This so beautiful, this is pure and epic talent. No one ever was that talented and good. No wonder so many of our beloved experts have him as the best ever, Max, Larry, Jim, even Ray Leonard admits Jones was unvkomparable. Wenn we, as boxing lovers see him like that, there's a little sadness inside that he didn't hang them up after 2003 and Ruiz, after being the youngest Olympic finalist ever, after having the longest prime ever and the longest run on pfp No. 1 ever, and that he let it happen to get defeatet by Hopkins in their 2nd and Calzaghe. But he was not good with the cash and he simply loved it. What a giant, what an artist, and still what a man.
I always say he should’ve fought Tarver at light h’weight, THEN move up. I would’ve loved to see Roy at cruiserweight myself; fights against Wayne Braithwaite, Jean Mark Mormec, Vassily Jirov and a rematch with James Toney would all have been interesting
Ruiz was a great fight too. I have no idea why he let Tarvers big mouth get to him. He had the skill to top 3 at heavyweight in fact I would have picked him over Lewis.
@@mrt445 Lewis would have wiped the floor with him with his jabs alone , honestly , you need a reality check considering Glen Johnson , who was never known for power , flattened him .
@@freudgv Umm yes it was buddy. Roy was in his prime from first MW bout all the way till he went HW. After that and the weight loss he wasn't prime. Guys like Roy were in their prime from day 1, reality.
@@nag2129blessings good brother or sister. I respectfully disagree. What you're saying suggests didn't have a prime when in reality what you're intending to say is that he was great his whole career. The latter i agree with but to say he was prime from day 1 then say he wasnt prime after hw doesnt make sense. He had an apex... which was probably around the toney, hill fights... prime years are just apex years. Day one Roy was not as good as Roy vs griffin the second fight. God bless
Prime Roy, my God. He could beat any MW or SMW ever, conceivably beat any LHW ever, and HW Roy would have been a top 5 heavy in his time had he actually pursued that route. Jones was an extremely rare breed of fighter, and we were lucky to be alive during his time.
you forget just how fucking great this guy was. until you come back to old fights like this to watch......amazing. thanks for putting this up. preserving greatness!
Regardless of Woods, look at Jones in this fight. His next fight was HW and then Tarver 1 (which he won). ALL of this was gone. Loosing that weight killed him. He should have retired after the first Tarver fight (I agree with the 117-111 score the most). He simply was never the same again. You can't loose 25lbs of muscle at 35 and expect to be the same.
first off, RJJ was 182 on fight night vs woods, which means he put on 17lbs by the ruiz fight. BUT RJJ was 192lbs when he started his camp for the ruiz fight. in that time he put on maybe 5lbs of actual muscle, its impossible to put on 25 lbs of muscle in one fight camp, even with steroids it would be impossible. personally i think it was just jones time, the second tarver fight he was 35 and had 50+fights, he just declined physically, his speed, reflexes etc were lost and he was generally fighting much bigger, taller, younger fighters in the last years.
I would have been ok with a RJJ retirement after the 1st Tarver fight, but that just wasn't RJJ. He just fought in 2018 for Christ sakes! Hopefully the great RJJ is truly retired now, he deserves the rest.
Prime Roy Jones Prime Muhammad Ali Prime Mike tyson Prime Manny Pacquiao Prime Flyod Mayweather Prime Hopkins Prime Marvin Hagler Prime Sugar ray leonard The very best boxers ever lived and Vasyl Lomachenko Tbud Crawford Canelo Alvarez GGG Usyk Anthony joshua Tyson fury Deonaty wilder.. These all boxers will be remembered as one of the Greatest
Loma and crawford above canelo lmao.....what the fuck have they done ...nothing .....canelos resume is stacked and he got another 5-6 year left in him yet
3:03 "the four-time world champion, former middle-weight, former super middle-weight, and the two-time reigning, defending, undisputed, light-heavyweight champion of the worrrlld..." what an intro ; 17:15 that's like something out of a video game ; 17:23 that's hilarious
17.40 jones taps gloves n smiles , jones feels sorry for him to be fighting himself , hes at his best n hes kinda fast , honoured to have met the great roy jones , a truly great fighter
You right in his prime there was no one better. Still at his age now he's still kicking tail. Woods thought he was fightiing a bum, He MUST'VE FORGOT, he's fighting Roy. LOL!
Just rewatched the Tarver 1 fight and came to this right after... what a fucking difference! That weight gain and cut killed Jones. He's lightning quick here. Prime Jones is unbeatable.
Roy Jones Junior looked very sharp in this TKO win against a fair opponent in Clinton Woods - who tried hard. Jones' hand speed was exceptional. He became cocky and super confident, playing to the audience with typical Jones antics, mixed with flurries of punches which ended the contest.
