Roy Jones Jr's knockout loss began career spiral that tainted his legacy
Eight years after Jones Jr had been denied in Seoul, Antonio Tarver earned Olympic bronze in Atlanta. He had also established himself a fine professional light-heavyweight and was pushing to challenge Jones Jr when the world’s finest fighter instead chose to challenge Ruiz on an evening when he had a 34lbs weight disadvantage.
It was seven weeks before their date at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay that terms were finally agreed. Until then there had been discussions for a further heavyweight fight with either Evander Holyfield or Corrie Sanders, which contributed to the 34-year-old Jones Jr, in preparation for Tarver at light heavyweight, having so little time to lose the 24lbs of muscle he had gained.
It took until the fourth round, against an opponent fighting with conviction, for Jones Jr – unusually slow to start and struggling with his timing – to start to perform anything like in the way that had become expected of him, and by the middle rounds it was Tarver who had become hesitant. A strong seventh regardless precipitated further rounds in which Tarver dominated as he had during the first and second, and ultimately a competitive fight until the 12th and final round.
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