Quote Originally Posted by AdamGB
Quote Originally Posted by helminth
Well I think Ali would win at heavy and Jones would win at light~heavy.
Ali is too good at heavy weight for Roy Jones to even think about wanting a fight there. But at light heavy I think it would be about Jones because Ali would have a hard time to make that weight. If he did though it would be really close.
Thats what I'm thinking. There wasn't really much weight Ali could use. He was a big guy but he was all muscle and wasn't bulky for a heavy weight. He'd be weakned at light heavy.

Maybe the question should be asked who would win an amateur bout between Ali and Jones if they lived at the same time because Ali was at 186 when he turned pro and never would have strained for any reason to get back at 175. Still an interesting question. As pros I would have to go with Ali at Heavyweight because he had the ability to adapt to his opponents in his prime and had the size and speed to compensate for Jones' speed and body movement. Billy Conn was way faster than Joe Louis and was ko'd twice. Ali by UD.