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This was Roy's last fight at LightHeavyWeight champ,6 months before fighting Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title,Which should of been Roy's last fight going back down to LightHeavyWeight was the dumbest decision in Boxing history!!!!
Watching this fight, Prime Roy was nothing short of miraculous, a master painter sending heads to the canvas with a mere flick of his brush. Superlative skills, nothing short of exceptional boxing mind and honed through years of training. All old school skills apparent with god given athleticism. One thing though, he tended to retreat to the ropes, and while on them he only sparsely attacked. You can see how Griffin and Futch developed that game plan that later Johnson and Tarver capitalized on. You can say they only had limited success or would not have done so in his prime, but the flaws are clear here. Also, RJJ can clearly fight inside.
Woods wasn't a great fighter, but he was a decent one who could match many of the contenders at world level, and I was impressed at how well he did in this fight (because I expected Roy Jones to make easy work of him). I think he gave a great performance here, he was determined and focused and carried out his proclaimed game plan about as well as he could have done, and landed a lot of punches on prime Roy Jones. Ultimately of course, he wasn't the exceptional fighter he needed to be to beat Roy, but he put in a great effort.
I believe this is the GOAT.... He fought on too long but no one could touch him.... Has anyone else held 7 versions of the world title? I didn't know there were that many
Floyd uses his jab alot better Roy jr Jabs to the head and body. Its sets up his faints. They both have great speed agility lead rights and left hooks. I give Floyd the edge in conditioning stamina and most importantly Defense. And Floyd was smart enough to get all the money
No Roy was never tired in his prime and never had a CASTILLO problem like Floyd did. Floyd has excellent technical skills but him at his best..in the same division would never land on Roy.
@Mickieshelton Facts. Mayweather never had the combinations, nor the hand speed, power of Jones. Jones had a very good jab, he just didn't use it traditionally. It showed in this fight and many others. Mayweather did NOTHING better than Prime Roy Jones.
This was the first time the Jordan Brand put their logo in the center of the ring for a boxing match. They were looking for extension opps after MJ retired. Super dope. Credit Larry Miller.
I love Clinton Woods but tonight his work was ineffectual against Roy Jones... The advert on Woods back told me he came to make a bit of extra pocket money...
@@HTX_ROME Maybe you don't understand what heavyweight means ? Maybe you have no concept of heavyweight power n maybe you have no concept of what it takes to be a champion ? John Ruiz was a great fighter. Roy Jones gave up over 25 lbs to a reigning world HEAVYWEIGHT champion, dictated the pace of the fight, commanded the centre of the ring n put on one of the greatest displays of pure boxing ever seen. You think its a joke or that its a circus & he is a clown ? Go n beat a grown man, a professional boxer or high level amateur your own size let alone one 25 lbs heavier then you then come back n tell us how easy it was n how many razzle dazzle tricks you done.
@@SPIDERM0OSE no shit Sherlock. He still wasn’t the same regardless of what ever it is you’re trying to prove 😂. He’s put on many clinics since then but guess what??? He still wasn’t the same after the Clinton Woods fight.
@@HTX_ROME Ok , you're correct dipshit. Roy Jones wasn't the same after the Woods fight because he went up ANOTHER level of boxing Magnificence n put on the indisputable absolute best performance of his career & arguably the absolute best display of pure boxing ever seen when he dethroned a reigning World Heavyweight Champion. #Dickhead
Lotta Roy haters out there but he's the most gifted boxer I've ever seen. Clinton Woods was a quality opponent. James Toney, Mike McCallum, and Bernard Hopkins are HOF fighters. Montell Griffin was a quality opponent. Virgil Hill was a quality opponent. Thomas Tate was a quality opponent. Reggie Johnson was a quality opponent. I could list off nearly every fighter of relevance from 154-175 from 1994-2003 and Roy didn't just beat, he practically white-washed ALL of them, with one exception and that's Dariusz Michalczewski. And neither guy was willing to travel out of their respective countries to fight the other guy. Personally, I say Jones was the kingpin and DM should have come over here if he wanted to be in the discussion. If after defeating Ruiz for the WBA hvywt title he had retired, I'd say he's the GOAT. Since he didn't, he's in the conversation but my opinion isn't cut and dried.
