Michael Spinks vs Roy jones jr.

[headson]

look at the careers after spinks oppents
then look at jones oppenents
he just made look like no body

[LegendBoxing65]

Jones was a great fighter. No doubt. But his opposition was not that great outside of Toney and McCallum (old). Spinks had great opposition. He made Qawi emotionally quit after Qawi took the right hand.

[ICB]

jones jr ud.

In this case you are going to get a great fighter of tactics. Roy would have to move very well to avoid the right hand of Spinks. Spinks is better than anyone Roy has ever fought.

Roy dealt with akward styles well if they had 3 fights Jones would definetly win 2 out of 3.

[LegendBoxing65]

jones jr ud.

In this case you are going to get a great fighter of tactics. Roy would have to move very well to avoid the right hand of Spinks. Spinks is better than anyone Roy has ever fought.

Roy dealt with akward styles well if they had 3 fights Jones would definetly win 2 out of 3.

Roy was good and I agree he might have adjusted. I think if Jones did win 2 of 3 he would win the first two and lose the 3rd.

[ICB]

jones jr ud.

In this case you are going to get a great fighter of tactics. Roy would have to move very well to avoid the right hand of Spinks. Spinks is better than anyone Roy has ever fought.

Roy dealt with akward styles well if they had 3 fights Jones would definetly win 2 out of 3.

Roy was good and I agree he might have adjusted. I think if Jones did win 2 of 3 he would win the first two and lose the 3rd.

Actually i think he would lose first and win next 2.

[Taeth]

Spinks is too slow for ROy... he could probably be taken down by a body shot like Virgill Hill was. I say he is completely overwhelmed by the speed and power combination that is Roy JOnes Jr.. Also how much LHW Charles is there out there? ALso most fights from that far back the camera's couldn't capture motion very well so its hard to tell how quick they really are.

[THE THIRD MAN]

This is a UD win for prime Jones jr, how would he go against Bob Foster?
Foster was a wicked puncher and as we all know now Jones when hit stayed hit!

[Taeth]

Jones was a great fighter. No doubt. But his opposition was not that great outside of Toney and McCallum (old). Spinks had great opposition. He made Qawi emotionally quit after Qawi took the right hand.

Quawi quit in a few fights, and a totally different fighter than Roy. Also Roy had a lot of solid opponents. How many great fighters did Michael SPinks fight at 175? Also Roy would have beaten LHW Quawi a lot worse, and I always thought Quawi was a better cruiser than LHW.

[LegendBoxing65]

I think Qawi had easier opposition at cruiserweight. But Spinks did fight Eddie Mustafa, Qawi, Murray Sutherland who fought Hearns, Lopez,Marvin (Pops) Johnson. Did you know that Hearns was going to fight Marvin Johnson for his light heavy title, but Johnson lost to Leslie Stewart, so Hearns then fought Andries a year later. Anyway, I am not sure Spinks opposition was much less than Jones. Jones did not fight a few cream of the crop guys he could have. I just think this fight is a pickem fight. Jones did beat Bernard who was young when he fought him, he beat Toney... His best win. . But Spinks fought much much much better heavyweight opposition. I do not really regard beating Ruiz as much of anything at heavyweight. Spinks did beat Holmes twice and even going the distance with Holmes twice was tough I would think.

[Taeth]

Michael Spinks fought a few good guys, and Hearns was far past his prime and best weight class. I think Holmes won both fights personally, but also Spinks' style worked better against Holmes who is a very jab oriented fighter. Roy throws different punches from different angles every time, and he has way more speed than anyone Spinks fought to go along with more skill.

[VictorCharlie]

wow ....great question....I'm leaning toward RJ in UD....Spinks might even put him down, but lose to many rounds to a busier fastier opponent.

[Taeth]

Fastier? ANyways even Bert Sugar conceded to say that Roy would have beaten every LHW except maybe Conn and Charles though I say he would beat both.

[VictorCharlie]

thought it was a boxing forum not a grammar class...thanks for correction though dork

[LegendBoxing65]

Michael Spinks fought a few good guys, and Hearns was far past his prime and best weight class. I think Holmes won both fights personally, but also Spinks' style worked better against Holmes who is a very jab oriented fighter. Roy throws different punches from different angles every time, and he has way more speed than anyone Spinks fought to go along with more skill.

Spinks was pretty fast himself. Holmes should have beaten Spinks when he fought him, but Spinks did that ridiculous babystep style which did get him the win. which shows how versatile Spinks was to change his style and to outbox Holmes. It would have been a great fight and Jones would have to be aware of Spinks right hand the whole time.

[LegendBoxing65]

Fastier? ANyways even Bert Sugar conceded to say that Roy would have beaten every LHW except maybe Conn and Charles though I say he would beat both.

Bert Sugar to me is overrated as a boxing expert. He just speaks like a sports writer. He takes the favorite always and does not really have much insight. If Emanual Steward said that Jones would beat all those guys I would say ok that is a good comment in Roy's favor.