Roy Jones Jr. Says Deontay Wilder Is Not Washed, He Only Lost 3 Fights!

It is time to cease callin’ Deontay Wilder completed … ‘trigger Roy Jones Jr. tells TMZ Sports activities it isn’t over for the star heavyweight boxer, even with him dropping.

Boxing followers know the 6’7″ energy puncher has had a tough go of it recently, taking an L towards Joseph Parker by unanimous determination in December. The defeat got here as a shock to many followers who believed the Bronze Bomber would steamroll the man heavyweight.

Submit-fight opinions on 38-year-old Wilder have now modified, with many believing Deontay’s finest days are lengthy behind him, regardless of his nice 43-3 report.

However, do not rely the legendary RJJ amongst these individuals … ‘trigger Jones Jr. nonetheless feels Deontay’s an elite fighter — and he even used just a few UFC stars like Conor McGregor and Georges St-Pierre to make his level.

“Come on man, UFC guys have 5, 6, 8, 9 losses and they still put on good fights,” Roy stated, including, “but why boxers can’t do that? Just because he lost, that don’t mean it’s over.”

The 55-year-old former world champ additionally believes Parker (34-3, 23 KOs) was simply adequate to go toe-to-toe with Wilder and beat him … assuming Deontay wasn’t as centered as he can be towards an opponent like Tyson Fury or one other large star.

“You gotta be in overkill or he gon’ beat you,” Jones Jr. stated. “That’s kinda what I feel like what happened with him.”

“I don’t think Wilder’s washed at all. Wilder gotta have a fight that intrigues him.”

FYI, earlier than Parker, Deontay beat Robert Helenius by first-round knockout … rebounding from two losses to The Gypsy King. These are the one losses of his nice profession (43-3-1, 42 KOs)

Till then, Jones Jr. has his personal fighters to look at … undefeated tremendous middleweight Andrew Murphy, who will struggle Devontae McDonald in a 10-round bout on January 25 at Legends On line casino in Toppenish, Washington. Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra will even face Gerardo Esquivel.

Actually, RJJ says Jangra reminds Roy of himself  … which makes plenty of sense when you think about his nickname, “Indian Roy Jones.”

“He does try to fight a lot like the way that I fought,” Jones Jr. stated. “My philosophy.”