More Impressive in his Prime: RJJ or Mayweather?

[Danmann]

I dislike Mayweather , and am rooting agaisnt him, but he has beaten tougher competition than Jones.

[Dracon]

Originally Posted by Danmann

I dislike Mayweather , and am rooting agaisnt him, but he has beaten tougher competition than Jones.

That wasn't the question.

[tliang1000]

impressive as in flash roy. impressive as in u can forget about that guy losing floyd.

[RJJFan]

Guys, MVC voted for RJJ. I think that pretty much seals the deal as he is quite possibly the biggest flomo on this board.

[canucks9314]

Originally Posted by RJJFan

Guys, MVC voted for RJJ. I think that pretty much seals the deal as he is quite possibly the biggest flomo on this board.

He's like a GTSK - it's a pactard alt.

[RJJFan]

Originally Posted by canucks9314

He's like a GTSK - it's a pactard alt.

Seriously?

[platnumpapi]

roy jones jr in his prime was the best ever. god gave him the most athletic talent when it comes to speed, power and refelx.jones was to nice of a fighter, broke all the boxing do and donts but shit he was superman.

[hussleman]

Hmmm..... I luv and a huge fan of both!

[Vergilius]

Originally Posted by sbbigmike

Are you seriously gonna use Toney and a green Hopkins as a measuring stick to how great Jones was the same Toney that lose to Griffin twice

Hopkins was 29 when RJJ fought him - four years older than Jones himself. He might not have reached his highest technical level, but it certainly was within his physical prime. The victory remains the clearest loss of Hopkins' career untill he faced Dawson and the only time B-Hop has looked bewildered in his prime. Toney was unbeaten - and ranked very highly p4p. Of course he made excuses after the fight, but if you take that into account, no fighter has had a great win ever. I maintain that those two wins and the conquest of the HW title is better than anything on Mayweather's resume. If Floyd was to beat Pacquiao and then take the middleweight title from Martinez (at 160) I would consider him to have surpassed Roy. If he did one of the two, I might consider them equal or perhaps slightly ahead. But it hasn't happened yet.

[Ilesey]

Jones.

[Dracon]

Originally Posted by Vergilius

Hopkins was 29 when RJJ fought him - four years older than Jones himself. He might not have reached his highest technical level, but it certainly was within his physical prime. The victory remains the clearest loss of Hopkins' career untill he faced Dawson and the only time B-Hop has looked bewildered in his prime. Toney was unbeaten - and ranked very highly p4p. Of course he made excuses after the fight, but if you take that into account, no fighter has had a great win ever. I maintain that those two wins and the conquest of the HW title is better than anything on Mayweather's resume. If Floyd was to beat Pacquiao and then take the middleweight title from Martinez (at 160) I would consider him to have surpassed Roy. If he did one of the two, I might consider them equal or perhaps slightly ahead. But it hasn't happened yet.

This.