Having read your comments here , I admire your mention of Dariusz Michalczewski , he most certainly was an excellent LHW and the only multiple Titles holder in that weight , to be unbeaten in the 90s and still holds the record number of defences of his LHW Titles to this day . My arguments against Jones and his 3 years spell at LHW in the 90s , late 96 to late 99 are not by the guys he beat like Griffin , DelValle , Johnson and some others but rather than some guys he didn't fight , namely , Dariusz Michalczewski and the late Graciano Rocky Rochigiani because of politics and blatant robbery of the Titles these guys held , Rocky WBC , DM , WBO , WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles . DM was the true LHW King after dethroning Hill , DM , the WBO Champion , added Hills WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles only for the cheats of the WBA and IBF to strip him of them without even allowing him to defend them in the Ring , if that didn't happen in 97 , then Jones or anyone else willing to try Unite that Division and become Undisputed , would have had to fight him , that was scandalous but worse was to follow when Jones would drop the only Title in his name , WBC LHW , late 97 to avoid Nunn then sit back and watch the WBCs No 1, Nunn and No 2 , Rocky , fight for the vacated Title in early 98 and then come back to the WBC and beg for. his Title , which he got it back then unashamedly ducked Rocky . In early 99 , the WBC sanctioned Jones to fight 39 years old Semi Professional Boxer , full time NYPD Police officer Ricky Frazier , Boxrec 18-3-1 , rather than force him to fight Rocky who was willing to fight him in the US , shocking carry on and blatant ducking and diving by Jones and the WBC and when he beat Reggie Johnson for the IBF Title later on in 99 , he tried to claim to be Undisputed because he also held the WBA and WBC Titles , seriously as the unbeaten DM was still WBO and Lineal Titles holder and Rocky was the Legitimate WBC Champion , was proved in a Federal Court of Law in NYC in 2003 . We'll probably never know the full truth as to why Jones and DM never fought but I do know why Jones didn't fight Rocky , he was way too dangerous despite what the vast majority of Jones fans think and actually put him down but that's how it went unfortunately 🥊🥊
Not the best resume ever however the most talented boxer of all time. Wouldn't surprise me if no middle super middle or light heavy in history could ever beat peak rjj
There was always going to be someone who would get famous beating RJ after Ruiz. If it wasn't Tarver then it would've been Glen Johnson, or any of the other light heavyweight contenders who Jones would have beaten easily in his prime.
Tarver and Jones are the same age, Tarver only became a Professional Boxer in 98, aged 28, yet by 2000, he was the No 1 Challenger and had been screaming for a fight with Jones, who had him shunted down the queue and clearly didn't want to fight him. Tarver only got his chance because he continually called him out, claiming he was a Fraud and a Myth, and he would back his taunts up. Tarver would turn up at Jones's Press Conferences, time after time, slagging him and shouting, why won't you fight me, be a man, come and fight me. Tarver caught Jones the exact same way Lou Del Valle did in 98, the difference was, Del Valle was Class B, Tarver, Class A.
@@francishegarty8087 yeah, but Tarver didn’t go up to heavyweight and then shred all the weight (pure muscle) off to come back down to light heavy. That puts an amazing strain on the body.
@@wes276 With the Greatest of respect to you, it has nothing to do with weight. Tarver was The Best Fighter Jones fought since he beat a weight drained and totally out of condition, J Toney in late 94. J Jackson, G Mc Clellan and N Benn, are 3 of the Biggest Punchers the MW and SMW Divisions have ever seen in the last 40 years, yet Jones never fought any of them as a Professional, as a matter of fact, Mc Clellan beat him in their only meeting as Amateurs. How do you know, or anyone else for that matter, know if he could take these Guys best shots? Jones didn't improve as a Fighter after the Toney fight, how could he, he was so used to beating up Guys like Pazienza, Lucas, Thornton, Brannon, Hall, Frazier, Woods and Mc Callum, Hill and Johnson, whose best days were gone. He should have been fighting Nunn, Mc Clellan and Jackson, between 93-94 at MW. Eubank, Liles, Benn and Collins at SMW, between 94-96. When he entered the LHW scene, he should have fought both Rocchegianni and Michalczewski, between 97-99, and took their Titles from them in the Ring, instead of stealing them and winning their Titles from Del Valle and Johnson, who won their Titles because they were stolen from Michalczewski. There are ways about going around claiming to be Undisputed, like the way Lewis did, he beat a Murderers Row of HWs, to get to the Top, Guys like Morrison, Botha, Golota, Tua, Ruddock, Holyfield, Tyson, Klitschko, etc, hid from no one, and avenged his only 2 Defeats, that's how its done.
I always felt Roy extended the fights when he didn't have to. He would mess around and not fight at his talent level until later in the fight just to entertain the people
Studying the younger jones i can see that Calzaghe would have still won there fight, amazingly they fight with the very same engine but Calzaghe is far more tenacious.
Clinton Woods was a decent fighter, brave and honest Yorkshire man but no mach for Roy Jones in any other aspect. He took it Bravely but TKO is a fair call as he would take punishment all night long and end up brain damaged. Hats off to Jones.
This is the version of Jones that should have taken on Tarver. He should have fought Tarver before he went up to HW. Would have been a tough fight, but we would truly know how Jones would have staked up against Tarver. The Jones that fought Tarver didn’t have the amazing speed, reflexes, legs and power, as exhibited in this fight. Would have been a very different fight. This was a different Jones, compared to the one who came down from HW.
