Seriously the quoting system is disconcerting

Although I kind of see ICB's point.

Its not like Jones was tecnically bad by any means but was he as good technically as guys like Floyd, Hopkins, Toney, Whitaker, not IMO. Offensively he was very good technically, all his punches were short, compact, straight, beautiful punches. But defensively I don't put him on the same level as Hopkins, PBF, Toney, etc. All those guys were good defensively inside, outside, everywhere. Jones' defense was reflexes and if a guy got inside keeping his hands up. I can't remember which issue of the Ring it was but Glen Johnson made a good comparison with Roy and Hopkins and how much better Hopkins was technically on defense and how that helped him stay at a high level even when he got much older.

I think PBF, if he decides to keep on fighting late into his career, could maintain a higher level of fighting, like Hopkins, even if he loses some of his athleticism just cause of how skilled he is.