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Jones era was kinda weak and he was able to get some great wins like Tony and Bernard but besides that not to many stand outs really. I guess i could put a list of names that were dominated in weak eras.

that is very easy to say

were you around in the srl era to really asses?

leanard lost to a man naturally a couiple fo weights below him, i really couldnt see that ever happening to jones
Jones has alot in his favour too. First man and only man, to move up from middleweight to heavyweight and capture titles on his way up, voted fighter of the decade, and held more titles than anyone else at one time.

End of the day ya can only beat whats put in front of you. Leonard was fortunate he was around at a time when we had several other greats to compare him against and each other.
and you really only had so many greats because of the lack of interest in the heavies

everyone turned to the lower weights for the entertainment

im not saying they werent great fighters who had great battles im just saying they are better remembered and got more exposure because nobody cared for the big fellas