Anyone remember Colin Jones ?
He was from Wales.
I saw 3 fights he had.
The two close contests with Milt McCrory were quality.
Long time ago I know and I'm just going off memory.
The cut he recieved from Don Cury in Birmingham was horrible.
That said Colin was a gutsy fighter.
Decent all round boxer as I remember.
Whatever happend to him ?
Seemed like a good kid.
Colin Jones
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i recall when curry beat him the ring was showered with bottles and glasses a la hagler / minter. seemed to be a bit of a trend back then, those fella`s who did that are probably the same old fella`s these days standing at bus stops moaning about lack of manners in todays society.
jones v laing were amazing fights as well, the look on laings face in the second fight when he`s sitting on the canvas says it all.
jones could really bang, and to be fair off the top of my head i dont remember him being dominated by curry, he just cut.
jones v laing were amazing fights as well, the look on laings face in the second fight when he`s sitting on the canvas says it all.
jones could really bang, and to be fair off the top of my head i dont remember him being dominated by curry, he just cut.
The fights to see are the ones against Kirkland Lang (very very talented fighter who beat Roberto Duran in the early 1980,s) Lang was a very flashy boxer with many tricks (Bolo punch ect) and many in the uk disliked him for what they saw as his arrogant attitude.In his two fights with Jones he was given jones an absoulute boxing lesson when jones hit him with thunderous shots and stopped him in the ninth round.The second fight was the most dramatic ,Jones was in trouble having been hit with low blows ,and Langford got a bit to gung ho when Jones hit him with one of the most incredible punchs I have ever seen,it lifted Langford off his feet!!! He got up but fell in to the ropes and the fight was stopped ,it was an amazing punch like something out of Rocky.Jones was a good fighter but a bit of a slow starter and a bit one paced at top level.Having said that ,he was the hardest punching fighter that Britain produced in the 1980,s ,if he caught you ,he could k.o you with one punch ( Pete Seward was out before he hit the floor) AWESOME PUNCHER!
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>>>jones v laing were amazing fights as well, the look on laings face in the second fight when he`s sitting on the canvas says it all.<<<
Laing was out-boxing Jones pretty easily, but that ever-equalizing power came into the mix on both occasions. It was a right hand that put the hurting on Laing in the first bout and a left hook did the damage in the second. Jones was one of those fighters that needed only to land one clean punch, which if the one punch did not immediately put his opponent out, it most certainly had the opponent stepping in post holes.
Laing was out-boxing Jones pretty easily, but that ever-equalizing power came into the mix on both occasions. It was a right hand that put the hurting on Laing in the first bout and a left hook did the damage in the second. Jones was one of those fighters that needed only to land one clean punch, which if the one punch did not immediately put his opponent out, it most certainly had the opponent stepping in post holes.
I've got alot of memories of Colin Jones. He was heading towards decision losses in both fights against Kirkland Laing when he caught him in the 9th round. When he did it the second time it must have felt like getting struck by lightning twice for Laing, who was a very good fighter. After that Jones was giving overmatched American Curtis Ramsey a beating, when after his opponent took a knee, Jones hit him while he was down and got his first loss, via DQ. Then came the two fights with Milton McCrory. In the first bout, McCrory totally dominated the first 5 rounds, scoring heavily with his jab and occasional leads, but Jones started making a little headway and won the 6th and 7th rounds, and by the 8th he had totally turned the tide. A big contingent of Jones supporters started singing "Colin Jones, Colin Jones, Colin Jones" Rounds 9, 10, and 11 went to the Welshman as well, and going in the final round I had it 6 rounds to 5 for Jones. Before the last round, Emmanuel Steward was begging McCrory to fight back, and told him he needed the last round. McCrory, who was suffering from dehydration came out in the 12th and threw flurries of harmless arm punches for practically the entire round, and while he was unable to do any damage he succeeded in smother Jones for the last 3 minutes. Then my last memory of the fight. The first judge scored it for McCrory, the second for Jones, and then the ring announcer said "115 McCrory" and Milton's corner lifted him up with his arms raised, and seconds later that was followed by the announcers saying "115 Jones the fight is a draw". There was total disbelief on Milton McCrory's face, but a draw was exactly what I scored it as well.
The rematch, unfortunately perhaps for Jones, was held outdoors in the heat of a Summer afternoon. This time I really liked Jones' chances, but in the first round he got nailed with a counter and put on the canvas. Again though, Jones gave a good account of himself and in round 7 he appeared to have hurt McCrory with a bodyshot and gave him a pounding on the ropes. In all 24 rds I think the 7th in the 2nd bout was the most decisive. Once again at the end, I scored it a draw, though this time McCrory got a SD.
The fight against Donald Curry in Birmingham, was one of the Cobra's finest performances, as he ripped Jones with lefts and rights to the head from practically the opening bell. To his credit, Jones fought back bravely, and I thought even won one of the 4 rds, before the bridge of his nose became detached causing the bout to be stopped. Still vividly remember Jones crying out loud when the ring physician said he could not continue. Afterwards, Donald Curry said he knew Jones was tough, and he was anticipating the fight going the distance, but then he got into the ring and said it had a spongy feel to it, and he was worried about having tired legs in the late rounds. Then and there Curry said he switched his fight plan and decided to go for the KO early. Last, the bout also created bad feelings between Curry and McCrory, when Milton showed up at a fight conference and announced his people were planning on setting up McCrory v Jones III next.
The rematch, unfortunately perhaps for Jones, was held outdoors in the heat of a Summer afternoon. This time I really liked Jones' chances, but in the first round he got nailed with a counter and put on the canvas. Again though, Jones gave a good account of himself and in round 7 he appeared to have hurt McCrory with a bodyshot and gave him a pounding on the ropes. In all 24 rds I think the 7th in the 2nd bout was the most decisive. Once again at the end, I scored it a draw, though this time McCrory got a SD.
The fight against Donald Curry in Birmingham, was one of the Cobra's finest performances, as he ripped Jones with lefts and rights to the head from practically the opening bell. To his credit, Jones fought back bravely, and I thought even won one of the 4 rds, before the bridge of his nose became detached causing the bout to be stopped. Still vividly remember Jones crying out loud when the ring physician said he could not continue. Afterwards, Donald Curry said he knew Jones was tough, and he was anticipating the fight going the distance, but then he got into the ring and said it had a spongy feel to it, and he was worried about having tired legs in the late rounds. Then and there Curry said he switched his fight plan and decided to go for the KO early. Last, the bout also created bad feelings between Curry and McCrory, when Milton showed up at a fight conference and announced his people were planning on setting up McCrory v Jones III next.
Jones was a great puncher, with a huge heart, his only real flaw was that he was a slow starter and didnt throw tremendous amounts of punches... against class boxers like Laing and Mccrory (who both had somewhat simular styles, though Laings was the far more unorthadox) Colin was outboxed early but then came on late... I've always thought that Colin should have been given the first Mccrory fight... also it would have been interesting to see the two fight over 15 rather than 12 rounds.....
Laing is one of the best boxers I've ever seen and had he been less an erratic character he could easily have won a world title... the fact that he never even fought for a world title is a tragedy... but he was very popular in England as despite his style he wasnt arrogant at all but a real character and he became quite a cult figure in the late 80s and early 90s....
Laing is one of the best boxers I've ever seen and had he been less an erratic character he could easily have won a world title... the fact that he never even fought for a world title is a tragedy... but he was very popular in England as despite his style he wasnt arrogant at all but a real character and he became quite a cult figure in the late 80s and early 90s....