Best Switch Hitters In Boxing
Terence Crawford — While it is difficult to impossible for any boxer to achieve a perfect game from one stance, Crawford seems virtually flawless from both.
Terence Crawford — While it is difficult to impossible for any boxer to achieve a perfect game from one stance, Crawford seems virtually flawless from both.
This one was just bad. Embarrassingly bad. Last night, in an exhibition bout that actually took place Miami, Florida but was hyped as taking place in the ‘Metaverse,’ a long since faded Roy Jones, aged 54, took on bodybuilder and influencer NDO Champ – real name Robert Wilmote.
Pound-for-pound lists, you either love ’em or hate ’em. Or maybe you choose to pay no attention to them. Whatever the case – and read on if you wish to, or do otherwise if you wish to – the man who at one time resided at the very top of the mythical charts, Roy Jones Junior, or “Superman” in his prime (and he really was) has given his new P-4-P list.
Is former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua about to hook up yet another new trainer? While Joshua – set now to return to the ring next year, not this year – has said he has plenty of respect for Robert Garcia, who was brought in earlier this year in an effort to avenge the 2021 loss to Oleksandr Usyk, he also said he wants to remain a “free spirit.”
Dubbed” Superman,” Roy Jones Junior was at his soaring peak. Having ruled the world at middleweight and at super-middleweight, 28 year old Jones was now the light-heavyweight boss.
The boxing calendar is literally filled with notable birthdays here in the month of January: Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Hopkins. And Jones: Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Vs. Carl Froch – who wins? This would have been a great fight back in the day but now, well, it looks as though there is a chance we can add Jones-Froch to the seemingly never ending list of “curiosity fights,” exhibitions between ageing former champions – freak shows.
18 years ago today, boxing history was made in Las Vegas, while an all-time great put the icing of icings on his four-tier cake.
It’s only when you take a look back at the prime Roy Jones Jr in action that you can appreciate just how amazingly special he really was.
In light of how hugely successful the recent Mike Tyson-Roy Jones exhibition bout was, we knew there would be more to come.