Roy jones had the physical Capability to do what B-hop did to tarver

[MRMANICK]

No roy would have never been able to beat tarver like hop did. Not saying roy can't beat him but people must understand it wasn't just the right hands that beat tarver. It was the way that hop was roughing him up that won that fight. Tarver wasn't ready for that type of fight. Once he saw how rough hop was i think he got scared. Imo tarver would have never been able to beat hop no matter when they fought. Roy would never fight that type of fight and thats what gave tarver the confidence to fight him the way he did. People try to descredit the win by saying tarver didn't show up. He showed up. Listen to the commentators in the beginning of the fight. Tarver showed up but i think he thought hop would run and fight him like he did eastman and taylor but when he started to come in on him in the 1st round he didn't know what to do.

[CountryBoy]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

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[Purist]

Jones just maybe really thought he was invincable and found out otherwise ...Roy is gunshy now ,soft chin or not!!,
Jones has Less heart

agree or disagree??

ps -didnt it feel good to see b-hop take it to Tarver like that ...Tarver alwasy talks big like hes gonna come in and do sothin special ...he talks a great fight ..then goes and fights coutiously ...he deserved a loss ...maybe Tarver will start to fight harder

STRONGLY DISAGREE!!!!

How did Roy Jones Jr lack heart?

You all seem to forget that Roy actually FOUGHT at Heavyweight anc came back down and fought the light heavyweight champ at the guys weight class... AND WON.

And tarver filmed a movie, not even a real fight at heavyweight and came back down to fight a middleweight moving up to that weight class. And loses every single round.

Roy got more heart then he ever got credit for

[Wacko3205]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

Bernard is just a handful short as many knockouts as Jones & against fighters that were a bit more legit IWO.

I love both men...but both were great fighters & Hopkins accomplished more.

[JonesJrMayweather]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

Bernard is just a handful short as many knockouts as Jones & against fighters that were a bit more legit IWO.

I love both men...but both were great fighters & Hopkins accomplished more.

let's see

ROY JONES: MW, SMW, LHW, & HW champion. voted fighter of the decade in 1999, fighter of the year in 1994, first in over 100 years to move from MW to HW and win the title. (7) notable accomplishments

BERNARD: MW & LHW champion. Most consecutive defenses of the MW crown. (3) notable accomplishments

So who was it that accomplished more?

[CountryBoy]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

Bernard is just a handful short as many knockouts as Jones & against fighters that were a bit more legit IWO.

I love both men...but both were great fighters & Hopkins accomplished more.

let's see

ROY JONES: MW, SMW, LHW, & HW champion. voted fighter of the decade in 1999, fighter of the year in 1994, first in over 100 years to move from MW to HW and win the title. (7) notable accomplishments

BERNARD: MW & LHW champion. Most consecutive defenses of the MW crown. (3) notable accomplishments

So who was it that accomplished more?

[Purist]

Bernards is more recent. So of course its gonna be strong votes for him

[MRMANICK]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

Bernard is just a handful short as many knockouts as Jones & against fighters that were a bit more legit IWO.

I love both men...but both were great fighters & Hopkins accomplished more.

let's see

ROY JONES: MW, SMW, LHW, & HW champion. voted fighter of the decade in 1999, fighter of the year in 1994, first in over 100 years to move from MW to HW and win the title. (7) notable accomplishments

BERNARD: MW & LHW champion. Most consecutive defenses of the MW crown. (3) notable accomplishments

So who was it that accomplished more?

Well if were talking about notable acomplishments then we really should only be talking about titles and records.Why? In 100 years nobody gonna care if roy jones was fighter of the year in 94,or if hop was fighter of the year in in 01. But they will talk about the titles and the records. When you look at it like that it might look a little different:

Roy Jones
-MW Titleholder,SMW Titleholder,HW title holder( I will only count this as 1 accomplishment being that he was never the true champ in these divisions)
-Universally Recognized LHW Champ
-First man to win a title at heavyweight after being middleweight champ in over 100 years

Bernard Hopkins
-Universally Recognized MW Champ
-Universally Recognized LHW Champ
-Most defenses of the the MW title EVER
-First man in over in a 100 years to go from MW to win LHW title

Now we could say 4 to 3 Hop or 5 to 4 for Roy. But either way you look its pretty close.

