What is the greatest achievement of Roy Jones Jr's Career?

[rjj tszyu]

Roy Jones beat Jeff Lacy last night with ease basically, but whilst he was fighting I got thinking about this. The commentators said that great fights make great fighters and gave the examples of Leonard having Hearns and Hagler and Ali having Frazier but Roy Jones never really had that career defining moment where he had to go to a dark place in a fight and come out fighting and ultimately winning! A lot of Jones fans, me included will say it wasn't really his fault that he was too good for his own good and he didn't have anyone along the lines of a Hagler or Hearns to test him, but it doesn't change the fact that he never had that moment in his prime.

So I basically think that when you have a look back at Jones' career you have to define how good he was by his achievements in boxing rather than his great fights (or lack of). So i got thinking then about what are his greatest achievements and decided I'd put them into a poll on here and see what people think are his greatest moments! Please vote for yours whether you are a Jones fan or not!

[rjj tszyu]

I've gone for his return match with Griffin, he really struggled first time round and then when he finally got to his man made a huge mistake by hitting him when he was down. But Montell made a huge mistake by running his mouth for 6 months and paid the price in this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Tb6...eature=related

[Pugilistic]

His dominant win over one of the best fighters in the world at the time, James Toney.

[Pugilistic]

by the way i think Roy being the only fighter being able to avoid every punch in a round is wrong.

If i'm correct in the Hopkins - Hakkar fight , Hopkins was able to avoid all of Hakkar's shots, can't remember which round it was.

[paddy448]

the way he dominated james toney was probably his best, but i think history will remember his heavyweight win over ruiz as the best

[SweetPea]

His win over Toney.

I would also rank his win over Tarver ahead of the Ruiz fight.

[rjj tszyu]

by the way i think Roy being the only fighter being able to avoid every punch in a round is wrong.

If i'm correct in the Hopkins - Hakkar fight , Hopkins was able to avoid all of Hakkar's shots, can't remember which round it was.

Been trying to find something on that but not found much, just this link that discuss' it.

Boxing - USA Boxing News - Gatti-Mayweather: What Did You Expect?

The part I was looking is actually discussing Mayweather-Gatti and said "The fight took place 10 years and a day after Roy Jones massacred Vinny Pazienza at the same site. In that bout, Pazienza set a Compubox record that will never be broken by failing to land a punch in the 4th round. Like Gatti, Pazienza was stopped in six. The two fights were equally one-sided."

If Hopkins had done that in 2003 surely they would have picked up on it by the time this report was made. Gonna watch the fight now anyway just to see for myself.

[rjj tszyu]

by the way i think Roy being the only fighter being able to avoid every punch in a round is wrong.

If i'm correct in the Hopkins - Hakkar fight , Hopkins was able to avoid all of Hakkar's shots, can't remember which round it was.

Right I've watched it and in the first round Hakkar only lands one jab but it's still not a full round like Jones'.

[El Kabong]

I don't know if he's the ONLY guy to avoid every punch thrown in one round....Willie Pep, Pernell Whittaker, etc may have also acheived that.

I think one of his best acheivements was the demolition of Thulaini Malinga a guy Chris Eubank struggled with and a guy Nigel Benn couldn't stop and RJJ smashed him out in 6

[iwng100]

I really can’t decide between James Toney and John Ruiz fights, both representing an amazing accomplishment; but I use to relax sometimes with Griffin (II) or Richard Hall fights when I’m in a bad mood.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Who else can start a career at Light Middle and wind up winning the Heavyweight crown?

Seriously, look through history and ask your self, who could of done it?

The answer? No one.

Roy was Superman

[jokaleras]

Dominating Toney. That was a career-defining win. It's a must-watch fight for any boxing fan. Absolutely graceful display from a beautiful unorthodxy fighter.

On the subject of the first Griffin fight... man Eddie Futch had RJJ studied masterfully. Griffin was effective with that overhand right.

[Nameless]

I would say: spending almost 10 years without almost losing a single round, that just shows how good he is.

[The Fightfan]

by the way i think Roy being the only fighter being able to avoid every punch in a round is wrong.

If i'm correct in the Hopkins - Hakkar fight , Hopkins was able to avoid all of Hakkar's shots, can't remember which round it was.

I don't mean to be a smartass but did Morrades Hakkar even throw a punch in that fight? I am being dead serious I must have missed the one he did throw and B-Hop slipped or blocked.

[Master]

Beating Ruiz was the best. Did not think he could do it. Ruiz had beaten some decent heavies at that time and thought the jump would be too big.