+Chris Banks There was no point. Woods was getting hit hard, clean, and too often, and was defenseless. It's the referee indiscretion to stop in that situation.
I will never see that kind of of speed and power again.
This so beautiful, this is pure and epic talent. No one ever was that talented and good. No wonder so many of our beloved experts have him as the best ever, Max, Larry, Jim, even Ray Leonard admits Jones was unvkomparable. Wenn we, as boxing lovers see him like that, there's a little sadness inside that he didn't hang them up after 2003 and Ruiz, after being the youngest Olympic finalist ever, after having the longest prime ever and the longest run on pfp No. 1 ever, and that he let it happen to get defeatet by Hopkins in their 2nd and Calzaghe. But he was not good with the cash and he simply loved it. What a giant, what an artist, and still what a man.
Right
The sadness for me is he could have dominated for a few years at heavyweight than retired as the certified best ever.
I always say he should’ve fought Tarver at light h’weight, THEN move up. I would’ve loved to see Roy at cruiserweight myself; fights against Wayne Braithwaite, Jean Mark Mormec, Vassily Jirov and a rematch with James Toney would all have been interesting
I think this was Roy's last great fight in his prime as a light heavy. Bulking up and coming down from the Ruiz fight ended his super reflexes.
Facts; it was a terrible move going back down in weight for a totally unnecessary fight with Tarver?? There was nothing to prove for Roy??
Jones should’ve fought Tarver after this, THEN move up.
Ruiz was a great fight too. I have no idea why he let Tarvers big mouth get to him. He had the skill to top 3 at heavyweight in fact I would have picked him over Lewis.
@@djsugebryant281 He has to lose 15kg of pure muscle and we knew he didn't look the same at the weigh in.
@@mrt445 Lewis would have wiped the floor with him with his jabs alone , honestly , you need a reality check considering Glen Johnson , who was never known for power , flattened him .
no doubting clinton woods is a world calibre fighter, RJJ is just a freak. Respect to both of them
He went on to win the IBF championship so yeah you’re right
Prime Roy Jones was such a joy to watch
A real treat.
Hopefully an old Roy will be just as good against an old Tyson.
This wasn't even prime Roy
@@freudgv Umm yes it was buddy. Roy was in his prime from first MW bout all the way till he went HW. After that and the weight loss he wasn't prime. Guys like Roy were in their prime from day 1, reality.
@@nag2129blessings good brother or sister. I respectfully disagree. What you're saying suggests didn't have a prime when in reality what you're intending to say is that he was great his whole career. The latter i agree with but to say he was prime from day 1 then say he wasnt prime after hw doesnt make sense.
He had an apex... which was probably around the toney, hill fights... prime years are just apex years. Day one Roy was not as good as Roy vs griffin the second fight.
God bless
Prime Roy, my God. He could beat any MW or SMW ever, conceivably beat any LHW ever, and HW Roy would have been a top 5 heavy in his time had he actually pursued that route. Jones was an extremely rare breed of fighter, and we were lucky to be alive during his time.
That being said, there's no way in any universe that HW Roy Jones Jr was natural. Whoooah no.
What is MW, SMW, LHW and HW?
@@abdullaal-matri5185 middleweight super middleweight light heavyweight heavyweight
@@abdullaal-matri5185 middleweight, supermiddle weight, light heavy weight, and heavy weight
And he started at 154.
I'm always at awe with RJJ style.
The man had speed and a very enjoyable style to watch. His fights are always worth watching.
He also had one punch KO power but only used it if he genuinely hated his opponent
Roy Jones in his prime was the most talented boxer ever.
Woods is a first class fighter, prime Roy Jones was just too much for anyone to handle.
+Scar A Yeah, I remember watching him back in his time, good solid fighter.
Woods went on to become IBF champion. And it doesn’t surprise me based on his performance here.
you forget just how fucking great this guy was. until you come back to old fights like this to watch......amazing. thanks for putting this up. preserving greatness!
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Prime roy...man he was good
@@therealbs2000 best ever brother!
Dead right ❤
your not kidding sir
yes he was. anyone that didnt see him in his prime was robbed of the sweet science
You can tell Clinton woods is giving his all in this fight. Yet jones is so fast and powerful.
Regardless of Woods, look at Jones in this fight. His next fight was HW and then Tarver 1 (which he won). ALL of this was gone. Loosing that weight killed him. He should have retired after the first Tarver fight (I agree with the 117-111 score the most). He simply was never the same again. You can't loose 25lbs of muscle at 35 and expect to be the same.
