The Confrontation That Ended the Roy Jones Boxing Era

for a long time Roy Jones Jr dominated the professional reign s [Applause] becoming the world middleweight champion and then successfully moving through each weight division going all the way to the top I know the I'm too powerful converter here I was much too strong I'm a big puncher so I figure why waste time boxing fight box that's what he wants to do don't box let's go get him despite his success he seemed to continually seek out new titles to conquer even in the heavyweight division where he dreamed of a fight with Mike Tyson Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis Jones owned the WBA ballot but the negotiations fell through he refused to fight with Vitale Klitschko himself deciding instead to return to his usual light heavyweight but Antonio Tarver already ruled there and he had promised the whole world to dispel the myth of Jones impeccable defense in general Tarver succeeded for the last three to four years Roy Jones has hand-picked every opponent ever stepped in a ring with him he never bickered and argued when he had a less than Stellas mandatory but when Antonio Tara became his mandatory he made every excuse in the world he didn't beat nobody to get raped in the top team he didn't beat nobody beat no one Contender now I can go on and on about the dead man he fought but he claimed when I was number one I wasn't worth it so come on now let's be real about this thing we would try to abduct him or something say You must obey good luck touch-up time has got to not get this man into respect stand your ground believe you are the champion doesn't start head hunting stay right on that body Jones blocking shots with his arms and he lands a counter right stays on balance doesn't punch him and gets right out of there plans two more left hands right through the middle of Jones has been ready bro Jones has been hit very hard by him Tarver hasn't gotten off and Jones is beginning however the situation for Tarver during the fight was by no means perfect yes he locked Jones in a corner several times and hit him with a series of blows but until the sixth round tarver's coach buddy mcgirt was yelling why are you showing so much respect for him don't play with him hit him Antonio indeed it was unusual to see Tarver accustomed to acting forcefully suddenly begin to play into Jones clownery everything Antonio lost before the seventh round was lost by Tarver himself and not one by Jones by the seventh round of their first fight the marks of tarver's gloves were visible on Jones's face Jones had never performed this poorly in the ring even though he had been defeated before baby you gotta work you can't take that pressure Antonio Water please water please you can't take that pressure you got to walk home and you gotta punch okay when he stops them flurries just punch don't worry about power we got a score Point still don't want your back on the ropes you're getting your back on the roads keep your back to the center of the rain give me that time man long stubbornly like a dinosaur mcgirt's words reached tarver's mind by this time in Jones's Corner coach Alton Merkerson began to shout stop standing by the ropes your missing blows stay with your back to the center of the Ring [Music] [Music] heels gives us recognizes he's not going to win this occasion Jones has to come back in the late rounds and he's doing it deep trying to find the greatness [Music] [Applause] give thanks for putting himself out because he's doing what can't answer I can't believe Roy Jones do can't believe the world wondered how I would react to him [Music] this is [Music] a knife saved his record [Music] it later turned out that none of the judges awarded Tarver the victory but many reputable experts gave the fight a draw and Tarver can only blame himself for this from the middle of the fight every round was awarded to Roy Jones Tarver was scoring points but he allowed Jones to take away the victory taking a break in the 11th round to 112 for the winner by majority decision and once again recognized as the universally accepted a light heavyweight champion of the world sure all right let's go to Royal great fight Chad thank you man all right Antonio Tarver you gave a great effort um you ought to be congratulated but obviously you're disappointed oh yeah I'm disappointed and and I fought more than a great I fought more than I gained more than a better than a great effort I won this fight and all I needed was an opportunity against the best fighter that you all say haven't found the best so our show tonight where I measure up I am the people's Champion there's a new face in boxing in the San Antonio Tarver the magic man I prove to the world don't let your eyes fool you don't listen to these commentators you saw it for yourself Antonio Tarver beat the man tonight so that makes me the man after the first fight with Jones Tarver shouted so persistently that he was robbed of victory that it seemed like he would file a police report and bring the judges before a criminal court however Antonio got what he wanted he immediately received the right to a rematch and a serious split occurred in the boxing community too many professionals were fed up with Jones's fooling around for long he had sat at the top not wanting to really box he was condemned as often as he was cheer The Spectators did not like that he was inactive in the ring avoiding the blows of his opponents and not seeking to attack thanks to his amazing reflexes Jones was the king for a long time but in the fight with Tarver