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Here is a good match up of two great Light Heavyweights in Bob Foster (peak 1968-1974 v Roy Jones Jnr (1997-2003). I got the idea for this from seeing Bob Foster fighting Chris Finnegan on ESPN Classic.

Wouldnt of happened for one, cus Jones ducked the more risky challengers until his career was essentially over anyways. BUT....for the sake of hypotheticals alone, I'd say Foster would get passed Jones tricky defense and would eventually starch him in the 10th round.

i'm sure i'll be outnumbered with my opinion from all the "experts" on these boards but i'll take jones by decision. foster's best win was vs a 38-yr old dick tiger. besides for this win against an older, smaller fighter, there's no wins on his resume that would suggest he could beat jones.

On the other hand, there is no light heavyweight that Jones beat that was anywhere near Foster.
Tiger was past his best but still had something left. He beat Torres for the light heavyweight title and Tiger beat Benvenuti a year after he lost to Foster.
Tiger had a great chin and Foster leveled him. Sooner or later, Foster is going to get to Jones and it would be over as soon as he did.

I agree with Homocidehenry that there is no way that Jones would have taken this fight.

bjermaine wrote:i'm sure i'll be outnumbered with my opinion from all the "experts" on these boards but i'll take jones by decision. foster's best win was vs a 38-yr old dick tiger. besides for this win against an older, smaller fighter, there's no wins on his resume that would suggest he could beat jones.

You would pikc Jones against Jesus, though, wouldn't you? I wouldn't be surprised if your card read a draw for Jones' second fight with Tarver

I like Foster here because of his tremendous power. However, prime Jones was very hard to hit and his reflexes were on par with the best. I just think Foster would’ve to connect only once to end the fight. I pick Foster by KO on or before the 8th round.

Hard to say if would have signed to fight him or not. Most of the evidence points out at him not signing the fight. However, he did signed to fight Toney when Toney was at his prime and considered a very dangerous fighter. The same with Griffin. Not to mention that Toney at the time almost double Jones fights.

Idisagree wrote: Hard to say if would have signed to fight him or not. Most of the evidence points out at him not signing the fight. However, he did signed to fight Toney when Toney was at his prime and considered a very dangerous fighter. The same with Griffin. Not to mention that Toney at the time almost double Jones fights.

when jones was on top, people were saying he was ducking fighters. now that he's old, people say that he's crazy for continuing his career after all his losses. is he scared to fight because he might lose or not?

I think we should just permanently affix the crown he wore into the ring against Tito to his head & call it a day

Waddaya think, BJerm? He deserves it --- the likes of Richard Hall & Glen Kelly weren't gonna beat themselves up, that's for certain 8)

Your chain is being yanked, mate. Don't be so touchy over Jones, & there'll be nothing to bait on. After all, it ain't like Foster had great competition at 175.

Jones would be winning most rounds. But it would be a matter of time before Foster lands, and then it's all over. Jones had a weak chin, and Foster hit like a mule, and he had a long reach.
Foster wins by KO!

No way Roy Jones, Jr wins this fight. Foster had too much power. One shot by the great Bob Foster and is over.

I think Roy should be listed as a middle weight where I think he matches up well with the likes of Hagler, Monzon etc. Though I don't think he would actually beat either of them. Tarver beats him in this division, cmon Foster Sparks him. Unless Roy just has a perfect night. That's my take.

Goodnight, Irene wrote: the likes of Richard Hall & Glen Kelly weren't gonna beat themselves up, that's for certain 8)

hmm, tough one. I'd say hall might just sneak an S/D over himself, with the right preparation.

Interesting match up here.

Since I considered Foster to be more overrated than Jones I can pick without bias.

Neither faced a man anything like the other...........................

I can't pick though.

elmersalsa wrote:No way Roy Jones, Jr wins this fight. Foster had too much power. One shot by the great Bob Foster and is over.

most of you look at jones' KOs to tarver and johnson and you think this. we're talking prime vs prime. foster beats a post-heavyweight jones easy but that was hardly a prime jones. the same logic could be applied the other way by looking at how ahumeda outboxed and dominated foster near the end of his career. that was hardly a prime foster. foster is a tough match-up for any light heavy ever because of his size and power but some of you act like jones was stopped everytime he got in the ring. jones wasn't tex cobb but i doubt you can go through the prime of your career, be named fighter of the decade and not take some shots at some point. i don't see anyone on these boards questioning ezzard charles' chin. he lost 25 times and was ko'd on 7 occasions but anyone with a brain knows he's one of the greatest fighters ever.

Jones did well as long as he could be fast enough to elude. Like I say a perfect night and does fine. But he can't afford many mistakes with Foster...wouldn't you agree?

BoxBuzz wrote:Jones did well as long as he could be fast enough to elude. Like I say a perfect night and does fine. But he can't afford many mistakes with Foster...wouldn't you agree?

I agree Buzz, If Jones boxes a perfect fight he can win this.

And although people always comment on his avioding guys, Jones in his prime was a real talent, he had the best handspeed of anyone at 175 IMO. Add that to his defencive skill and reflexes and this fight becomes really hard to pick.

It has 2 scenarios, Jones boxes to a UD and makes Foster miss and look ordinary. Or Foster catches Jones and sparks him.

ben k wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:Jones did well as long as he could be fast enough to elude. Like I say a perfect night and does fine. But he can't afford many mistakes with Foster...wouldn't you agree?

I agree Buzz, If Jones boxes a perfect fight he can win this.

And although people always comment on his avioding guys, Jones in his prime was a real talent, he had the best handspeed of anyone at 175 IMO. Add that to his defencive skill and reflexes and this fight becomes really hard to pick.

It has 2 scenarios, Jones boxes to a UD and makes Foster miss and look ordinary. Or Foster catches Jones and sparks him.

I can see these scenarios.

At the same time though Foster was an excellent boxer who was even outjabbing Ali. Don't know if Jones has the power to exploit Foster's weakness though.