+tarstarkusz i fully agree
Wonder how good he would of been if staying in his weight Class. Love me Roy Jones man
first off, RJJ was 182 on fight night vs woods, which means he put on 17lbs by the ruiz fight. BUT RJJ was 192lbs when he started his camp for the ruiz fight.
in that time he put on maybe 5lbs of actual muscle, its impossible to put on 25 lbs of muscle in one fight camp, even with steroids it would be impossible.
personally i think it was just jones time, the second tarver fight he was 35 and had 50+fights, he just declined physically, his speed, reflexes etc were lost and he was generally fighting much bigger, taller, younger fighters in the last years.
Spot on
I would have been ok with a RJJ retirement after the 1st Tarver fight, but that just wasn't RJJ. He just fought in 2018 for Christ sakes! Hopefully the great RJJ is truly retired now, he deserves the rest.
Prime Roy Jones
Prime Muhammad Ali
Prime Mike tyson
Prime Manny Pacquiao
Prime Flyod Mayweather
Prime Hopkins
Prime Marvin Hagler
Prime Sugar ray leonard
The very best boxers ever lived and
Vasyl Lomachenko
Tbud Crawford
Canelo Alvarez
GGG
Usyk
Anthony joshua
Tyson fury
Deonaty wilder..
These all boxers will be remembered as one of the Greatest
Could've listed even better fighters than some on your list
Crawford won't, trash resume. Usyk neither because of his weightclass, except if he succeed at HW
Loma and crawford above canelo lmao.....what the fuck have they done ...nothing .....canelos resume is stacked and he got another 5-6 year left in him yet
Thank you for posting this video. 80's and 90's are priceless times...
Roy Jones was a MONSTER in Boxing industry!
100% original boxing style, probably wil never be replicated
The day after the fight, Jones took Clinton and his brothers fishing on his lake...Both class guys
RJJ had unbelievable speed
He was Really fast , amazing body and wonderful muscles....
Totally he was untouchable fighter
3:03 "the four-time world champion, former middle-weight, former super middle-weight, and the two-time reigning, defending, undisputed, light-heavyweight champion of the worrrlld..." what an intro ; 17:15 that's like something out of a video game ; 17:23 that's hilarious
LOL yep
@Elreypachuco ua-cam.com/video/I9jLpTEGfsw/v-deo.html roy at his best
😂😂😂 Roy Jones was just playing around with him to hole time
Buffer is the goat
Probably the most unbeatable fighter ever right here. This fight.
17.40 jones taps gloves n smiles , jones feels sorry for him to be fighting himself , hes at his best n hes kinda fast , honoured to have met the great roy jones , a truly great fighter
Thanks for the upload 👍 .... although almost all of round 4 was cut out 😂
In his prime no one was better
ne of my all time best. Just wish he would finally retire.
You right in his prime there was no one better. Still at his age now he's still kicking tail. Woods thought he was fightiing a bum, He MUST'VE FORGOT, he's fighting Roy. LOL!
We all ow a huge thanks to both Woods and the great great legendary fighter , Roy Jones.
Just rewatched the Tarver 1 fight and came to this right after... what a fucking difference! That weight gain and cut killed Jones. He's lightning quick here. Prime Jones is unbeatable.
George was right about Jones not being warm in the beginning of the fight. He was much sharper after the 2nd round.
Roy Jones's is the best, pound for pound in the world in my eyes. Wow. #1
Roy jones jr. The man.
Did anyone take the time to notice a young Andre Ward Holding Roy's WBA Belt at 24.49 mins?
See Gianna Pasa's comment below
Ritchie .T A Gianni
Ritchie .T A Got it!
ya
Mettin Mehmed Never even noticed..
Clinton Woods was no slouch. I agree…… probably Jones Jr’s last dominant fight at Light Heavyweight
i bet none of y'all noticed a young Andre Ward at 19:26!!!!!!!!
Heartless409 oh shit lol. Thanks for that
That nigga had braids lol
@@mikejones4984 lmaooooo them cornrolls tho
Hahaha I thought he was Ludacris
Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!! that was Andre. He looked so different. He has hair and it's braided!!!!!!!!!!! Obviously, a young Lion in training.
Roy Jones Junior looked very sharp in this TKO win against a fair opponent in Clinton Woods - who tried hard. Jones' hand speed was exceptional. He became cocky and super confident, playing to the audience with typical Jones antics, mixed with flurries of punches which ended the contest.
I like to hear real boxing fans views not the racist trolls comments below
I haven't seen any racist comments. Your comments are offensive.
I like watching Roy. He's a likeable character with showmanship and talent. A bit too cocky at times - when knocked out by Green and Calzage.
***** plenty of "whites" sure knocked Roy out though.... Klitchsko, Froch, Andy Lee.... what "colour"are they? Stupid comment!!
Who cares? People are people regardless of colour.
Incredibly fast. This was Jones still at his best, just before he began to fall away.
