Noooo (topic:boxing)

Roy Jones Jr! My favorite boxer gets knocked down in the 2nd round? :wtf: ESPN put it in words that pretty much sum up the feeling for me. "A single punch and 15 years of dominance crumbled."

I have always admired and respected Roy. He has added class to my favorite sport. Being the toughest guy in a city, or a county, or a state .... that's something. But to be the best in the world .... for a lot of years .... is almost impossible.
I thought that, although he looked like he was 65% of his old self, that Roy took the first fight 7 to 5, at least, and probably 8-4. But the speed wasn't there. It's one thing to out-do a slow John Ruiz, who averaged 20 punches per round in his 10 fights before Roy. But not a sharp, fast counter-puncher with power.
Last night, in the 1st, it seemed Roy couldn't put together a 3-punch combination. I said to my buddy watching the fight that it's very dangerous to keep your hands low while moving towards a Bob Foster-like man. But I was still shocked to see it happen.
I hope Roy gets a divorce from boxing. Don King will try to appeal to the side of Roy who wants to go out a "winner." I hope Roy knows he already has given his true fans enough in the ring.
I'm curious: where do you rate him against the other great light heavyweights?

However, doesn't he also raise fighting cocks on his Florida farm? I seem to remember something about that....