Originally Posted by docbungle

Yes he should retire.

BUT, he has been grossly overrated for years and years and years. He was never really as good as everyone gives him credit for. He has hand-picked his opponents for most of his carreer, and they have ALL been low-caliber opponents (since his fight with Hopkins, he has fought no one of signifigance until Tarver, who knocked him out). So he never really proved anything in my mind. Montell Griffin was probably the best fighter that he beat in that time period.

When you throw a real opponent in front of him, it becomes immediately obvious that he is not the best fighter pound for pound, nor has he ever been. Of course if you put him in front of shitty fighters that no one's ever heard of he will look phenomenal. I'm amazed none of the HBO commentators touched on this.

Tarver took a lot out of him. But Jones avoided that fight until it was unavoidable. Because he knows, deep down, that he isn't as good as the world thinks he is. He lives in a fantasy land, with all his people telling him how great he is. He also has way too much pride, so that when something like this happens, it is absolutely devastating to him and virtually impossible to recover from.