What does Hopkins have that Jones doesn't?

[erics44]

to be fair to Roy the thread should read what does Hopkins have that no other fighter that ever lived has had


roy was unbelievable at his best, but if you look at his recent record it isn't actually that bad for a man of his age


obviously not as good as hopkins

[Master]

Hold on a bit lets not get carried away here! Hopkins is great and is adding to his legacy with each fight but Roy was a better fighter at his peak than B Hop.

[VG_Addict]

What if Jones fought Benn, Michalczewski, Eubank, Collins, and Rocchigiani?

[Master]

What if Jones fought Michalczewski, Eubank, Collins, and Rocchigiani?

Dariuz is the biggest omission.

[El Kabong]

Boxing would have been SOOOOO much different had RJJ never been robbed in the Seoul Olympics. He wouldn't have had the fear of travelling and worries of having to have a KO to win outside the US.

RJJ had the talent to KO or shut out ANYONE over 12 rounds in his prime. He was just an amazing talent, head and shoulders over everyone else.

[Master]

Every fighter has a coulda, would a, should a, but Roy was the man to beat and it was the other top fighters that did not fight him.

[mikeeod]

Every fighter has a coulda, would a, should a, but Roy was the man to beat and it was the other top fighters that did not fight him.

I disagree with that statement. You can't force a guy to get in the ring with you. If he had missed a few guys only throughout his career, then I would agree with you. Great fighters test themselves and prove themselves against other great fighters. Just look at the competition that Whitaker, Tito, Oscar, Shane, Hopkins, Holyfield, Lewis...etc. took on throughout their career.

Roy isn't a bum and I don't think that he was scared of anyone. I do think that he is a smart man and was more interested in making the most money for the least amount of risk and not with securing his legacy. While I agree that the guy was a supreme talent and could have beaten or at least given trouble to any fighter in history, he was at fault for not making some of those big fights happen and his legacy will suffer because of it.