20 years ago, Roy Jones Jr. beat John Ruiz.

[Spicoli]

This is one that with hindsight, the significance has shifted imo. Even Toney did the same minus title as well as thrashing Holyfield the same year. But their paths to hvy were much different. Roy's always felt like a one off trinket grab but not thought out well and was very costly. Seems like guys jump divisions today with the ease of jumping out of bed. At the time Roy was the pinnacle of the sport. But seemed to grow bored at Lt Hvy with standard so so defenses after 3/4 unification. He was talking up a fight with Tyson and the 'event' long before Ruiz and they had even turned down a Douglas heavyweight 'debut'. Thankfully . Ultimately and literally physically, I don't think it was worth it for him.

[Big J]

I couldn't find a thread so I'll ask it here
Who do you think was Jones Jnr's best win?

[TIC]

I couldn't find a thread so I'll ask it here
Who do you think was Jones Jnr's best win?

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[Master]

I couldn't find a thread so I'll ask it here
Who do you think was Jones Jnr's best win?

lights out

B Hop

[TitoFan]

I don't know about best... I guess I'd agree with TIC on that one.

But by FAR my most enjoyable RJJ victory was over Paz.

[mrbig1]

Jones had the talent no doubt. he fought a big fat lazy Toney and a green Hopkins. Other than that, he fought the biggest group of bums and nobodies in boxing history. Jones fought Ricky Frazier who was a full time New York cop. he fought another guy who worked on a trash truck full time. How are these guys getting title fights? Jones was HBO's cash cow. He their biggest draw. I think they knew he had a glass jaw. So, it was an endless line of bum after bum.

[VG_Addict]

Roy's resume isn't that bad. He holds wins over Hopkins, Toney, Griffin, Hill and McCallum.