@deepbg1 oh man too true.if roy and floyd where in the same era,age,weightclass it would have been an incredible fight but roy would have came out on top
@Pontan87 do what? he refused to rematch hopkins, even made a rap song or reference in a rap song about it, over money. this is prize fighting, you will be unlikely to locate a single man that doesn't eventually become filled with money ambitions. only one who wouldn't would have to be a person from the gutter with no family or something.
once he said that the best piece of advise he heared was "quit while u are ahead"...but he didnt apply it :( roy was my hero when i was a lil kid...i used to admire him so much...dont care what people say,for me he's a legend,the best boxer to ever step on the ring...
@shadows987987 if u quit in order to keep your legacy alive i think it is good...no boxer can admit he got old and that he isnt the boxer he used to be...but like this he destroys what he built for years...roy for example...if he had stopped after ruiz or tarver 1 he would have been undefeated (except disq with griffin)...and not like mayweather...a true undefeated champion...
Like I said it does have merit and I understand why someone would say so. But defeat is an experience, if a fighter can't recover from defeat, then how can they be great? It's like the famous saying: "Show me a fighter who has never lost and I'll show you a fighter who has never fought anybody." We all need to taste defeat, because without the weakness there is no strength.
@shadows987987 but this is not about heart or the strenght to recover from a loss...its about the effect time has on every1...and in the fight with time,time always wins :) roy got old and he should had noticed he wasnt the same...i know its hard to say "i got old" especially when u r great...but...
Time defeats us humans and then forgets us. Defeat is hard as hell to admit. But I believe that admitting you lost is also a strength. Pride gets us no where.
You can only go as far as you can without losing. Tarver's left hook destroyed Jones career. Jones was the most spectacular boxer in the last 20 years, but as we all know everything has an end.
Roy Jones the only man in history, that could throw an uppercut faster than his opposition could a jab! and the only man i know, that knocked out a guy with his hands behind his back. he was so fast it was unreal but please roy quit for the fans sake. your damaging your untouchable legacy...first man in 102 years to be a middleweight and heavyweight champion..4 weight world champion
@dansmith2009774 roy jones isn't about his record or his legacy...he knows who he was and where he ranks amongst the greats and doesn't need anyone else to tell him that. i mean dude's 42 and he's got a fight scheduled for this december...do you really think he gives a fuck about the record at this point? he continues to fight because he's a fighter period. i respect that more than someone getting a nice record and retiring so it won't get fucked up.
@dansmith2009774 ya i feel you..some people already see him as a joke, which is sad. but true boxing fans will never forget who he was and how great he was.
Maybe Roy should have stayed at heavyweight. You can't do the whole up and down weights when it's up and down including heavyweight. Just too much strain
@tatertots00 common duran aint better than leonard!!!he made him retire in a rematch how often does that happen?!?!and ali doesnt deserve to be in top 5...peace...
The guy was definitely the greatest i ve ever seen, i like Floyd but Roy in his prime was something else.
deepbg1 1 week ago
@deepbg1 oh man too true.if roy and floyd where in the same era,age,weightclass it would have been an incredible fight but roy would have came out on top
mrpointment1 1 week ago
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I love all your endings very tragic and poetic.
AerialJ 1 month ago
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AerialJ 1 month ago
It was never about the money with this man...he makes me feel proud to be human...enough said...
Pontan87 1 month ago 3
@Pontan87 do what? he refused to rematch hopkins, even made a rap song or reference in a rap song about it, over money. this is prize fighting, you will be unlikely to locate a single man that doesn't eventually become filled with money ambitions. only one who wouldn't would have to be a person from the gutter with no family or something.
ShitWrangler 1 week ago
He's a fighter that just has to retire.
nfpmg 1 month ago
once he said that the best piece of advise he heared was "quit while u are ahead"...but he didnt apply it :( roy was my hero when i was a lil kid...i used to admire him so much...dont care what people say,for me he's a legend,the best boxer to ever step on the ring...
kypselialani14 1 month ago
@kypselialani14
I like and dislike that saying. It has merit, but is quiting ever good?
shadows987987 1 month ago
@shadows987987 if u quit in order to keep your legacy alive i think it is good...no boxer can admit he got old and that he isnt the boxer he used to be...but like this he destroys what he built for years...roy for example...if he had stopped after ruiz or tarver 1 he would have been undefeated (except disq with griffin)...and not like mayweather...a true undefeated champion...
kypselialani14 1 month ago
@kypselialani14
Like I said it does have merit and I understand why someone would say so. But defeat is an experience, if a fighter can't recover from defeat, then how can they be great? It's like the famous saying: "Show me a fighter who has never lost and I'll show you a fighter who has never fought anybody." We all need to taste defeat, because without the weakness there is no strength.
shadows987987 1 month ago
@shadows987987 but this is not about heart or the strenght to recover from a loss...its about the effect time has on every1...and in the fight with time,time always wins :) roy got old and he should had noticed he wasnt the same...i know its hard to say "i got old" especially when u r great...but...
kypselialani14 1 month ago
@kypselialani14
Time defeats us humans and then forgets us. Defeat is hard as hell to admit. But I believe that admitting you lost is also a strength. Pride gets us no where.
shadows987987 1 month ago
@shadows987987 totally agree...admitting the defeat from time is also strenght...very well said...
kypselialani14 1 month ago
@kypselialani14
And not only from time, it is a strength to admit that we lost this time, but are going to try harder the next time.
shadows987987 1 month ago
Jones in his prime was in other league
zimbreator 2 months ago 3
You can only go as far as you can without losing. Tarver's left hook destroyed Jones career. Jones was the most spectacular boxer in the last 20 years, but as we all know everything has an end.
strkx1 2 months ago
roy jones jnr is a legend
arnoldswarzy 2 months ago
who was the best fighter he fought ?
