The knockdown of Reggie Johnson in the 3rd round is the sweetest knockdown I have ever seen. Roy was so crackling fast that Reggie throw a right jab and was countered by two punches before he even got his glove back to his chin and then Roy's quick reaction to make sure he was out of the way in case a punch was coming back at him. Amazing!
Then the right-left in the third was the fastest combination you have ever seen then. The fastest I have ever seen and then Roy his head to left and that reaction was astonishing in itself. Jones wanted to really make sure he was not getting hit or countered.
He was also Roy’s sparring partner. So not only did he hurt and drop one of the greatest P4P boxers of all time, he also knew Roy more than anyone else.. his habits, techniques, his moves, all that, and still got done like this. Roy was literally superman.
Johnson was as tough as they come, and one of the most underrated fighters of the nineties. Almost all of his losses were debatable and a couple were outright robberies. Nobody ever dominated or had it easy against him apart from Jones here - that puts into perspective what an extraordinary talent Jones was.
120-104 Roy Jones Jr Jones Johnson 1 10 8 2 10 9 3 10 8 4 10 9 5 10 8 6 10 9 7 10 9 8 10 9 9 10 8 10 10 9 11 10 9 12 10 9 When you land 1-2 total punches - I’ll give that a 10-8 too not Just the knockdowns. Domination by the p4p goat
Southpaws never gave roy jones problems, look at all the southpaws he beat at 175 that were naturally bigger, it was tall rangy patient boxers like tarver that bothered him and I dont even like tarver's style.
