Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
Huge Jones fan here.
I persoanlly try to emulate his speed and velocity but he wasn't a fantastic boxer. He was easy to trap on the ropes (where he was Kayo'ed twice.) Jones also could never establish a jab.

What made Roy great was his physical ability, not his boxing.
His blend of spped and power was particularly potent when blended with his defensive reflexes.

Mayweather, Leonard and Whittaker were all much more textbook, with comparable physical abilities, that actually results in them being better than Roy in my eyes.

Roy was great. But not the best ever.
He's beaten by Monzon and Hagler at middle.
Beaten by a feew Light heavies (Charles, Moore.)

Gretest Super Middle of all time?
Yes, Roy deserves that mantle.
Gotta disagree with you here Donny. He didn't use textbook boxing skills like Mayweather, Leonard and Whittaker because he invented his own style. To use this style you had to be blessed with athleticism beyond anything I've seen in boxing before Roy and I doubt We'll ever see anything like him again.

But just because he didn't box out of a textbook doesn't mean he wasn't a great boxer. In my eyes he is the greatest LHW of all time and I truly believe he would have beaten any middleweight in history but he certainly doesn't deserve the mantle as greatest because he wasn't there long enough. As for SMW I think you have to go for Calzaghe as greatest because even though a SMW Roy would have beaten Joe again he wasn't there long enough to cement a legacy there as being the greatest SMW of all time.

Just my opinion though