Prime for Prime, Dmitrii Bivol vs. Roy Jones Jr ?

With all due respect to Bivol, but Roy would beat him in his prime.

 

Jones takes a hard fought decision, his speed and variety of punch proving to be too much for Bivol.

 

B Hop and Toney are better fighters than Prince Dmitry Bivol. I love Bivol but get real.

 

Well said Sir.

 

When did Prince Dmitry become a Pastor. Bivol is my guy but he and RJJ at their best only goes one way. In fact it’s doubtful anyone P4P beat RJJ at his best and their best. He was an absolute freak of nature. Yes his fundamentals were not Floyd’s which only meant he became vulnerable when past his athletic prime and unlike Muhammad Ali did not have an iron chin.

 

Find evidence that RJJ is "better" than Bivol...

 

Bivol is fast and has very good fundamenbtals but RJJ's speed and athleticism is next level. RJJ fundamentals were not next level which is why once his speed and athleticism were compromised by age only, then did he become susceptible. Both at their best Dimitry loses. In his prime years and it gives me no joy to say it but RJJ was pretty unbeatable ask my guy James "Lights Out" Toney a guy with excellent fundamentals trained by a master trainer in the late Bill Miller. We need to see Prince Dmitry against his country man King Arthur Beterbiev, David Benaivides and the Prince Joshua Buatsi of Ghana. If he overcomes these challenges then we can then evaluate him properly. I don't remember RJJ failing drugs test like some British fighters have done nor do I remember him serving a ban for such. Roy was not superman that was Muhammed Ali as we called him the black super man. I think Prince Dmitry has greatness in him. You will remember I was one of those who correctly predicted he would be too much for Canelo when they made the match. He will stop Canelo in a rematch should it happen.

 

Toney would be a very hard fight for Bivol. I would pick Toney to beat him. But Bivol would schools Hopkins. We have seen that Hopkins cannot handle speed.

 

I agree with Toney beating Bivol and agree with Bivol beating Hopkins but Bivol must be careful not to get mugged by Hopkins.

 

You're right to highlight his unorthodox brilliance, but I don't think the version of RJJ we saw makes it past the testing process.

 

But all your greats are now in NFL and NBA yea ? and they migrated as soon as boxing became more global and ped testing got more strict .
They never excelled at amateur boxing , I guess it’s because they had to face boxers from all around the world without having 3 american judges on their side.
I know it’s hard for you to understand , but your boxers are as good as MMA fighters , you have zero american champions in UFC , you’d prob have zero champions in boxing if best fought the best like they do in UFC.

 

Nobody has a lot of names

 

Roy