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Good. Part of Jones' problem is that the only good LHWs he was ever fighting were in the cage. There weren't any at Jacksons or his home gyms. He stagnated and only stayed on top because of his existing skills and gameplanning being so high already that it was enough, but started being way closer than it should've been. If he trains with Jiri he'll find out what a current great LHW feels like.
Also, but either way Jiri is likely going to force Jon's next career decision.
Also, but either way Jiri is likely going to force Jon's next career decision.
- If Jiri comes over and Jon can still dominate him then he might feel confident in simply coming back to LHW and winning the title for a 5th time (well, more so than he already was with Glover as champ).
- If Jon still dominates him it might just reinforce his decision to move to HW as LHW still doesn't have anything left to achieve. Again, he's already won the LHW title 4x already and never lost it.
- On the other hand, if Jiri's pushing him it might reignite his fire to come back against this current crop of LHWs as he feels there's a challenge again
- Or it again reinforces him moving to HW as he needs to adjust his game to his new reality that he's slowed down and might risk a loss. If he's slowed down it makes more sense to fight slower fighters, which are at HW, not LHW.
- Lastly Jon might actually do something good and become friends with Jiri and so simply step out of his way.