this is a anwer to mayweather sr who said
"You know, Roy to me was never an exceptional fighter" well here are other people talking about roy jones.
After lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Jones in a 1996 unanimous decision, Mike McCallum called Jones ``the greatest fighter of all time.
Boxing magazine's editor, Bert Sugar, is provided on Jones' website: ``He possesses the fastest hands in boxing with lightning fast moves and explosive power in both hands.'`
Ross Greenburg, executive producer of HBO Sports, was quoted in a Sports Illustrated feature, he and the other HBO commentators ``were there for Leonard and Hagler and Hearns and Duran in their prime. I think Roy Jones gets in a ring and beats them all. I've never seen that kind of punching power and speed in one man.'`
"he doesn't need a jab" - george foreman
"never before have i ever heard you say about a fighter , he doesn't need a jab" - jim lampley
"and you'll never hear me say it again" - george foreman.
In 1996, High Frequency Boxing's John DiMaio wrote ``The early evidence points toward the real possibility that Jones is the greatest talent this sport has ever seen. His skill so dwarfs that of his nearest ranked opposition...that providing competitive opponents is a more challenging dilemma than the fights themselves.'`
Olympic team coach Alton Merkerson, whom Jones hired in the early 1990's as his trainer, said in Sports Illustrated, ``Roy's not only got the quickest hands in boxing, but the quickest mind.'`
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