Originally Posted by da chin checka

Well. If Roy Jones in his prime was to fight in MMA, he would do well. Why is that? Because he already got his boxing skills in tact, obviously no one in MMA even comes close to how good he was with his boxing.So he would not really have to focus on that area. So he would do what any intelligent fighter making such a big transition would do. He would get a MMA trainer and the MMA trainer would teach him sprawl and brawl. Just like Chuck Liddell whose hand skills don't even match up to that of a boxer but yet has use the sprawl and brawl to successfully defend against take downs and knock guys out. The same sprawl and brawl that former kickboxers Maurice Smitch and Mirko Cro Cop use to be successful in MMA.

Now acourse Jones would be given a good amount of time to train for a MMA fighting debut. And as atheletic as he is, Jones would have no problem adapting to defending takedowns. Aside from his super quick side steps also.

If you want to see a good example of how good Jones would do in MMA without even having to grapple, watch Belfort's old fights especially when he knocked out Silva.