Tell me that THIS is not the MOST TALENTED fighter that has ever lived

[BIG H]

THIS is not the MOST TALENTED fighter that has ever lived!!

[Fenster]

It's a Johnny Nelson vid, right?

[Kev]

Cool vid, not sure we will ever see the likes of him again.

I think in his prime he would have beaten any fighter who ever lived in his weight classes.

Who could possibly hang with that?

It's a shame in a way that he didn't retire after the Ruiz fight because he would easily have gone down in history then as one of the top 5 or 6 ever imo.

Thanks to his ko losses though he's possibly not in most's top 10....

[yvonne]

Joy Jones was soo great to watch in his prime!!His reflexes were just soo good,as to his power too!

Nice vid

[ElTerribleMorales]

Joy Jones was soo great to watch in his prime!!His reflexes were just soo good,as to his power too!

Nice vid

is that Roy's alter ego now? did he become a he/she?

[rjj tszyu]

No I totally agree with you!

[Numa]

Joy Jones was soo great to watch in his prime!!His reflexes were just soo good,as to his power too!

Nice vid

Thanks for the comments guys.

Yeah RJJ is a god that's for sure.

[Taeth]

He's a great fighter, my favorite ever, but my other favorite beats him p4p anyday of the week.

Roy is slighly faster than Mayweather p4p, but Floyd is awkward to fight, and after watching Montell Griffin stylistically give Roy fits, Floyd would pick him apart because Roy never established a real jab(except against RUiz and Pazienza, but that jab wouldn't have been useful against Floyd).

He got too sloppy because of his technique, and he stopped using footwork, and allowed guys to hit him on the ropes(despite blocking 95% of thes shots at least partially).

[Beanflicker]

The most physically gifted guy ever in the sport. I think a few guys (Mayweather definatly) have him beat "talent" wise though.

[zhubin]

He's a great fighter, my favorite ever, but my other favorite beats him p4p anyday of the week.

Roy is slighly faster than Mayweather p4p, but Floyd is awkward to fight, and after watching Montell Griffin stylistically give Roy fits, Floyd would pick him apart because Roy never established a real jab(except against RUiz and Pazienza, but that jab wouldn't have been useful against Floyd).

He got too sloppy because of his technique, and he stopped using footwork, and allowed guys to hit him on the ropes(despite blocking 95% of thes shots at least partially).

Griffin gave Roy fits?! Roy just needed to warm up in the first fight and we all know what happened in the rematch. Physically, Roy is as gifted a fighter that has ever lived. So gifted in fact...that he didn't have to have the greatest technique. Sure, this was detrimental as he lost his natural talent...but at his prime...he simply had too much speed, reflexes and power for ANYONE to handle...Floyd included (even though a fight between the two makes no sense weight class wise). Sometimes...when someone has so much incredible natural ability...no amount of technical prowess can stop it. It's one thing to have great speed (Roy had unbelievable speed), another to have great reflexes (Roy had unbelievable reflexes), and another thing to have great power (Roy had tremendous power). Some fighters are lucky have 2 out of the three. To have all three is very rare. Too bad he came back down in weight to fight Tarver. And now...his best is way past him. But in his prime...i wouldn't bet against him in any fight.

[miron_lang]

THIS is not the MOST TALENTED fighter that has ever lived


Out of Prime Roy got embarrassed by fighters with less talent.

Muhammad ALI was able to win During his Prime and out of prime againts equally talented fighters. Knowing how to win is a talent too.

[ICB]

Pernell Whitaker
Donald Curry
Sugar Ray Leonard
Ricardo Lopez
James Toney
Terry Norris

All deserve a mention aswell.

[Rick O'Shea]

THIS is not the MOST TALENTED fighter that has ever lived!!

Agreed.. Nobody can deny he's 'up there' but guys like Joe Gans, Willie Pep, Jimmy Wilde, were doing Roy's stuff a long time ago..