Reply #12: About what I expected

[Awsi Dooger]

I just got back from watching the fight in a sportsbook. The casual fans were miffed at Jones not being more active, and the cutesy showboating, but that was very predictable given his age, loss of speed, nature of his last two fights and Tarver's physical edges.

I made a small bet on Tarver at the last minute. Just couldn't get myself to wager big against a fighter as talented as Jones, someone who I won a ton of bets on during his career. I knew it was window dressing when he looked so ripped in the weigh-in. That doesn't mean anything when your reflexes are not what they were. The keys were what you emphasized; speed fighters decline sooner than punchers, and Jones can no longer put multiple punches together.

In a way, it was worse witnessing Roy Jones losing one round after another than getting knocked out. I hope he gives it up. No sense in fighting a lesser guy just to say you went out with a victory. He can't beat the top fighters anymore.