Boxing Life Stories podcast - #17 Clinton Woods, brought me here
"Roy doesn't throw any thing off the ropes..." " Roy showing he can punch off the ropes with the best of them..."
Make up your mind.
The introduction of Roy Jones Jr. came wit' a chilling feeling!!
RJJR is just the best boxer around the world on this planet!! No doubt about that! Thanks for the video.
commentator: "woods is smart"
woods: *stumbling away trying not to fall over*
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+BOXINGTELLIGENTSIA LOL
This was Roy's last fight at LightHeavyWeight champ,6 months before fighting Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title,Which should of been Roy's last fight going back down to LightHeavyWeight was the dumbest decision in Boxing history!!!!
"those are not concussive punches...but they are punches" lol commentators were as bad back then as they are now.
its funny cause he was talking about a punch that nailed his chin. literally a concussive punch lol
Clinton Woods is one very tough man. Hope he's enjoying his life in Sheffield.
Woods trained me in boxing, he’s a class man and a brilliant boxer
I give him some of the early rounds...
There is that weird white pride
"Ch 3 rec" that brings back memories
nice throwback boxing viewing
Big George is one of the greatest commentators. Shutting down merchant was great.
Clinton Woods could box but Roy speed at that time was blinding
Clinton was tough as old boots,but he wasn't that talented,made the very most of the talent he had.
Watching this fight, Prime Roy was nothing short of miraculous, a master painter sending heads to the canvas with a mere flick of his brush. Superlative skills, nothing short of exceptional boxing mind and honed through years of training. All old school skills apparent with god given athleticism. One thing though, he tended to retreat to the ropes, and while on them he only sparsely attacked. You can see how Griffin and Futch developed that game plan that later Johnson and Tarver capitalized on. You can say they only had limited success or would not have done so in his prime, but the flaws are clear here. Also, RJJ can clearly fight inside.
"Great fight. Well done Mr Clinton. Well done Roy Jones."
Bull
Woods is one of the few and maybe only fighter I've seen with comparable hand speed to Roy. If he was the athlete Roy is the would be great a fight.
Woods wasn't a great fighter, but he was a decent one who could match many of the contenders at world level, and I was impressed at how well he did in this fight (because I expected Roy Jones to make easy work of him). I think he gave a great performance here, he was determined and focused and carried out his proclaimed game plan about as well as he could have done, and landed a lot of punches on prime Roy Jones. Ultimately of course, he wasn't the exceptional fighter he needed to be to beat Roy, but he put in a great effort.
@11:28, sometimes a empty gun shoots, what a dumb comment by Larry Merchant.
Great upload
anyone notice Andre Ward holding his belt at the end? 24:30
u shud call this kinda editted full fight. dude u skip round after round wtf
I believe this is the GOAT.... He fought on too long but no one could touch him.... Has anyone else held 7 versions of the world title? I didn't know there were that many
Andre Ward at 19:25
Holy shit, great eye. lmao
thnx haha
no that's ludacris
Andre Ward Son of god
God = RJJ
Woods gained my respect here...he didnt necessarily embarrass himself against obviously (who was) the best fighter in the world at that time!
Roy Jones Jr.
#TheApplianceOfSweetScience
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Floyd uses his jab alot better Roy jr
Jabs to the head and body. Its sets up his faints. They both have great speed agility lead rights and left hooks. I give Floyd the edge in conditioning stamina and most importantly Defense. And Floyd was smart enough to get all the money
No Roy was never tired in his prime and never had a CASTILLO problem like Floyd did. Floyd has excellent technical skills but him at his best..in the same division would never land on Roy.
@@Mickieshelton facts... prime Roy was always in peak condition..I agree with the jab part
@Mickieshelton Facts. Mayweather never had the combinations, nor the hand speed, power of Jones. Jones had a very good jab, he just didn't use it traditionally. It showed in this fight and many others. Mayweather did NOTHING better than Prime Roy Jones.
This was the first time the Jordan Brand put their logo in the center of the ring for a boxing match. They were looking for extension opps after MJ retired. Super dope. Credit Larry Miller.
I love Clinton Woods but tonight his work was ineffectual against Roy Jones... The advert on Woods back told me he came to make a bit of extra pocket money...
I have always thought that Roy Jones Jr. was the best pound for pound fighter
I would say this was the last “Prime Roy” fight. It was never the same for him after this one.
He beat John Ruiz for the HW title after this, in one of if not the very best display of pure boxing ever.
@@SPIDERM0OSE he put on a clinic for sure but it wasn’t the normal RJJR razzle dazzle freestyle. He went in and stuck with the plan lol.
@@HTX_ROME
Maybe you don't understand what heavyweight means ?
Maybe you have no concept of heavyweight power n maybe you have no concept of what it takes to be a champion ?
John Ruiz was a great fighter.
