Quote Originally Posted by sleeplessrevolution
Floyd is "not yet" better than roy jones jr. But if you want to compare there advantage and disadvantages, there are qualities which in my personal opinion floyd is better than roy. Here is the possible advantages and disadvantages of this two boxers.

RJJ: Superior handspeed: Due to this he has a luxury to put down both of his hands and lure the "slower" boxer to punch inside and just counter them visciously we've seen someone who possess this style before and that is naseem hamed. He dominated other boxer partly due to this advantage and the other one is power.

Power: RJJ I believed has more power than Floyd and it showed in the qualities of his knockdown wins. He has more one punch knockdown and floyd needs a combination of one to four inorder to knock "majority" of his opponents down.

Stamina: Floyd has an slight advantage on this one because he is more intelligent boxer than roy and he will use it partly to conserve his energy knowing when and where is the right time to expend his power. It is not a question if both of them can reach round 12 without being knocked down because it is not a problem for both of them. But it matters how there power,handspeed,reflex, and other factors would play when fatigue comes and because floyd has more of it I can see the handspeed of roy "closely levelling" with floyd at the end of the fight.

DEFENSE "Chin": Floyd is handsdown has a better advantage in this area. Credit goes to his perfect defensive style, intelligence and partly innately born with granite chin. Roy is not to say a glass jaw himself but his defensive style really sucks and relied solely on his counter attacks and superior handspeed against his slower opponents and that is the main contributor of his knockdowns, "HE is WIDE OPEN" and forgot that he is no longer the roy jones at lower weights when he dominated them by his superior handspeed, power and great reflex. When he fought Tarver the reason of his knockdowns were not that tarver is faster and has a wide margin of power against roy, but because roy is once again " just plainly WIDE OPEN" and that tarver has a greater "REFLEX" than him.

Intelligence: Roy eventhough has greater experience than floyd is really dumb defensively, forgets that at a higher weight class he will become slower and opponents can catch up with him and with superior reflex like Tarver's, his slightly faster handspeed is no longer an advantage and with his hands lowered down on his body thinking that he can lure down and counter tarvers punches anytime like he used to; has yet to make him realize it's impossible to someone who has superior reflex opponents like tarver.

Experience: Roy clearly has more experience than floyd but since floyd is more intelligent than roy. Experience may just play a little part or no effect at all.

Reflex: Mayweather clearly has a better reflex than roy. And can adjust as round goes by. Not to say roy's reflex is not great at all but during his time in the lower weights when he dominated it he clearly possesses a great reflex . However, not as great as mayweather's and this will play a major factor in there pound for pound fight fantasy. as it will cancel out the slightly faster handspeed of roy.

In conclusion: Floyd is not yet better than roy. And it still stands, but floyd can put a good fight against roy and I wouldn't be surprised if floyd wins. After all, the weakness of roy is someone who has a superior reflex and intelligence than he is which can cancel out his faster handspeed. But then again, It is still how roy can handle his superior qualities and put it into play against floyd. If floyd would get overwhelmed by it he will surely lose. On the otherhand, If floyd can maintain composure and adjust to roy's style as round goes by and uses more intelligence it will be a big trouble for roy.

Good thing for floyd right now is that he has begun to open his arms and willing to fight any available top contending fighters. And if he is honest and is willing to risk everything that he has right now on any adversity he may face because he truly believes in his potential. That is a sign of greatness.






I hope you're not comparing the damaged roy with the roy we all grew up with an watched. If roy has no defence the why would he get hit less then 20 times in most of his fights. He has ko power combined with speed and agility. He was born with these gifts and Mayweather will never learn how to be like roy was. Mayweather is an experienced boxer and trains extremely hard to get to where he is. He's not born with any extraordinary gifts like Ali and RJJ. He's a puppet.

Roy made james toney and Hopkins look like amateurs in their prime and look what they've accomplished. Roy was magic!