Calzaghe will defeat Jones, Jr. in convincing fashion.

By: Christopher Roche

Ever since Roy Jones, Jr. was cheated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he has fought with a chip on his shoulder.

Jones racked up an impressive string of victories, and his combination of speed and strength dazzled his opponents. He seemed unstoppable and was undefeated in his first 34 fights, until he suffered a blemish on a DQ, for hitting Montell Griffin while he was down. Jones quickly avenged the Griffin loss by stopping him in round one, in an immediate rematch, and he resumed his string of victories.

After a few more years of dominance, Jones grew bored of the light-heavyweight division. He moved up and captured a heavyweight belt from John Ruiz in 2003, and it seemed like there was nothing that the cocky kid from Pensacola could not accomplish in a boxing ring.

However, since that historic move up to heavyweight, Jones has not been the same. Jones is 4-3 since the Ruiz bout, and most observers feel that he is really 3-4, as the first Antonio Tarver fight was a disputed majority decision.

More troubling than the recent losses for Jones, however, is the fact that his skills have rapidly diminished. Jones was stopped in two of his last three losses, and the level of opponents that he defeated has been average, at best. Jones is simply not the same man who was unstoppable in the 1990