EBTerriers 3 months ago
@EBTerriers Hopkins/Toney/Calzaghe
KillerKid 3 months ago
@KillerKid He beat a green hopkins and a weight drained Toney lol
EBTerriers 3 months ago
@EBTerriers Well Hopkins didn't want any in 2002 when Roy Jones was calling him up.
KillerKid 3 months ago 2
@KillerKid
Thats what Im talkin about,and he is still in the rong,Roy Jones jr. one of the greatest.
Regzus 2 months ago
sick video!
labrostrainer 3 months ago
Roy Jones the only man in history, that could throw an uppercut faster than his opposition could a jab! and the only man i know, that knocked out a guy with his hands behind his back. he was so fast it was unreal but please roy quit for the fans sake. your damaging your untouchable legacy...first man in 102 years to be a middleweight and heavyweight champion..4 weight world champion
dansmith2009774 3 months ago
@dansmith2009774 roy jones isn't about his record or his legacy...he knows who he was and where he ranks amongst the greats and doesn't need anyone else to tell him that. i mean dude's 42 and he's got a fight scheduled for this december...do you really think he gives a fuck about the record at this point? he continues to fight because he's a fighter period. i respect that more than someone getting a nice record and retiring so it won't get fucked up.
EndLikeLeviathan 3 months ago
@EndLikeLeviathan i agree with what your saying, id just hate to see a great boxer become a joke. and roy if not already soon will be.
dansmith2009774 3 months ago
@dansmith2009774 ya i feel you..some people already see him as a joke, which is sad. but true boxing fans will never forget who he was and how great he was.
EndLikeLeviathan 3 months ago
Saddest story in boxing over the last 10 years
Tracywithafacey 3 months ago
Maybe Roy should have stayed at heavyweight. You can't do the whole up and down weights when it's up and down including heavyweight. Just too much strain
Tracywithafacey 3 months ago
just cuz he lost dont mean he dont deserve props.also i think mayweather would loose to jones.
wemolaski 3 months ago
He's gonna fight again this year. Does he have no money or what?
KravaLLT 4 months ago
The best fighter in history!
TheDanielW22 4 months ago
He fough a buncht of bumbs other than b hop and toney.
sherrod3879 4 months ago
this guy makes boxing look so easy truely artistic wat this guy does in the ring
boxfan88 5 months ago
Great music! Great editing! Geat videos!
Phatfarm1980 6 months ago
'He's a fighting cock and a fighting cock fights until he dies or until he's lost'
- I'm struggling to name more than 5 of these in boxing today, and none of them are as good as Roy was. Sad.
cringlec1 7 months ago 13
@cringlec1 arturo gatti
koolxjames3 3 months ago
man what a legend.... too bad to see him go off this way
keithownseveryone09 9 months ago 10
@keithownseveryone09 i know right! when you have success like he did you cant just simply hang the gloves...it's just not that easy.
puraraza5 4 months ago
@GPbackup Great Compilation of HD Footage over the years, this vid in my favorites, rate this comment everyone.
RobertJohnGardner 9 months ago
My favorite boxer of all time but please retire. Good video by the way.
runayuso 9 months ago
Top 4 boxers of all time
1. Roy Jones Jr
2. Julio Ceasar Chavez
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Roberto Duran
tatertots00 9 months ago
@tatertots00
good joke
Fieras123 9 months ago
@Fieras123 Roy is definitively #1 but you can switch Ali Chavez and Duran how ever you wish.
tatertots00 9 months ago
@tatertots00 i agree with the number 1 slot but where's sugar ray leonard,bernard hopkins and mike tyson?!?!!?
kypselialani14 5 months ago
@kypselialani14
Leonard is #5
Hopkins is somewhere from 6-10
Tyson is top 100
tatertots00 5 months ago
@tatertots00 common duran aint better than leonard!!!he made him retire in a rematch how often does that happen?!?!
kypselialani14 5 months ago
@tatertots00 common duran aint better than leonard!!!he made him retire in a rematch how often does that happen?!?!and ali doesnt deserve to be in top 5...peace...
kypselialani14 5 months ago
awesome video. Brilliantly composed.
simozonelayer 9 months ago
DOLCI!!! That was awesome!
bionicprince 9 months ago
Another great video by Gorilla, amazing videos keep em up
Aidin18Boxer 9 months ago
amazing vid
4mirkhan 9 months ago