouts it’s about the sweet science hit and not get hit paying attention to his moves or what he going to do anticipating it so you can attack or set up with the Jab to get out the way.
It surprised me that this fight was actually even. If we didn’t know who either fighter was and didn’t listen to the announcers, you would realize every round was even. The announcers just had no idea how good Hopkins was. They thought he was just a solid guy. I wish they had fought again at middleweight, since neither guy was actually at their peak here.
yeah i know thats whats really makes this fight even more intriguing since i believe hopkins probably beats jones if this were 5 years later when hopkins was at his prime fighting trinidad and jones was still the man and hadnt lost to tarver yet . so its like 98 99
I was born in Philly but I ain't no fighter..this guy got some serious guts.
Imo, these were the two of the top-5 greatest tacticians ever. You can easily guess the other three.
Bruce Lee also has a very unorthodox style of fighting, and it’s not the one you see in the movies. When you’re on an elite level of quickness, like Bruce Lee & Roy Jones, you can afford to fight different than everyone else.
Did you really type those words? Jesus
Wait!?! What?!? this wasn't the main event?
First time either of them had challenged for a world title
theirs a little trick hopkins had during his career too see if his opponent had trained and during weigh ins , confrences etc he would grab your shoulders , tap your stomach , grab your arms etc too see if youve been training he showed his same trick to ward and even ward used it at times lol , very smart little trick not many would even think of doing.
Hopkins fought a way better fight than James toney at least
I said the samething
what year was this
Beautiful boxing
Jim is so charismatic
Watching it again, Bernard was very green with his footwork at this stage, and Roy had a substantially longer amateur pedigree
Hopkins did good jones did better
roy Jones jr looked like he didn't take bernard hopkins seriously he thought he would be a average fighter until they both got old he knew he was one of the best
Good fight. Roy won 9-3 maybe 8-4. Competitive but Roy controlled and won.
I respect Roy cuz he fractured his metacarpal in the 3 or 4 rd. I'm sure that bothered him but he never made an excuse. To this day he's never talked about it. Outside sources spilled the beans. Hopkins is a tough SOB!!!!
I heard this story so many times. still wouldn't made a different he wasn't going to stop Hopkins
“The right was hurt, beat em with the left”
31:00 best coaching advice to an extremely blessed boxer “SPEEEED SPEEEED! Use that speed!”
Shows how great Roy was.... one handed outclassed a great fighter wow. The Goat
Roy Jones controlled this fight, even up against the ropes. Larry Merchant knows nothing about boxing.
We’d never get this stylistic matchup today lol two elite skilled, athletic boxers in their prime would never fight each other. This would be like us getting Boots vs Crawford or Haney vs Shakur
32:26 This is like watching a congressman argue on C-SPAN😂😂😂😂😂
That actually was,FAF. LMAO
Gotta love the 60 yr old commentators that couldn't whip their selves out of a wet paper bag, yet they have the answers for what these pros should do. 😂
Round 1: J-10, H-9
Round 2: J-10 H-9
Round 3: J-10 H-10
Round 4: J-9 H-10
Round 5: J-9 H-10
Round 6: J-10 H-10
Round 7: J-10 H-9
Round 8: J-9 H-10
Round 9: J-10 H-9
Round 10: J-10 H-9
Round 11: J-9 H-10
Round 12: J-10 H-9
Jones-116, Hopkins-114
I think the commentators were somewhat bias, but they were right overall that Jones was more dominate. 6 rounds for Jones, 2 even, 4 rounds for Hopkins.
Both Warriors belong in the HOF.
You can tell that Jones having to be called the silver medalist bothered him a lot.
These commentators are pretty funny.....always picking on Roy's style.
Can't believe how BHop made the "olympian " RJJ look bad . Bernard started in boxing with nothing, fought RJJ in his absolute prime and made him look terrible .
Your over exaggerating a bit lol
Yeah and Hopkins won maybe 2 rounds. Who cares if most rds were competitive. Hopkins smothers and doesn't land anything effectively for most of the fight.
What a night of boxing this was !
Larry Merchant talking crap for 40 years