What if the devil had got into Roy Jones in his prime and he went all out for glory?

Just say that Roy Jones had thrown caution to the wind in his prime and decided to chase down all of the most dangerous oponents available from middleweight to heavyweight?

What kind of resume could he have built?

 

all depends on his chin holding out

 

He could have built

Rematch with a better Hopkins
Darius M- who was THE MAN at 175
Fabriozio Tiozzi
Sven Ottke
Gerald Mcclellan
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Steve Collins
Julian Jackson
Either Klitschko or Lewis
Mike Tyson



He certainly would have had his chin tested!

 

Even if he had been sparked a couple of times he could have built an incredible resume.

Sam Langford and Harry Greb did not atain greatness by hanging on to their 0 untill they were old men.

 

It certainly would have been tested. That would be a fine resume right there. A lot of them didn't want to fight him the US despite him being the much larger draw.

 

yes very much agree with you but jones was such a big star he could of pushed for the big fights but did not very sad statemount about the modern state of boxing if you think about it

 

if jones had come over to england to fight eubank benn or collins he would of made more money. they would of sold at least a forty thousand live gate, if calzaghe can be accused not leving home so can jones

 

I guess so. You can make a case for either to be at fault.

 

:good

 

Let me say this in RJJ's defense, not everybody with a meal ticket back in the day was REALLY lining up to face him. It's easy to blame Roy now, but the onus was on both he AND his preferred opponent - points often overlooked today.

 

Rematch with a better Hopkins
Darius M- who was THE MAN at 175
Fabriozio Tiozzi
Sven Ottke
Gerald Mcclellan
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Steve Collins
Julian Jackson
Either Klitschko or Lewis
Mike Tyson

Mr Butt who there do you expect to KO him?

(only the LHws and below)

 

Valid argument.

Eubank said in his biography that he would never have fought Jones unless Jones was made his mandatory. He also said that if the fight had taken place it is "highly unlikley" that he would have won.

Thats honesty for you.

 

I remember well that period when many were accusing RJJ of avoiding Dariusz Michaczewski. To be sure, it was a fight all hardcore fans wanted...and "Tiger" seemed all too willing to get Jones into the ring....but as it turns out, strictly on his terms.

Let the record show that RJJ wasn't the only one at fault where that failure to make a big fight was concerned.

 

benn and mcclellan have a chance but only that you can never completely rule out punchers of that calibre,but as i say only a chance
i also think if he had fought ottke in germany he would of lost by dq for hitting ottke to hard and to often

 

fair enough mr Butt thats how i see it.

as for Ottke what you on about in the eyes of the judges hed win a huge wide decision and dominate jones