Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

Who wins?

Jones - Decision
10
59%
Jones - KO/TKO
1
6%
DRAW
0
No votes
Byrd - KO/TKO
1
6%
Byrd - Decision
5
29%
 
Total votes: 17

Ambling Alp II
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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I certainly don't think Byrd was quicker and more elusive than Jones. In fact, I think Jones was better at literally everything than Byrd. This would be a fairly boring fight with Jones winning a lopsided decision.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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Ambling Alp II wrote: 16 Jan 2018, 16:58 I certainly don't think Byrd was quicker and more elusive than Jones. In fact, I think Jones was better at literally everything than Byrd. This would be a fairly boring fight with Jones winning a lopsided decision.
We agree to disagree. Jones looked fairly good against the slow plodding Ruiz, but how would he fair with Byrd who made a career out of making monsters (like Tua) look ordinary? If anything it's an even contest.

I was more impressed, personally, by James Toney as a heavyweight than I was Jones and Byrd.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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Well there was more to be impressed about in the case of HW's Toney vs Jones.......


vs Byrd I'm not as sure.......Could Toney convince Vitali to separate his rotater cuff in the same manner Byrd was able to do? It's a good question.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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For what it's worth, Jones had less trouble with Ruiz than Toney did.
Actually, Byrd-Toney may have been interesting. At one time there was talk about a fight between them in Detroit.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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Wonder if Jones would have fared any better than Ruiz against the Beast. I would have paid to see Jones or Toney against him just for the Mutt/Jeff aspect.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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BoxBuzz wrote: 23 Feb 2018, 16:41 Wonder if Jones would have fared any better than Ruiz against the Beast. I would have paid to see Jones or Toney against him just for the Mutt/Jeff aspect.
Valuev? They would play with him. I'd like to see Valuev vs Lennox Lewis more though. Watching 7 feet tall 350 lbs guy being KTFOed in 1-2 rounds would be amazing. And if 6'3'' top-20 contender Monte Barrett was landing at will his right hand against Valuev, 6'5'' ATG Lennox Lewis would definitely land more :OhYes:
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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Boxing Writer.......I guess i just gotta mention this....just in case you hadn't noticed

...........Valuev was very tall.

Very tall indeed. Perhaps even remarkably so.

Now....with that succinctly stated.... it's fully up to you....but you may want to reconsider your answer.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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BoxBuzz wrote: 23 Feb 2018, 21:05 Boxing Writer.......I guess i just gotta mention this....just in case you hadn't noticed

...........Valuev was very tall.

Very tall indeed. Perhaps even remarkably so.

Now....with that succinctly stated.... it's fully up to you....but you may want to reconsider your answer.
You mean that 5'9'' Toney schooling 7'0'' Valuev would look more impressve than 6'5'' Lennox Lewis knocking him out? Probably yes, but I always wanted to see Valuev being KTFOed.
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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I don't disagree at all, I'm just parodying a former contributor for giving "tallness" the "allness".
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Re: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Chris Byrd - 2003

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BoxBuzz wrote: 05 Jan 2019, 13:15 I don't disagree at all, I'm just parodying a former contributor for giving "tallness" the "allness".
LOL, I smell Wilt Chamberlain's biggest fan!
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