Michael Spinks vs Roy Jones

[Mr140]

I could say the same for you chosen one and yea i still think Roy gets knocked out

[ICB]

And i would love you to explain how Roy would do it because Michael had advantages over Roy

Like what ?? Jones was quicker had more power faster reflexes i would love to know what advantages Spinks had over Jones.

[ICB]

And you might ask what advantages he had well he had The reach, height and power over Roy and his weird style would through Roy off and yea Roy was faster but Spinks had alot of speed as well and as far as chin goes i go with Spinks because the only time he got destroyed was against Mike but i do not hold that against him because Mike is a monster and Spinks is a LH and should of stayed there

Height and reach advantages never bothered Jones.

[ICB]

And as far as Roy goes his best wins were in lower weights and LH was pretty weak division when he was in it Spinks was not the best either but i think his was a bit better then Roys but i could be wrong but Micheal was never defeated at Lh

Spinks Lightheavyweight era wasn't that great either Spinks in his prime was struggling with the likes of Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and did you see Qawi fight ?? Spinks was dropped in that fight aswell Spinks was a good fighter but Jones skills were something special thats why he was being rated with the likes of Ray Robinson before Tarver fight and for good reason aswell he dominated Hall Of Famers easily how many fighters can say they have done that ??

The Jones who crushed Virgil Hill's body with one body shot i would pick over Spinks anyday.

[Ring Rat]

roy jones by dec.. a much closer match then what most people might think..
spink was very good at LH

[LegendBoxing65]

Roy would take Spinks to the cleaners? Just because Roy took guys like Pazienza and Ricky Frazier or whatever his name was to the cleaners, Michael Spinks is a different story and I doubt he would take him to the cleaners. Roy never fought the great fighters and he avoided greats fights until he had advantages. Sort of like Ray Leonard. I think Spinks lets Roy win a few rounds and then starts to land his punches and gets the right hand through and knocks Roy cold sort of like the Johnson fight.

[ICB]

Roy would take Spinks to the cleaners? Just because Roy took guys like Pazienza and Ricky Frazier or whatever his name was to the cleaners, Michael Spinks is a different story and I doubt he would take him to the cleaners. Roy never fought the great fighters and he avoided greats fights until he had advantages. Sort of like Ray Leonard. I think Spinks lets Roy win a few rounds and then starts to land his punches and gets the right hand through and knocks Roy cold sort of like the Johnson fight.

Roy would take Spinks to the cleaners?

Yep.

Just because Roy took guys like Pazienza and Ricky Frazier or whatever his name was to the cleaners,

What about Hopkins, Toney, Hill who went 12 rounds with Hearns ?? he took all of these guys to the cleaners plus he knocked out fighters with good chins like Thomas Tate who went 12 rounds with Julian Jackson.


Roy never fought the great fighters and he avoided greats fights until he had advantages.

Who did he avoid ?? i would love to hear the names.

Dariusz Michalczewski didn't want no part of Jones in USA he would only fight in Germany where Jones would have to kill Dariusz Michalczewski to win.

I think Spinks lets Roy win a few rounds and then starts to land his punches and gets the right hand through and knocks Roy cold sort of like the Johnson fight.

No way Prime Roy Jones would crush Spinks did you see what Jones done to Montel Griffin who was an awkward fighter like Spinks ?? ok Griffin isn't as good as Spinks but Griffin was still good fighter.

[Mr140]

Roy will loss against Spinks power and his odd style and nothing you have said ice changes my mind. You are bringing up guys that were nothing like Spinks and if you are saying Roy taking Spinks to the cleaners i say Roy would be the one knocked out cold I am taking Spinks.

[LegendBoxing65]

Ice, Roy never crushed a great fighter. Virgil Hill by 1998 was not the fighter he was in 1991 when he fought Hearns. Somehow he was not the same. Roy was good but he never wanted to have a chin test by someone like Spinks or Hearns. Guys in the 80s who always tested the other guys chin. Roy took on guys who he knew he could take a punch if he had to. Roy was good but all time great. Hard to say. He doesn't have any great fights. The same as Mosley.

