Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Tito.. CC for you my friend since I think you are right about Roy being more of a legend had he had better promoting. There were not many great fighters fighting in his era when he was moving up and that made it possible for him to be his own promoter and be all powerful. Although he did beat 3 of the top guys in the 90s Bernard Hopkins, Virgil Hill and James Toney.
Back at you bro..

One thing you do mention there.. Virgil hill.. He is indeed a great fighter..He was recognised as a big name at light heavy when roy and hill got it on..
But very few fans seem to realise..Alot of the fighters roy fought..Especially at light heavyweight..
They were good fighters..Title holders the lot..Just not recognised anymore..
Fighters like hill, Del valle, stylisticly kelly was in for it to fight roy..But he was undefeated when he fought roy, Erik harding has always been a good fighter..Even handed tarver his first loss..
Mccallum, Johnson , griffin too a good and awkward fighter..

Roy did the best he could and did have good fights.. Even if he wasnt beating the top tier fighters..
He would have to compensate for it in other ways..

Sugar boymalinga for example.. Good solid fighter..Been in and given some great fighters trouble..
Eubank for one!

Roy fought the guy and he'd never been stopped..Could really take a lick too..He'd been in with nigel benn and went the distance!..Had a good chin and a better defense..Kinda winky style..
And roy was the first guy to stop him..So thats an achievement in itself..