even if his reflexes did not disappear they certainly stopped saving him Jones blamed the weight cut as the reason for his poor performance I'm very tired because of it that fight turned out to be difficult for me precisely because of the wake I had to drop over 11 kilograms Tarver remembered that excuse seconds before the start of their second bout referee Jay Nady asked if the boxers had any questions yes Tarver replied I have a question I got a question and there were booze in the house during the first fight come back in time and already Jones is much more active for Jones has been very loyal to people who work for him and to his friends what excuse will you use today Roy there was no excuse in the second round Jones was on the floor of the ring for the first time in his career and it was The Knockout of the Year according to the Ring magazine [Applause] and that's amazing what a statement by Antonio Tarver one big left-hand shot he said where excuses he have night boy no excuses in his natural body style might give him the chance to do it let's go to Michael Buffer with the particulars on the knockouts did you see that he was vulnerable the way he was fighting you no the man came out strong he tried to dictate early but I stayed confident I stayed composed and uh you know I just I knew it was a matter of time when God is with you can nothing be against you and I know it was my time judge that judge that baby right it was a first time for everything yeah you know how that goes there and there's no excuses on my part I come out I do what I do you know I've had an illustrious career I've enjoyed What I've Done um you know I had guys always up to fight Roy Jones Jr Roy Jones he has a hard time getting up to fight guys I mean because it's really nobody out there that really feel that we're about it is noteworthy that before their third fight both boxers fought with Glenn Johnson and both lost even though the Jamaican had nine defeats by that time and now has had 21. despite this break Tarver immediately took revenge and new light heavyweight Championship [Music] [Music] not knowing how to prepare for another meeting with Tarver Jones decided to bring his father back to the coaching staff after a 12-year hiatus he later repented of this decision and blamed his father for the failed fight with Tarver According to Jones he invited Roy senior to offer him advice during breaks after which Alton Merkerson would determine the further fight strategy everyone should work as a team but my father had a different opinion he didn't want to be murchison's assistant he wanted to lead the process himself I saw it but I kept doing what I was doing Jones Jr said no matter what way you look at it it sounds like a wild and ridiculous excuse since the only thing Jones did in the ring was to avoid combat by walking along the ropes except for a couple of the more active rounds in the end there were no people left in the hall who were rooting for him three weeks ago that Roy Jones had incurred damage to his right hand while in training camp but one thing Thomas said was very interested in the meeting they want to try to use his speed do enough to win the fight if it happens it happens if they're trying to win a decision good combination by Jones in the center of the Ring Robert Jones's shots were blocked there now Tarver goes back to his jab gets changed up left hands Jones takes his speed as a Paseo you didn't hurt either been in his body to his left [Applause] again you know what happens when he goes there and there it is Carver landed the uppercut and the big left hand they haven't made full contact Aurora was rolling from those shots whistles were heard against Jones in the 11th round he almost fell into a knockout after being hit by Tarver when he staggered and hung on the ropes Tarver made a monstrous swing but the blow missed the Target and his momentum almost threw Antonio over the ropes and out of the ring is momentarily stiffly Parker's got a chance Barbara thinks he might be playing possum a little bit now [Applause] but suddenly wobbly lagged against Jones and now he goes back to firing his head up with an uppercut this was almost a 10-8 round for Antonio talker as a result Roy Jr who was not inferior to anyone before meeting Tarver suffered a third defeat in a row his era had ended in their first battle and by the last he was flying into the abyss mysteriously recognize the light heavyweight champion of the world Antonio [Music] [Applause] [Music] he was later defeated by Joe calzagi Danny Green Bernard Hopkins Dennis lebedev and Enzo mccaranelli Jones would have left boxing without knowing any real defeat before fighting Tarver he had lost only to Montel Griffin due to disqualification but took revenge in the first round of their rematch after beating Tarver Jones made plans I will have another mega cash heavyweight fight against Mike Tyson and put an end to it in fact his words were radically at odds with his d 's defeat neither spared Tarver nor ended his career after defeating Jones he was defeated in his next fight by Bernard Hopkins and later Chad Dawson finally knocked Tarver out of the top ten even his appearance in victory over Sylvester Stallone in the movie Rocky Balboa could not improve his image please do not forget to like this video If you enjoyed it and subscribe to our channel so you won't miss any new episodes about the boxing Legends of the past see you 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Length: 16min 0sec (960 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 19 2023