[ICB]

Ice, Roy never crushed a great fighter. Virgil Hill by 1998 was not the fighter he was in 1991 when he fought Hearns. Somehow he was not the same. Roy was good but he never wanted to have a chin test by someone like Spinks or Hearns. Guys in the 80s who always tested the other guys chin. Roy took on guys who he knew he could take a punch if he had to. Roy was good but all time great. Hard to say. He doesn't have any great fights. The same as Mosley.

Ice, Roy never crushed a great fighter.

Totally disagree.

Bernard Hopkins
James Toney
Virgil Hill

Were all great fighters.

Virgil Hill by 1998 was not the fighter he was in 1991 when he fought Hearns. Somehow he was not the same.

He was still great fighter after Hearns fight he went on 13 winning streak before losing UD to Dariusz Michalczewski then he fought Roy Jones Jr right after and Jones stopped him in 4 rounds and is the only one to ever KO Virgil Hill thats great achievement.


Roy was good but he never wanted to have a chin test by someone like Spinks or Hearns. Guys in the 80s who always tested the other guys chin.

He never had to have chin test because he was that good.


Roy took on guys who he knew he could take a punch if he had to. Roy was good but all time great. Hard to say. He doesn't have any great fights. The same as Mosley.

I totally disagree you keep saying he ducked fighters and ect but who were these *big punchers* he ducked then ??

Roy was good but all time great. Hard to say. He doesn't have any great fights. The same as Mosley.


You don't have to have great fight to be All Time Great he dominated Hall Of Famers and won the World Heavyweight Championship when he started as Middleweight which hadn't be done since early 1900s and your telling me thats not ATG material ??

[Mr140]

He beat Ruiz he was a the WBA champion Ice that is just a letter belt he beat Ruiz who is far from being great.

[Mr140]

Now if he beat the man at the time then he would of been a different story Ruiz was not that man.

[ICB]

Now if he beat the man at the time then he would of been a different story Ruiz was not that man.

Your missing the point it doesn't matter if Ruiz wasn't great it was still great achievement that hadn't been done since early 1900s top that off with being P4P number 1 for nearly 10 years and beating 4 Hall Of Famers easily plus winning World titles in 4 different weight division that makes him ATG no question.

[Mr140]

Ok i will give you that Ice it was a pretty good accomplishment. And your early comment about Eddie Mustafa Muhammad that was Spinks 17 fight he was still learning and he still won the fight easly with a pretty good champion and won it pretty clearly. Qawi was a good fighter and later went on to Ok Leon and become a Cursierweight champion and Spinks was a very clear winner was not even close. And all those people you just mention for his best wins they were not even in LH so what is your point Roy never faced that great of people at LH his era was worse then Spinks. Not to Mention he was destroyed in Taver fight and Johnson which was past prime but still Spinks was only destroyed by Tyson Spinks was a better LH ask most people and he will be put at the top of one of the best LH and not to mention he was pretty good at HW not great but better names then Roy he beat at the weight.

[ICB]

Ok i will give you that Ice it was a pretty good accomplishment. And your early comment about Eddie Mustafa Muhammad that was Spinks 17 fight he was still learning and he still won a fight with a pretty good champion and won it pretty clearly. Qawi was a good fighter and later went on to Ok Leon and become a Cursierweight champion and Spinks was a very clear winner was not even close. And all those people you just mention for his best wins were not ever in LH so what is your point Roy never faced that great of people at LH his era was worse then Spinks.

And your early comment about Eddie Mustafa Muhammad that was Spinks 17 fight he was still learning and he still won a fight with a pretty good champion and won it pretty clearly.

Won clearly yes but still was a bit of a struggle.

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Qawi was a good fighter and later went on to Ok Leon and become a Cursierweight champion and Spinks was a very clear winner was not even close.

Qawi was good but limited due to his size and Spinks was down in that fight and even in that fight it was quite close.

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And all those people you just mention for his best wins were not ever in LH so what is your point Roy never faced that great of people at LH his era was worse then Spinks.

My point was Legend was question Roy's legacy so i pointed out the facts Jones still had the same skills he had at lower weights i mean he KO Kelly with his hands behind his back let me put it this way Spinks was good champion Jones was something else.