The rematch was pretty irrelevant to me too. The time for that to happen was late 2001 or early 2002, they both had a ton of momentum and star power by that point and both were at the apex of their abilities as well. It is a damn shame it didn't happen then but that's boxing, great matchups that happen years too late are sadly too common.
Hooks are the slowest punches in boxing but when Roy throws his it’s so quick you barely see it he gave Hopkins a two punch counter hooks I’ve never seen that In my life incredible!!
Roy Jones is a good friend and in the 90s was considered the best Boxer in Boxing period, he fought a very smart fighter great champion as well in "Bernard Hopkins" who is very elite, and groomed, with balls! The 2nd fight was meaningless because they were both past their prime!
Nobody and I repeat NOBODY beats a prime Roy Jones Jr. And Roy gets even better after this fight. Roy made great fighters look slow and average. Roy had it all and had power !!! Roy beats Canelo Alvarez, Mayweather, Hagler, Hearns, Leonard. Fighters in their prime ...... Roy Jones is the best to ever step in a ring. Fastest hands in the history of boxing, most athletic boxer ever. It's like God made him the perfect fighter. Roy was gifted so far above everyone else it was the reason for his eventual defeat. He never needed to learn the defensive boxing skills like proper head movement, keep your hands up, body positioning like normal pro great fighters had to learn. When he aged past his prime he didn't understand how to not get hit anymore.
lol You know a fight is boring when the announcers start tlaking about how good the referee is doing ;D Nah it was a good fight I think, not very exciting but a good display of the science.
Great fight, but what was the purpose of mentioning the 4yrs in prison for a chain snatching? I like how the other commentator kept calling shots and defused that crap.
•Two legends on undercard •Seem like more people talk about the rematch in a funny way more than this chess match 😭🔥 •116-112 for Roy is what i had as well lmao
That's Roy, not even at 100%, completely shutting down a guy who is - consensus - a top 2 or 3 middleweight of all-time. Hopkins fought that exact same way for the next 10 years with an incredible amount of success, but would have never won more than, legitimate, 2 rounds against Roy with them both at their best. At peak, he is at least a 10-1 favorite against any 160, 168 or 175 guys in history. That is the greatest, pound for pound.
@@brudderstyles3479 there was never any point in his career where what he displayed in the ring would have been close to Roy at this point in his career.
Why do you overlook other Guys , all Champions at 160,168, and 175 , like Mc Clellan , who was the most decorated MW Champion during this time ,91-95 and held 2 Titles Simultaneously for a short while , and beat Jones in their only ever meeting as Amateurs , or Frankie Liles , WBA SMW Champion 93-98 , who also boasts 2 victories over Jones as Amateurs , at 168 along with other SMW Champions like WBC and WBO Champions Benn and Collins and then there's the 2 European Guys Rocchigiani and Michalczewski , who were screwed and robbed of their WBC , WBA and IBF LHW Titles so Jones county beat lesser opponents to claim these Titles , how do you know he could beat these Guys ?
@@francishegarty8087 anyone can beat anyone, by that logic. McClellan was great, Benn was dangerous too - but Roy completely iced Mulinga who beat Benn...what you can see, actually watch, is that no one ever came close to beating Roy for more than a round during this stretch, and that includes James Toney and Hopkins, who are pretty well established as all-time greats. So pointing to guys who had good careers is fine, but the reality is the only fights that anyone actually believed would be competitive were fantasy fights against Ray Robinson or Marvin Hagler. Those guys you mentioned refused to come to the US to fight, no one even really was that interested in the Hopkins rematch because you could watch what each guy was doing, and Roy was literally just light years ahead of EVERYONE during that stretch from 93-99.
5:46 lolol look at the announcer dude left jaw line... right behind it the little rop thing is wiggling around like his jaw is making it happen.... that's fuckin weird hahaha Funny though ;D
@@Pittsportboy Think about it, he only became a legend at 160 because both Jones and James toney allowed it by moving up in weight, other wise he would have never dominated that weight class. Two real legends left and he dominated after....
