From 135-154 were any fighters ever quicker than Roy Jones?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Jones looked as quick as a welterweight, so which guys from 135-154 were actually quicker than him? I`m not talking P4P either.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

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    Yes, Gary Russell Jr
     
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  3. NoNeck

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    He's 130.
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Camacho, Meldrick Taylor, Mayweather (135), Shane Mosley (135)....
     
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    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Leonard. Leonard. Hearns right hand. Robinson. Greb. Camacho. Benny Leonard Freddie Welsh. Jack the Nonpariel Dempsey. Tommy Ryan. Jimmy McLarnin
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  6. NoNeck

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    And Boston Tom.
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Howard Davis
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    What about Floyd at 154?
     
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  9. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Their have been plenty fighters between 130-145 that probably was faster than Jones at Jr. Middle/ Middle. Kid Gavilan was super fast, so was Ortiz, I,Laguna, J.Napoles, in his prime, H.Davis Jr. Prime R.Robinson, prime Leonard, M.Taylor, Camacho Sr. Lightning L.Smith, Deloyhoya at lightweight, P.Whitaker, D.Curry at welter, T.Norris, T.Hearns at welter, (Jones had better foot speed though) since the fighters I've named were naturally lighter than Jones of course they probably were faster. It's not a knock against prime Jones Ungodly quickness and speed for his weight class.
     
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  10. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Howard Davis jr, Ray Leonard, Meldrick Taylor, Hector Camacho.
     
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  11. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Good call on Laguna.
     
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  12. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    What made Jones special was his power to go with his quickness. That was uncommon.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes, just re-checked Hearns v Leonard `81 and both were quicker than Jones, Leonard also looked better than Jones looked v Gonzales, that was the Jones fight I re-checked to see his speed.
     
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  14. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Camacho and only Camacho
     
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  15. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A lot of fighters listed were not noticeably faster than Jones at all. Most weren't faster imo. Even is a few were slightly faster when talking about handspeed, they'd still be slower in a p4p sense
     
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