Who could beat Roy Jones?

[VG_Addict]

Is there anyone from 160-175 who could beat a prime Jones?

[FinitoElDinamita]

NO

[Violent Demise]

Roy Jones

[greynotsoold]

Ezzard Charles, gene Tunney. Hagler. He is far from unbeatable. Billy Conn. Archie Moore. Bob Foster.

[IamInuit]

Ezzard Charles, gene Tunney. Hagler. He is far from unbeatable. Billy Conn. Archie Moore. Bob Foster.

Some good choices there. Roy's probably my favourite post ww2 fighter all time but if I can shelf my bias I think there are several also and at 160 he never really stayed long enough. Had he peaked at that weight sure but he didn't.

160
Greb
Burley
Langford
Steele
Benton
Williams
Watson

168
Cal
Langford
Eubank
Benn
Liles

175
Langford
Charles
Spinks
Moore
Loughran

[FinitoElDinamita]

Lol. Oh gawwwwd.

[Ron Swanson]

Michael Moorer

[Ron Swanson]

We forgot the obvious, the G-man

[FinitoElDinamita]

We forgot the obvious, the G-man

Oh gawwd lol. G man was a pretty good boxer when he first started but once he fell in love with his power, he became a headhunter who neglected skills and defense.

Roy would have owned him.

[Ron Swanson]

We forgot the obvious, the G-man

Oh gawwd lol. G man was a pretty good boxer when he first started but once he fell in love with his power, he became a headhunter who neglected skills and defense.

Roy would have owned him.

Roy never would have fought him, Roys words. The reach, speed, power, tanacity. Roy couldn't handle it with headgear, he admitted he wanted none of it professionally.

Edit-Roy was obviously a better fighter but it's a nightmare matchup. And this is who COULD beat Roy not who would beat Roy.

[greynotsoold]

Saad Muhammad- er, matt franklin. I'd love to see 'RJJ' fight a guy that is hard to hurt, in't scared, and keeps punching. Marvin johnson. Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He is so so so far from unbeatable. Eddie Gregory/Mustapha Muhammad. In the 1970s he'd go 28-7.

[Mr140]

Micheal Spinks would wreck Jones his style was all wrong for him and he was undefeated with a better resume at lhw. Had reach and size and power and chin over Jones. The only man to beat him was a Prime Mike Tyson and that was heavyweight. Micheal Spinks would win most times then not only guy i can say that would out doubt beat him. Jones was a great fighter but at lhw beside aging Hill who was just defeated and Body snatcher who was in his 40's his opponents at lhw left a lot to the imagination hell he never even fought the Lineal champ at the weight.

[denilson200]

Is there anyone from 160-175 who could beat a prime Jones?

He was great great boxer but his chin did not match his other qualities. He relied on freakish speed and reflexes but as he moved up and down in weight and got older the speed lessened and he had to rely on a chin that he did not have.

So I think had he had fought a Gerald McClellan a Nigel Benn or a Julian Jackson they may well have knocked him out cold

[Primo Carnera]

Is there anyone from 160-175 who could beat a prime Jones?

He was great great boxer but his chin did not match his other qualities. He relied on freakish speed and reflexes but as he moved up and down in weight and got older the speed lessened and he had to rely on a chin that he did not have.

So I think had he had fought a Gerald McClellan a Nigel Benn or a Julian Jackson they may well have knocked him out cold

As much as I like Nigel Benn, and Benn certainly used to apply ridiculous amounts of pressure, at that time, I would see RJJ being way too elusive and skilful and giving a bit of a masterclass frustrating Benn .
Like has been said before, there are a few that could beat RJJ, but whether they would is another story.
Maybe at LHW, but Roy was a MW & SMW in his prime imo.

[Mr140]

Is there anyone from 160-175 who could beat a prime Jones?

He was great great boxer but his chin did not match his other qualities. He relied on freakish speed and reflexes but as he moved up and down in weight and got older the speed lessened and he had to rely on a chin that he did not have.

So I think had he had fought a Gerald McClellan a Nigel Benn or a Julian Jackson they may well have knocked him out cold

As much as I like Nigel Benn, and Benn certainly used to apply ridiculous amounts of pressure, at that time, I would see RJJ being way too elusive and skilful and giving a bit of a masterclass frustrating Benn .
Like has been said before, there are a few that could beat RJJ, but whether they would is another story.
Maybe at LHW, but Roy was a MW & SMW in his prime imo.

Well lhw like said before i have Spinks beating him most of the time do to skill size and the reach not to mention the power he had at the weight. Foster and Charles would be nightmares to because of there size they were big lhw and were skilled with a shit ton of power. At the lower weights i kinda agree with Master with Calzaghe but he no way be favored at all but his style was a good mess. Like was pointed out his chin was far from concrete but he was so fast and hard to hit.