Thread: roy jones P4P king who could have gave him problems?

this Virgil Hill would beat the current Jones much the same way Tarver & Johnson did. Arrgghh...I hate seeing fighters lose to fighters they just would not have lost to in their prime. It is one of the saddest aspects of boxing. Look at Jones's KO ratio 36 wins 31 Ko's (after this fight) - the bloke could punch!! Oh, look at the size of Virgil compared to Jones - Blimey!!

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the qestion i am asking who could have gave jones pound 4 pound problems

Joe Calzaghe

not saying he'd beat him......just answering the question.

I suppose you mean all time.

Heres some matchups that are worth thinking about.

Foster @ Light Heavy
Archie @ Light Heavy
Hagler @ Middle
Calzaghe @ Super Middle
and the ever famous Dariusz match that never was.

would they have beat him. jones could see punches coming before his opponents knew they were going to punch lol


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But bet cha I'll get it lighted

I think Tarver would have given Jones problems in his prime. Not because Tarver is so good, but there is something about him that intimidated Jones. I don't know, maybe Tarver looks like his father or something.

Originally Posted by CutMeMick

I suppose you mean all time.

Heres some matchups that are worth thinking about.

Foster @ Light Heavy
Archie @ Light Heavy
Hagler @ Middle
Calzaghe @ Super Middle
and the ever famous Dariusz match that never was.

Foster @ Light Heavy = Jones by TKO

Archie @ Light Heavy = Jones by UD.

Hagler @ Middle = Jones by UD

Calzaghe @ Super Middle = Jones by UD Calzaghe would be dropped at some point in the fight with a straight right.

and the ever famous Dariusz match that never was. = Jones by comfortable UD.

Foster would beat Roy Jones Jr....power in the right cross and he threw with bad intentions

Gene Tunney he was too good to not give Roy problems

Ezzard Charles 175-heavyweight

Joe Walcott cruiser-heavyweight (and yes I know he never fought at cruiser because the division wasn't around then but he was around that weight class for the majority of his career)

Evander Holyfield at cruiser

A more seasoned Bernard Hopkins and a less weight drained James Toney

Michael Spinks 175-heavyweight

Roy was by no means "unbeatable"....Calzaghe may have given him a tough fight as his style is might awkward.

Benn and Eubank would have been tough, Collins, McClellan, Watson, Jackson....all those guys would have been tough

Bob Foster could punch with the best of em, but he wasn't on Jones' level IMO. I don't think he'd get the oppertunity to get one of his bombs in.

All time I go with Spinks and Archie Moore at LHW to beat Jones 9 out of 10....

At LHW Michael Moorer may have given Jones more then he could handle

obviously tarver did.

Originally Posted by Julius Marvelous Rain

obviously tarver did.

Did u read the thread at all? The question was would anyone give Prime RJJ problems. Prime being around the time of the Hill fight(199, before Roy went to HW. He fought Tarver and got beat in 2004.

Tarver would have given him some problems even in his prime, so would have Johnson. Jones would probably beat both but it would not be an easy fight with either guy.

Originally Posted by BoomBoom

Tarver would have given him some problems even in his prime, so would have Johnson. Jones would probably beat both but it would not be an easy fight with either guy.

Prime Jones would have either won a very lopsided points decision, or Ko'd Johnson or Tarver. Both those guys have not really set the world on fire other than beating shot RJJ.

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by BoomBoom

Tarver would have given him some problems even in his prime, so would have Johnson. Jones would probably beat both but it would not be an easy fight with either guy.

Prime Jones would have either won a very lopsided points decision, or Ko'd Johnson or Tarver. Both those guys have not really set the world on fire other than beating shot RJJ.

Maybe not set the world on fire but Johnson is always competitive and Tarver has a style that can beat Roy some of the time. Like I said Roy would probably beat both men but the thread is who could give him problems and I think both would prime vs. prime.

nigel benn i think would have given jones problems - i don;t think collins would have tho. perhaps eubank pre watson might have