@@noneyabusinesshomie Well Hopkins wanted that rematch, but both of them couldn’t come to terms to make it happen when both of them were at their best.
@@noneyabusinesshomiethat takes nothing away from Hopkins that Roy and James couldn't keep making 160, while the always disciplined Hopkins had no problems doing it. He still dominated the Division for years and beat some Legends while he was at it.
Merchant: "Yeah, but I've seen Ray Leonard and, ah, Roy Jones is no Ray Leonard." I've seen Ray Leonard, too. And, Roy is better. People like Merchant, Burt Sugar and Bernard Fernandez refused to acknowledge what they were seeing. Which was, with all due respect to Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson, the most gifted boxer in history. Hopkins is an all-time great middleweight and Roy just handled him, easily.
Roy Jones in his prime aginst B hop, or Marvin Hagler, would be great fights. I think Jones wins with speed and angles. But Hagler would give Roy trouble because he is a dog. Constant and tenacious.
Catching up on all the Roy Jones fights i missed but catching up during this covid era,it was a good fight and i thought Roy would win and i like B-Hop but it wasn't his night or fight,Emmett***
Aside from Gil Clancy, the announce team for this fight is just awful. Two of the greatest ever went 12 rounds with each other, each fighting with as high a level of skill and determination as you're likely to see and Merchant and Lampley can't seem to muster the level of respect due a novice toughman competitor.
Larry Merchant didn't like any Boxers that weren't willing to get Brain Damage for his entertainment. Ultimate Hater, who's supposedly an appreciator of the Sport.
Larry just didn’t like Hopkins at all. When Hopkins beat Oscar 10 years later, it hurt Larry so much that Oscar lost that Larry could barely interview him. Larry loved Oscar though.
Rok jones is great fighters & hopkins too.!!.. But ... If they face sugar ray leonard or thomas hearn or marvelous marvin haggler or duran..iam pretty sure they won't make it till 3-4 rounds . Bcoz haggler,learnord,duran, hearns ..was a monster 👹 back then...... ..no one's can be in the ring with them....this 4 fighters was the king's in their division.. The 4 king's 👑👑👑👑. always will be as 👑 king's ....in the past,, in today's era and in coming future era..... there's ..no fighters can take their thrones....in any era's..that the true facts......
This fight shows how crafty bhop is, and how athletic Roy Jones is. But Floyd Mayweather had speed like Roy, enough power, craft beyond Bhop, and more defensive skills. Pound 4 Pound, I think Floyd Mayweather wins on points.
Not against a prime Roy nah Roy is bigger with the same speed plus is style is so unique leads with hooks throws the hook at weird angles plus he had power and a high ring iq he beat Benard Hopkins with a broken right hand so he won the fight with one hand sorry too athletic too strong too smart too big
How could u think Hopkins won when he scared to get hit he landed about 20 percent of his punches not many power punches can you really win a fight on 20 percent accuracy and most of them were probably jabs he landed lol
Nobody and I repeat NOBODY beats a prime Roy Jones Jr. And Roy gets even better after this fight. Roy made great fighters look slow and average. Roy had it all and had power !!! Roy beats Canelo Alvarez, Mayweather, Hagler, Hearns, Leonard. Fighters in their prime ...... Roy Jones is the best to ever step in a ring. Fastest hands in the history of boxing, most athletic boxer ever. It's like God made him the perfect fighter. Roy was gifted so far above everyone else it was the reason for his eventual defeat. He never needed to learn the defensive boxing skills like proper head movement, keep your hands up, body positioning like normal pro great fighters had to learn. When he aged past his prime he didn't understand how to not get hit anymore.
@@lifeisgood3589 Not for anything but although I agree with you Roy Jones was definitely fast and strong and I think he would’ve beat Hagler but his competition was also lacking. and when he was put up against level competition like the first Griffith fight he had a tough time. That was a prime Roy Jones. If he doesn’t get that KO and wasn’t DQ’d that would’ve been a close fight at the to the end. I think you would agree that was a prime Roy Jones and he wasn’t dominant that night against Griffith.
