{"id":49693,"date":"2025-08-07T06:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/49693\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:13:11","slug":"roy-jones-jr-believes-the-fight-that-got-away-with-a-ferocious-puncher-wouldve-happened-in-todays-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/49693\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr. believes the fight that got away with a ferocious puncher would&#8217;ve happened in today&#8217;s era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roy Jones Jr. is adamant that Turki Alalshikh would\u2019ve made a fight between him and a heavy hitter.<\/p>\n<p>In his career, \u2018Captain Hook\u2019 proved himself to be a truly remarkable talent, mesmerizing fans with his lightning speed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/news\/roy-jones-jr-reveals-the-greatest-boxer-he-ever-faced-inside-the-ring-best-fighter-i-fought-by-far\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jones Jr. defeated the great James Toney<\/a>, knocked out Glen Kelly with an iconic punch, and won world titles in four weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>However, the superstar still finished his career wishing he\u2019d have had the opportunity to share the ring with a fellow champion.<\/p>\n<p>Sheesh: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/news\/floyd-mayweather-ducked-one-rival-during-his-career-claims-roy-jones-jr-the-only-person-that-really-had-a-chance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Mayweather ducked one rival during his career, claims Roy Jones Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1202603306-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Jones Jr. in heavyweight title fight v John Ruiz\" class=\"wp-image-21938\" \/>Photo by Focus on Sport\/Getty ImagesRoy Jones Jr. says he would\u2019ve fought Dariusz Michalczewski in the modern era<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/roy-jones-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Jones Jr.<\/a> is adamant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/turki-alalshikh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turki Alalshikh<\/a> would\u2019ve gone above and beyond to ensure he had the opportunity to face Dariusz Michalczewski.<\/p>\n<p>When Jones Jr. was light heavyweight world champion, his rival held the WBO title, with many wanting to see the pair trade leather.<\/p>\n<p>While the American possessed impeccable skills, the German carried dynamite in his fists, making a clash between the pair very intriguing.  <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, they never fought, but Jones Jr. believes that would be different if they were competing today.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingscene.com\/articles\/the-one-that-got-away-for-roy-jones-jnr-wouldnt-have-done-so-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Boxing Scene<\/a>: \u201cI would have [fought him]. Because he [Alashikh] would have paid for it, so, of course, it would have happened right there in Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy Jones Jr. got knocked out cold by former world champion<\/p>\n<p>While many would\u2019ve expected Jones Jr. to outbox Michalczewski, the European\u2019s punching power would\u2019ve given him a chance of upsetting the apple cart.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it wasn\u2019t impossible to hurt the all-time great.<\/p>\n<p>During one fight, the icon went to war with another knockout artist.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking turn of events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/roy-jones-jr-got-knocked-out-cold-by-former-world-champion-who-gave-the-legend-an-incredible-sign-of-respect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jones Jr. was rendered brutally unconscious<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr. is adamant that Turki Alalshikh would\u2019ve made a fight between him and a heavy hitter.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,27609,11791,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-49693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-dariusz-michalczewski","10":"tag-roy-jones-jr","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}