Roy Jones gave up over 25 lbs to a reigning world HEAVYWEIGHT champion, dictated the pace of the fight, commanded the centre of the ring n put on one of the greatest displays of pure boxing ever seen.
You think its a joke or that its a circus & he is a clown ?
Go n beat a grown man, a professional boxer or high level amateur your own size let alone one 25 lbs heavier then you then come back n tell us how easy it was n how many razzle dazzle tricks you done.
@@SPIDERM0OSE no shit Sherlock. He still wasn’t the same regardless of what ever it is you’re trying to prove 😂. He’s put on many clinics since then but guess what??? He still wasn’t the same after the Clinton Woods fight.
@@HTX_ROME
Ok , you're correct dipshit.
Roy Jones wasn't the same after the Woods fight because he went up ANOTHER level of boxing Magnificence n put on the indisputable absolute best performance of his career & arguably the absolute best display of pure boxing ever seen when he dethroned a reigning World Heavyweight Champion.
#Dickhead
Round 4 was exciting
Rackball Jones
yu mean the one that was skipped? -.-
I wanted to see the whole fight wtf!!!!
Lotta Roy haters out there but he's the most gifted boxer I've ever seen. Clinton Woods was a quality opponent. James Toney, Mike McCallum, and Bernard Hopkins are HOF fighters. Montell Griffin was a quality opponent. Virgil Hill was a quality opponent. Thomas Tate was a quality opponent. Reggie Johnson was a quality opponent. I could list off nearly every fighter of relevance from 154-175 from 1994-2003 and Roy didn't just beat, he practically white-washed ALL of them, with one exception and that's Dariusz Michalczewski. And neither guy was willing to travel out of their respective countries to fight the other guy. Personally, I say Jones was the kingpin and DM should have come over here if he wanted to be in the discussion. If after defeating Ruiz for the WBA hvywt title he had retired, I'd say he's the GOAT. Since he didn't, he's in the conversation but my opinion isn't cut and dried.
Having read your comments here , I admire your mention of Dariusz Michalczewski , he most certainly was an excellent LHW and the only multiple Titles holder in that weight , to be unbeaten in the 90s and still holds the record number of defences of his LHW Titles to this day . My arguments against Jones and his 3 years spell at LHW in the 90s , late 96 to late 99 are not by the guys he beat like Griffin , DelValle , Johnson and some others but rather than some guys he didn't fight , namely , Dariusz Michalczewski and the late Graciano Rocky Rochigiani because of politics and blatant robbery of the Titles these guys held , Rocky WBC , DM , WBO , WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles . DM was the true LHW King after dethroning Hill , DM , the WBO Champion , added Hills WBA , IBF and Lineal Titles only for the cheats of the WBA and IBF to strip him of them without even allowing him to defend them in the Ring , if that didn't happen in 97 , then Jones or anyone else willing to try Unite that Division and become Undisputed , would have had to fight him , that was scandalous but worse was to follow when Jones would drop the only Title in his name , WBC LHW , late 97 to avoid Nunn then sit back and watch the WBCs No 1, Nunn and No 2 , Rocky , fight for the vacated Title in early 98 and then come back to the WBC and beg for. his Title , which he got it back then unashamedly ducked Rocky . In early 99 , the WBC sanctioned Jones to fight 39 years old Semi Professional Boxer , full time NYPD Police officer Ricky Frazier , Boxrec 18-3-1 , rather than force him to fight Rocky who was willing to fight him in the US , shocking carry on and blatant ducking and diving by Jones and the WBC and when he beat Reggie Johnson for the IBF Title later on in 99 , he tried to claim to be Undisputed because he also held the WBA and WBC Titles , seriously as the unbeaten DM was still WBO and Lineal Titles holder and Rocky was the Legitimate WBC Champion , was proved in a Federal Court of Law in NYC in 2003 . We'll probably never know the full truth as to why Jones and DM never fought but I do know why Jones didn't fight Rocky , he was way too dangerous despite what the vast majority of Jones fans think and actually put him down but that's how it went unfortunately 🥊🥊
This fight is only a year before he fought tarver, Roy looks so much faster in this fight
A weight gain and then a weight drain later, he was never the same.
Still my favourite.
Yea
Nope style makes fights tarver was a good Counter puncher with a left hand he would still win
@@zilhad3584
Exactly.
So many people overlook that.
@@dukeach1645 nope
Larry Merchant always hoped that black fighters would loose. I never heard him say anything good about black fighter.
Andre Ward in the background holding the belt haha
Right hook to the body by Roy at 5:43, he was great body puncher.
"sometimes an empty gun shoots" - Larry Merchant (2002)
11:27
smh
Didn't Woods do well for Sheffield England, he went to fight the greatest fighter of the time. Great fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing
Not the best resume ever however the most talented boxer of all time. Wouldn't surprise me if no middle super middle or light heavy in history could ever beat peak rjj
Woooooooow... My man quit. Roy was on him like glue. Everywhere he turned in that last round he saw Roy in his face.