They were over rated they have more loses than Pacquiao pac has 7 losses Roy Jones have like 9 losses Hopkins have 10 or 11 losses stop nutt hugging them please
Believe me, All the boxers that these prime boxers have beaten were unlucky since they were the prime fighters, if Bernard hopkins and the other boxers from back then fought now they would've been champions.
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This was an undercard event. No one knew they were watching two legends in their only significant meeting (the second fight was meaningless imo)
The rematch was pretty irrelevant to me too. The time for that to happen was late 2001 or early 2002, they both had a ton of momentum and star power by that point and both were at the apex of their abilities as well. It is a damn shame it didn't happen then but that's boxing, great matchups that happen years too late are sadly too common.
True story!
Hooks are the slowest punches in boxing but when Roy throws his it’s so quick you barely see it he gave Hopkins a two punch counter hooks I’ve never seen that In my life incredible!!
Because he throws from the elbow, and not the shoulder.
@@lyonahjudah1549 very good catch. Your hooks are alot faster when you throw from an angle using the elbow instead of your shoulder.
The slowest but the most dangerous because they aim at the sides. Side of your head or body. Which could knock your wind or daze you 😂
Absolutely beautiful boxing by Roy Jones
I'm a roy jones fan, he is my favorite boxer of all time ever, buy give Bhop his credit man this was a prime roy jones and Bhop held his own
Its difficult to look good against Bernard Hopkins, as we'd find out the next 20 years or so.
32:19 When Jones starts dancing a little like that in the ring. That means he just figured you out 😂
cold asf 😂😂😂🕺🏽🕺🏽
The fact that this was an undercard fight is crazy
Roy Jones is a good friend and in the 90s was considered the best Boxer in Boxing period, he fought a very smart fighter great champion as well in "Bernard Hopkins" who is very elite, and groomed, with balls!
The 2nd fight was meaningless because they were both past their prime!
cap
Nobody and I repeat NOBODY beats a prime Roy Jones Jr. And Roy gets even better after this fight. Roy made great fighters look slow and average. Roy had it all and had power !!! Roy beats Canelo Alvarez, Mayweather, Hagler, Hearns, Leonard. Fighters in their prime ...... Roy Jones is the best to ever step in a ring. Fastest hands in the history of boxing, most athletic boxer ever. It's like God made him the perfect fighter. Roy was gifted so far above everyone else it was the reason for his eventual defeat. He never needed to learn the defensive boxing skills like proper head movement, keep your hands up, body positioning like normal pro great fighters had to learn. When he aged past his prime he didn't understand how to not get hit anymore.
At the middleweight classes and light heavyweight no one touches Roy your absolutely right my friend
Agreed. In hindsight, Roy was done after the first Tarver fight. His record at that time was 49-1, the loss being a disqualification
How would Mayweather and Jones even fight? They were in completely different weight classes.
@@tmac1499 Yup.
How is he a perfect fighter with a weak chin?
I have never seen a fighter after a Prime Roy Jones with that kind of speed.
Lomachenko
@@krastoskoLoma doesn't have this kind of speed.
47:04 BHOP took a body shot and clearly lowered his hands for the next 30-40 secs until recovered lol
good eye yeah he took that flush to liver
Nothing boring about this fight.
It was boring.
Back when world title fights between the top 2 contenders would be on the undercard. Boxing’s last great decade was the 90’s 😢
Roy Jones is so honest.
This was my first ever boxing match i saw. Seeing bhop costume made him my favorite fighter.
Roy jones definitely the best , skillful middleweight of the 90s a pure technician.👍
His body is just different, did he do gymnastics training? His biceps look like he did rings.
Roy’s hand speed is sick!
Foot speed and body placement too
@@TheJofrica Facts
@@miltongreenjr3883 👍😃
Solid uploads!
Roy won this fight with a busted right hand😂😂😂
Facts I’m surprised that he didn’t say anything about it after he won
This is great experience from legends .
This is the one that mattered
whenever roy hears - olympi silver medalist - he must be like... daaaamn it...