[JonesJrMayweather]

Roy Jones Jr was arguably the best boxer to ever lace them up, Hopkins and Tarver are not on the same level as Jones Jr was in his prime.

Bernard is just a handful short as many knockouts as Jones & against fighters that were a bit more legit IWO.

I love both men...but both were great fighters & Hopkins accomplished more.

let's see

ROY JONES: MW, SMW, LHW, & HW champion. voted fighter of the decade in 1999, fighter of the year in 1994, first in over 100 years to move from MW to HW and win the title. (7) notable accomplishments

BERNARD: MW & LHW champion. Most consecutive defenses of the MW crown. (3) notable accomplishments

So who was it that accomplished more?

Well if were talking about notable acomplishments then we really should only be talking about titles and records.Why? In 100 years nobody gonna care if roy jones was fighter of the year in 94,or if hop was fighter of the year in in 01. But they will talk about the titles and the records. When you look at it like that it might look a little different:

Roy Jones
-MW Titleholder,SMW Titleholder,HW title holder( I will only count this as 1 accomplishment being that he was never the true champ in these divisions)
-Universally Recognized LHW Champ
-First man to win a title at heavyweight after being middleweight champ in over 100 years

Bernard Hopkins
-Universally Recognized MW Champ
-Universally Recognized LHW Champ
-Most defenses of the the MW title EVER
-First man in over in a 100 years to go from MW to win LHW title

Now we could say 4 to 3 Hop or 5 to 4 for Roy. But either way you look its pretty close.

whoa in hundred years the books will read...roy was four time- four division world champion fighter of the decade in the nineties...and beat bernard hopkins....

hopkins' will read two time two division world champ most defenses of middleweight title..and lost to roy jones...

[Purist]

Answer me this question.

Who did Hopkins beat thats as good as James Toney was

That is all

[JonesJrMayweather]

Answer me this question.

Who did Hopkins beat thats as good as James Toney was

That is all

or even as good himself....other than the smaller tito and oscar....

[Purist]

and btw, Roy went up to beat James Toney just as bernard went up to beat Tarver And if you can tell me any other guy that was recognized as the universal champ at 168 other then James Toney before Roy beat him please tell me

[means2184]

Jones just maybe really thought he was invincable and found out otherwise ...Roy is gunshy now ,soft chin or not!!,
Jones has Less heart

agree or disagree??

ps -didnt it feel good to see b-hop take it to Tarver like that ...Tarver alwasy talks big like hes gonna come in and do sothin special ...he talks a great fight ..then goes and fights coutiously ...he deserved a loss ...maybe Tarver will start to fight harder

STRONGLY DISAGREE!!!!

How did Roy Jones Jr lack heart?

You all seem to forget that Roy actually FOUGHT at Heavyweight anc came back down and fought the light heavyweight champ at the guys weight class... AND WON.

And tarver filmed a movie, not even a real fight at heavyweight and came back down to fight a middleweight moving up to that weight class. And loses every single round.

Roy got more heart then he ever got credit for

i know he had heart back in the day .and he took his losses so i'm sure he still has heart YOUR RIGHT i' gonna modify what i said ....its just that RJJ doenst look like he wants to be there when he fights now

[MRMANICK]

and btw, Roy went up to beat James Toney just as bernard went up to beat Tarver And if you can tell me any other guy that was recognized as the universal champ at 168 other then James Toney before Roy beat him please tell me

So toney moves up and beats iran barkley for the ibf strap and that made him universally recognized champ? Are you serious?