Roy Jones Jr: A Legacy Tarnished

It's been sad and embarrassing to watch the last 6 fights of Roy jones Jr. 22 years ago I watched him get robbed of a gold medal in Seoul, Korea. 22 years later I watched him get robbed of his greatness after the bashing he took from Bernard Hopkins. No one will remember the middleweight crowned heavyweight champion of the world. No one will remember the boxer that played a basketball game before a fight just to make the fight more interesting. No one will remember he beat Bernard Hopkins in his prime. The superior skills Roy Jones possessed are no longer. The diminishing hand speed and the accumulation of punches have taken their toll. It happens to all champions. With the exception of Lennox Lewis, a champions last fight is a beating. The same qualities that make a champion great are the same qualities that force a champion to fight longer than they should. His record doesn't reflect it, but Roy Jones Jr. was the greatest fighter of his era. It's a shame people will forget that.