Dude in the crowd with that hat on looks like a time traveler that just came from one of Jack Johnson’s fights with that hat on lol
59:20 that old commentator didnt know then how wrong he was with his prediction of jones vs toney fight.
WTF was that opening? Did Merchant pay for the video?
Is there any place where this doesn't look so grainy? Id like an HD version Im willing to pay a subscription to see classic fights.
HD cameras weren’t being used back then.
14:02 15:17
Wait this was on the undercard???
They will meet 17 years later. But damn imagine this not being a main event on any given night.
Roy Jones beat the brakes out of b.hop
Sure did
He won but not beat the breaks off of him
Looks like Roy Jones barber 😂 didn't have time to finish the back of his head
lmao
😂😂
The 90's lol.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what's up with the SNL skit before the match. That's was great tho 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really judges Bernard Hopkins maybe won 1 round!!!
This reminds me that I need to get down to my fight weight.
Jones the better fighter. Full stop
Real talk
That pic on blue and black was taken in the early 60's
That debate was actually really funny.
Roy had a injured hand in this fight
after hookins went to win how many - 16 next fights?
Actually 20 straight and a draw.
@@juangarcia-ml1by wow
lol You know a fight is boring when the announcers start tlaking about how good the referee is doing ;D
Nah it was a good fight I think, not very exciting but a good display of the science.
Jim Lampley & Larrry Merchant never appreciated the sweet science all they care about is seeing a war or knockout.
@@Pittsportboy I disagree. They are announcers, they're there to for the audience but they appreciate boxing.
51:49 😂😂😂😂 Roy!
Do you got the full Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb fight?
Great fight, but what was the purpose of mentioning the 4yrs in prison for a chain snatching? I like how the other commentator kept calling shots and defused that crap.
•Two legends on undercard
•Seem like more people talk about the rematch in a funny way more than this chess match 😭🔥
•116-112 for Roy is what i had as well lmao
BERNARD BLOCKED ALOT OF ROY PUNCHES
AND COUNTERED HIM.
Bernard blocked a lot of Jones Punches with his face
What fight was you watching
Has Larry Merchant ever not been old?
you game some say will turn around agains you .....have fun .im waiting for yuo
Hagler v Jones would’ve been a great fight
Nah, Jones gets caught early and knocked kut
@@1MillionSubscribers2025 Nah. Marvin gets blasted for 12 rounds.
That's Roy, not even at 100%, completely shutting down a guy who is - consensus - a top 2 or 3 middleweight of all-time. Hopkins fought that exact same way for the next 10 years with an incredible amount of success, but would have never won more than, legitimate, 2 rounds against Roy with them both at their best.
At peak, he is at least a 10-1 favorite against any 160, 168 or 175 guys in history. That is the greatest, pound for pound.
To be fair this was bhop fresh out of prison, he was still in the learning stages In this match
@@brudderstyles3479 there was never any point in his career where what he displayed in the ring would have been close to Roy at this point in his career.
Why do you overlook other Guys , all Champions at 160,168, and 175 , like Mc Clellan , who was the most decorated MW Champion during this time ,91-95 and held 2 Titles Simultaneously for a short while , and beat Jones in their only ever meeting as Amateurs , or Frankie Liles , WBA SMW Champion 93-98 , who also boasts 2 victories over Jones as Amateurs , at 168 along with other SMW Champions like WBC and WBO Champions Benn and Collins and then there's the 2 European Guys Rocchigiani and Michalczewski , who were screwed and robbed of their WBC , WBA and IBF LHW Titles so Jones county beat lesser opponents to claim these Titles , how do you know he could beat these Guys ?
Sorry , meant to say , so Jones could beat lesser opponents there .
@@francishegarty8087 anyone can beat anyone, by that logic. McClellan was great, Benn was dangerous too - but Roy completely iced Mulinga who beat Benn...what you can see, actually watch, is that no one ever came close to beating Roy for more than a round during this stretch, and that includes James Toney and Hopkins, who are pretty well established as all-time greats. So pointing to guys who had good careers is fine, but the reality is the only fights that anyone actually believed would be competitive were fantasy fights against Ray Robinson or Marvin Hagler. Those guys you mentioned refused to come to the US to fight, no one even really was that interested in the Hopkins rematch because you could watch what each guy was doing, and Roy was literally just light years ahead of EVERYONE during that stretch from 93-99.
