Modern day ATG.

[generalbulldog]

Pac= boxer of the decade 2000's
Pbf= can beat Pac. inhuman skills.
RJJ= boxer of the decade 90's

I often wonder why Jones would deserve that title? It seems to me Ricardo Lopez is at least as deserving.

Jones in his prime looked unstoppable, plus his win over prime and undefeated Toney and young Hopkins is much better than anyone on Lopez's resume then factor in that Jones fought in 5 weight classes. I don't even think it's up for debate between RJJ and Lopez. The only other person that can maybe challenge RJJ's for boxer of the 90s maybe Whitaker.

Well hold on there General! Lopez KO'd Saman Sorjaturong in two rounds. How good was he? He later knocked Chiquita Gonzales out. An old Lopez also defeated a peak Bufalo Alvarez who might be the second best 105 ever. Sure Jones fought in five divisions but he didn't take on the top guy at heavy or a series of top guys at 168 (Benn, Eubank, Liles, Calzaghe) or at 175 (Darius M).

I agree Jones LOOKED unstoppable. But so does Oklahoma when they play Rice or Baylor. In order to find out whether someone actually IS unstoppable? Ya gotta fight the top guys over and over again. Like Sweet Pea and Lopez did. Again, Jones was great, but he left questions Lopez and Sweet Pea never did.

Who on Lopez's resume is just as good or better than prime Toney and Hopkins? I'll be waiting. I rather take quality over quantity any day. And it's not RJJ's fault that the guys you mentioned didn't make the fights happened, they wanted Jones to come to them and fight them in their own home countries. That stuff just isn't happening. That's like guys like Ortiz, Zaveck, Senchenko, Berto wanting Pacquiao to fight them on their terms. Which isn't happening.

There can be no question that Lopez's defeat of Alvarez is more impressive than RJJ's win over BHOP. Alvarewz weighed in as a FLYWEIGHT and was at his absolute peak and an old Lopez still got him. BHOP at that time was an unranked comer. The win over Toney is, of course, the best on either resume.

It doesn't matter a lick whose "fault" it was. The fact is one either fights the fights or they don't. This ain't the Olympics, one doesn't get credit for perceived walkovers.

That is false that Hopkins was not ranked when he met Roy Jones. Hopkins was ranked by Ring Magazine annual rankings in 1992 at no. 9 (a source that you tend to quote in a lot of your posts or debates) in their April 1993 issue. The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 1992 - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia. Roy Jones and Hopkins fought in May of 1993. So indeed Hopkins was ranked as a top 10 MW when he fought Jones, and a future atg. Having a young Hopkins on the resume and winning the fight handily is very impressive for a not yet to be prime Roy Jones in his first title fight. In terms of boxing accomplishments and abilities Hopkins is leagues above Alvarez. Hopkins is an all time great fighter and easily cracks the top 50 fighters in history. Not to mentioned Jones Jr. had a much wider pool of fighters to contend with as Fenster posted compared to Lopez. So if you have a source that says Hopkins was an unranked comer as you've stated when he met Jones Jr. I would like to see it.

Sorry, I don't see anyone on Lopez's resume that is the equivalent of a Hopkins or James Toney. Alvarez a better win than Hopkins? Not too many people will agree with you on that.