heres an interesting thought reguarding roy jones

[Fenster]

Not a hope in hells chance.

Roy would have been sparked in 1.

[bikersk]

I think he has a chance. If it's prime for prime. But there is no way Jones would have considered that weight in his prime. Although he would have been a lot quicker in his prime than he was when he fought Ruiz and Jones had good power for his weight. Tyson revelled in the big slow guys because he was so fast in his prime and so good with his defense. He always struggled though against skilled boxers who use the jab well and Jones could do anything he wanted in his prime and jabbing would have been a weapon for him. It sure would be a good fight though.

[oakleyno1]

i think roy would go a few rounds, probably until he got caught flush when he wore down a bit maybe in 5 or 6 rounds,

the thing that makes roy such a legend imo is that if we spoke about calzaghe or even someone heavier like tarver who imo are great and very good fighters, calzaghe being the great one we would laugh at the thought of them taking on a prime tyson.

however even though the large majoritry of people think he would get sparked there are some who think it would be a competitive fight even if roy was to lose. i just cant see anyone else who has a natrul weight of below cruiser being even given the slightest chance of making it through 3 rounds.

[bikersk]

Yes that is why i would think he has a chance. Movement, stamina and punch speed would all be in his favour. Just like he did against Ruiz Jones Jr would be fast - stupid fast and the ring generalship would be in his favour as would punch output. Staying out of the way of punches is much easier for the smaller more skilled guy.

[Bomp]

i think roy would go a few rounds, probably until he got caught flush when he wore down a bit maybe in 5 or 6 rounds,

the thing that makes roy such a legend imo is that if we spoke about calzaghe or even someone heavier like tarver who imo are great and very good fighters, calzaghe being the great one we would laugh at the thought of them taking on a prime tyson.

however even though the large majoritry of people think he would get sparked there are some who think it would be a competitive fight even if roy was to lose. i just cant see anyone else who has a natrul weight of below cruiser being even given the slightest chance of making it through 3 rounds.

James Toney maybe.

Roy makes one mistake and he'll be out of there sharpish.

[RozzySean]

I think he has a chance. If it's prime for prime. But there is no way Jones would have considered that weight in his prime. Although he would have been a lot quicker in his prime than he was when he fought Ruiz and Jones had good power for his weight. Tyson revelled in the big slow guys because he was so fast in his prime and so good with his defense. He always struggled though against skilled boxers who use the jab well and Jones could do anything he wanted in his prime and jabbing would have been a weapon for him. It sure would be a good fight though.

Roy very rarely used the jab as a real weopon...especially once he got up to LWH and he was SO much faster than everybody else. He would use a lead left hook almost like a jab because he could get away from it.

The kind of speed and skill that Roy had was not the type to bother Tyson. Speed and skill like Ali, Holmes, or Lewis is the type to bother Tyson. As somebody else said, Roy loved to back into the ropes and he only fought in spots. Express Train, Prime Time Tyson would have gotten him against he ropes and beat him like a red-headed stepchild. Let's not forgot, at his best, when he was with Cus and Rooney, Tyson had a lot more skill in his game than he employed later in his career and he would have been able to eventually manuver Roy to where he could do max damage.