This fight wasn’t nearly as close as I thought rewatching it a few years later. Jones is way better.
Round 1: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 2: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 3: Jones-9, Hopkins-10
Round 4: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 5: Jones-9, Hopkins-10
Round 6: Jones-9, Hopkins-10
Round 7: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 8: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 9: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 10: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 11: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
Round 12: Jones-10, Hopkins-9
117 Jones , 111 Hopkins
все же добро иногда побеждает.
Jones the boss
I think Tommy Hearns in his prime could beat Roy Jones Jr.
That would be an interesting fight. The best way to beat Hearns was to turn it into a slugfest and Roy didn't like to take chances like that.
5:46 lolol look at the announcer dude left jaw line... right behind it the little rop thing is wiggling around like his jaw is making it happen.... that's fuckin weird hahaha Funny though ;D
Great to see the Hopkins hype train outclassed by jones.
At the time nobody knew who he was, but that loss against Jones made him a great legend.
@@Pittsportboy
Think about it, he only became a legend at 160 because both Jones and James toney allowed it by moving up in weight, other wise he would have never dominated that weight class. Two real legends left and he dominated after....
@@noneyabusinesshomie Well Hopkins wanted that rematch, but both of them couldn’t come to terms to make it happen when both of them were at their best.
@@noneyabusinesshomiethat takes nothing away from Hopkins that Roy and James couldn't keep making 160, while the always disciplined Hopkins had no problems doing it. He still dominated the Division for years and beat some Legends while he was at it.
Merchant: "Yeah, but I've seen Ray Leonard and, ah, Roy Jones is no Ray Leonard."
I've seen Ray Leonard, too. And, Roy is better. People like Merchant, Burt Sugar and Bernard Fernandez refused to acknowledge what they were seeing. Which was, with all due respect to Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson, the most gifted boxer in history. Hopkins is an all-time great middleweight and Roy just handled him, easily.
Bernard looked like he was scared of Roy in this fight
Wow the 80's really had the worse impersonations. Today look like clones.
Roy Jones in his prime aginst B hop, or Marvin Hagler, would be great fights. I think Jones wins with speed and angles. But Hagler would give Roy trouble because he is a dog. Constant and tenacious.
Real talk shit
Roy was Ray Leonard with a lot more power. He’d have beaten Marvelous but of course it wouldn’t have been easy. Marvin never made it easy.
Next tyson vs hopkins
Hopkins not fast enough
Catching up on all the Roy Jones fights i missed but catching up during this covid era,it was a good fight and i thought Roy would win and i like B-Hop but it wasn't his night or fight,Emmett***
It's astonishing how consistently wrong the commentators are every single fight
Is This The Fight Where Hopkins Falls Out The Ring
It's the Joe Smith fight.
Larry Merchant was so vain and pompous
He was a little. I liked Larry though. He loved boxing. He’s in really poor health right now.
@@vincedidiana5781wish him good health
Aside from Gil Clancy, the announce team for this fight is just awful. Two of the greatest ever went 12 rounds with each other, each fighting with as high a level of skill and determination as you're likely to see and Merchant and Lampley can't seem to muster the level of respect due a novice toughman competitor.
Larry Merchant didn't like any Boxers that weren't willing to get Brain Damage for his entertainment. Ultimate Hater, who's supposedly an appreciator of the Sport.
Larry just didn’t like Hopkins at all. When Hopkins beat Oscar 10 years later, it hurt Larry so much that Oscar lost that Larry could barely interview him. Larry loved Oscar though.
Hopkins was never close so why does he raise his hands? beggar
Riddick Boww faught too 😂
Очередной судейский позор и очередная "грязная игра" от Хопкинса. 👎👎👎 Рой Джонс - БРАВО !!! 👏👏👏
Rok jones is great fighters & hopkins too.!!..
