The former world middleweight and heavyweight champion might have a point on Tim Tszyu vs Errol Spence.
Jones knows all about moving up in weight and becoming world champion in different weight classes.
He is one of only two men in professional boxing history to win a middleweight and heavyweight title.
Spence steps up to 158 pounds in catchweight bout this summer next month on July 25th against Australian Tim Tszyu.
Spence has many disadvantages but another one not mentioned yet is the fight being Australia too.
Spence will have to travel half way across the world and be jetlagged and not be used to fighting on that time zone as well on top of everything else.
Roy Jones has said that Spence needs to go back to his old amateur days of boxing to have a chance with Tszyu.
He mentioned that Spence became a pressure fighter when he turned pro and this will not be enough against Tszyu.
He is right.
If you go back and watch Spence in the amateur days he was more careful and mindful of his boxing.
He was a long range fighter mostly who was a counter puncher who always tried to keep things on the outside.
Using his jab for distance control, a range finder and as a weapon to score points even at times.
While unleashing the big left hand behind the right jab and setting up attacks with the jab.
When he became champion in the pros at welterweight and before that he just used to bull dozer people with his power and strength at 147 pounds.
He forgot his defense more and more as the years went on and just resorted to his power and walking people down.
Applying pressure to lesser boxers and lesser punchers at welterweight previously.
If he tries that with Tszyu who is natural 155 pounds fighter — with the three year layoff Spence has had — he is in trouble.
As well his guard in the amateur days was way higher and more solid. Spence kept his hands up way more and got hit way less.
As a pro the noticable thing if you go over Spence fight tapes he does wrong is he keeps his right hand too low.
He can keep the left hand up high but he is wide open for punches coming at him from the other side when his carries the right hand low.
Lazier with the jab as a pro than he was as an amateur as well.
This carries over with holding his right hand low when he throws it as well on occasion.
He is a bit flat footed as a pro as well at times and gets caught square on in fights where his balance is off.
His balance was much better as an amateur and he has fallen over as a pro tangling up his feet even at times.
Overall he was more considerate of his boxing in those days and Jones is quite right.
He needs a bunch of game plans for Australia next month against Tim Tszyu and must adapt mid fight in live time in the fight if he wants success.
The Errol Spence concerns ahead of his comback next month are substantial.
However the Errol Spence undercard is excellent in terms of the other US names on the card.
All be it the match ups are not the highest of caliber.
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