Roy Jones should’ve fought Tarver first and then Ruiz.
True, but Ruiz could have lost the title by then.
There was always going to be someone who would get famous beating RJ after Ruiz. If it wasn't Tarver then it would've been Glen Johnson, or any of the other light heavyweight contenders who Jones would have beaten easily in his prime.
Tarver and Jones are the same age, Tarver only became a Professional Boxer in 98, aged 28, yet by 2000, he was the No 1 Challenger and had been screaming for a fight with Jones, who had him shunted down the queue and clearly didn't want to fight him. Tarver only got his chance because he continually called him out, claiming he was a Fraud and a Myth, and he would back his taunts up. Tarver would turn up at Jones's Press Conferences, time after time, slagging him and shouting, why won't you fight me, be a man, come and fight me. Tarver caught Jones the exact same way Lou Del Valle did in 98, the difference was, Del Valle was Class B, Tarver, Class A.
@@francishegarty8087 yeah, but Tarver didn’t go up to heavyweight and then shred all the weight (pure muscle) off to come back down to light heavy. That puts an amazing strain on the body.
@@wes276 With the Greatest of respect to you, it has nothing to do with weight. Tarver was The Best Fighter Jones fought since he beat a weight drained and totally out of condition, J Toney in late 94. J Jackson, G Mc Clellan and N Benn, are 3 of the Biggest Punchers the MW and SMW Divisions have ever seen in the last 40 years, yet Jones never fought any of them as a Professional, as a matter of fact, Mc Clellan beat him in their only meeting as Amateurs. How do you know, or anyone else for that matter, know if he could take these Guys best shots? Jones didn't improve as a Fighter after the Toney fight, how could he, he was so used to beating up Guys like Pazienza, Lucas, Thornton, Brannon, Hall, Frazier, Woods and Mc Callum, Hill and Johnson, whose best days were gone. He should have been fighting Nunn, Mc Clellan and Jackson, between 93-94 at MW. Eubank, Liles, Benn and Collins at SMW, between 94-96. When he entered the LHW scene, he should have fought both Rocchegianni and Michalczewski, between 97-99, and took their Titles from them in the Ring, instead of stealing them and winning their Titles from Del Valle and Johnson, who won their Titles because they were stolen from Michalczewski. There are ways about going around claiming to be Undisputed, like the way Lewis did, he beat a Murderers Row of HWs, to get to the Top, Guys like Morrison, Botha, Golota, Tua, Ruddock, Holyfield, Tyson, Klitschko, etc, hid from no one, and avenged his only 2 Defeats, that's how its done.
This is the Roy Jones, Jr. I remember
Round 4-5-6 was otherworldly
What's the belt Merkenson's holding? It looks like a wwe belt
Spotted Andre ward in the ring at the end.
Jones, used speed to dominates his opponents, combine that with power, that made Jones, go all the way to win a world heavyweight championship
Top top lad arrrrr Clifton brave to get in with a prime RJJ
Prime Roy would have toyed with Canelo.
I get the feeling foreman does like RJJ
I always felt Roy extended the fights when he didn't have to. He would mess around and not fight at his talent level until later in the fight just to entertain the people
This dude was clearly much bigger than Roy too.
andre ward at 19:26?
Roy Jones, in the zone, stands alone.
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Studying the younger jones i can see that Calzaghe would have still won there fight, amazingly they fight with the very same engine but Calzaghe is far more tenacious.
"Quit boxing... that's what they should've told him 2 and a half months earlier." LOL around the 18:05 mark.
good fight roy jones and clinton
Clinton Woods was a decent fighter, brave and honest Yorkshire man but no mach for Roy Jones in any other aspect. He took it Bravely but TKO is a fair call as he would take punishment all night long and end up brain damaged. Hats off to Jones.
This is the version of Jones that should have taken on Tarver. He should have fought Tarver before he went up to HW. Would have been a tough fight, but we would truly know how Jones would have staked up against Tarver. The Jones that fought Tarver didn’t have the amazing speed, reflexes, legs and power, as exhibited in this fight. Would have been a very different fight. This was a different Jones, compared to the one who came down from HW.
Young Andre Ward @ 19:25.
no doubting clinton woods is a world calibre fighter, RJJ is just a freak
Idk if Merchant deserves HOF
Jones "pop pop popping on woods' face" 😂😂
Foreman always talked crap about Roy
I don't understand why he stopped the fight. Sure he was outclassed but he still had more in the tank. the fight could have gone longer
+Chris Banks There was no point. Woods was getting hit hard, clean, and too often, and was defenseless. It's the referee indiscretion to stop in that situation.
True
what an intro for RJJ