WelshDevilRob Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Bailey K.O's Jones: The Crowning of a Paper Champ? Written by Jon Campbell Last Saturday night in Vegas's MGM Grand on the under card on Pacquiao and Bradley, 37 year-old 'K.O King' Randall Bailey (43-7) became a three-time world title holder, winning the vacant IBF Welterweight title by K.O against the up and coming 29 year-old Mike Jones (26-1). After an uneventful bout the stoppage occurred in the 11th round, despite the fact that Jones had been edging practically every round. It was an absolute sucker punch yet I cannot help but feel really happy for Bailey, especially when he could barely respond to question during the post-fight interview because he was so overwhelmed with emotion. What is suprising is that the quality demonstrated by the two is far from what we should expect from a world title fight. It is when fights like this occur that makes me question the very credibility of some title holders when there are four for each weight class. The action in the ring as I said was tremendously dull and boring, Bailey was slightly more aggressive than his opponent, landing a few good clean punches which gained him the first two rounds. Following this however without doing anything impressive whatsoever Jones began to edge every round simply by doing slightly more. He did not demonstrate the more exciting style he his used to. Later on in the bout he began to box a bit more recklessly, and instead of doing what he should of done was showcase his skills he began to get lazy. His footwork was becoming sloppy and his guard was not always fully up. Even when I noticed this i still did not consider the possibility of Jones losing besides the off-chance of Bailey catching him with a perfect shot, and that is exactly what happened. It first came in the form of a right hand knockdown in the 10th round. Jones did not look really hurt by this despite Bailey's great power as the punch was just clean and it was the force which knocked him over. The next round Jones began to carry on as normal until later on in the round were the K.O came in the form of a beautiful uppercut which made Jones uncontrollably fall backwards. Despite the shock ending the fight in general was not impressive whatsoever. It is disappointing that this qualifies as a title shot, vacant or not, at the historically glamorous Welterweight division. Although it is understandable that as Berto vacated the belt had to move on but the display on show did not meet standards. Read More: http://www.ringnews24.com/index.php/boxing-news/53215-bailey-kos-jones-the-crowning-of-a-paper-champ.html#ixzz1xZenSEe7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Kell Brook will be disappointed he didn't get to Jones first. An unbeaten and slightly talked up American would have been a decent scalp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I like Bailey and have been impressed with the way he has come back. There may be an element of truth (if not an absolute bucketload) that the quality for a eorld title fight was pretty poor, but Bailey deserves a break and I'm glad he's got himself in the mix with this win. I never thought much of Jones. A single KO loss doesn't mean he should be written off, but I always had the feeling he was not as good as he was made out to be, hence why I fancied Bailey to knock him out in the PL and the 3 And Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 quite obviously the matching makers thought this would favor Jones. Elite fighters knew how to negate Baileys ko power that of which Jones could not. He was brought up well with good match making but everyone gets found out. I agree if the ko should do nothing to devalue him if he gets back up and starts boxing again but as to him getting a shot at the title no, he had a lot of people to convince. the first thing that came to mind was the Figeroa ko, Brilliant! -1:44- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irondave85 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 If you had told me after Cotto destroyed him back in 2004 that Bailey would go onto win a world title eight years later on a major PPV, I would have told you that you were insane. Fair play to him, but let's be honest, the standard in that fight (from both men) was pretty dreadful. I hope Bailey gets a chance to cash-in and then get out of the game a fairly wealthy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Exciting finish but one pretty lousy fight for 11 rounds. Randall Bailey can hit hard, but his IBF Welterweight title does little to make me want to see him with a 147-pound elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Damn Randall Bailey!!! I have been saying that Brook would do a number on Jones for what seems like years! Now Bailey comes along and I wont ever get validation for my claims!! Damn him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Damn Randall Bailey!!! I have been saying that Brook would do a number on Jones for what seems like years! Now Bailey comes along and I wont ever get validation for my claims!! Damn him! Ill validate you for $15.99 Meathead. Cost of me favorite beer oh and gold coins wont do. Thanks bud// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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