But ...
If they face sugar ray leonard or thomas hearn or marvelous marvin haggler or duran..iam pretty sure they won't make it till 3-4 rounds .
Bcoz haggler,learnord,duran, hearns ..was a monster 👹 back then...... ..no one's can be in the ring with them....this 4 fighters was the king's in their division..
The 4 king's 👑👑👑👑. always will be as 👑 king's ....in the past,, in today's era and in coming future era..... there's ..no fighters can take their thrones....in any era's..that the true facts......
B hop was a thug. He met boxing thug life . Chicken Farmer, from Pensicola, Florida
I love when RJJ uses the chicken (cock fight) moves on his opponents!! He is always in OUTSTANDING condition!
This fight shows how crafty bhop is, and how athletic Roy Jones is. But Floyd Mayweather had speed like Roy, enough power, craft beyond Bhop, and more defensive skills. Pound 4 Pound, I think Floyd Mayweather wins on points.
Not against a prime Roy nah Roy is bigger with the same speed plus is style is so unique leads with hooks throws the hook at weird angles plus he had power and a high ring iq he beat Benard Hopkins with a broken right hand so he won the fight with one hand sorry too athletic too strong too smart too big
@@robgrant5272 your absolutely right bro , Jones would destroy Gayweather !!!!
@@robgrant5272 Roy vs Floyd wouldn't even be legal my guy put the pipe down
Nah, Floyd get’s outpointed by Jones
The commentary is bullshit... Better to watch it on mute. IT'S A GOOD DAMN FIGHT
I had 117-111 Jones
Boxing commentary is always bad
i dont see how people thought roy won so big
Hopkins hesitant throwing punches
How could u think Hopkins won when he scared to get hit he landed about 20 percent of his punches not many power punches can you really win a fight on 20 percent accuracy and most of them were probably jabs he landed lol
You cannot be a judge lol
Hagler would demolished both of them.... the Marvellous One was the greatest Middleweight Champ ever... even greater than Carlos Monzon.
I actually think Jones gives Hagler a lot of problems
As a Hagler fan I want to agree. With that said since just an FYI I beat both of them, back to back nights!
Nobody and I repeat NOBODY beats a prime Roy Jones Jr. And Roy gets even better after this fight. Roy made great fighters look slow and average. Roy had it all and had power !!! Roy beats Canelo Alvarez, Mayweather, Hagler, Hearns, Leonard. Fighters in their prime ...... Roy Jones is the best to ever step in a ring. Fastest hands in the history of boxing, most athletic boxer ever. It's like God made him the perfect fighter. Roy was gifted so far above everyone else it was the reason for his eventual defeat. He never needed to learn the defensive boxing skills like proper head movement, keep your hands up, body positioning like normal pro great fighters had to learn. When he aged past his prime he didn't understand how to not get hit anymore.
@@lifeisgood3589 Not for anything but although I agree with you Roy Jones was definitely fast and strong and I think he would’ve beat Hagler but his competition was also lacking. and when he was put up against level competition like the first Griffith fight he had a tough time. That was a prime Roy Jones. If he doesn’t get that KO and wasn’t DQ’d that would’ve been a close fight at the to the end. I think you would agree that was a prime Roy Jones and he wasn’t dominant that night against Griffith.
totally agree!
Boring fight.
What a boring fight
They were over rated they have more loses than Pacquiao pac has 7 losses Roy Jones have like 9 losses Hopkins have 10 or 11 losses stop nutt hugging them please
Yes but how many times did Hopkins get knocked out compare to Pacquiao????
U casual dumb s*** they both was undefeated they had never lost before this was an old fight when Bernard went undefeated for over 20 fights
Believe me, All the boxers that these prime boxers have beaten were unlucky since they were the prime fighters, if Bernard hopkins and the other boxers from back then fought now they would've been champions.
If you don’t have any clue what you’re talking about you should probably just shut up.
@@twiiite541you mean undefeated like Floyd Mayweather