Whose weight gain is the most impressive? Pac vs RJJ

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  1. El Greeno

    El Greeno Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pac:

    Lightest world title - Flyweight, 112lbs
    Heaviest world title - Light Middleweight (ish) 154lbs

    RJJ:

    Lightest world title - Middleweight, 160lbs
    Heaviest world title - Heavyweight, unlimited (Roy weighed in at 193lbs).

    So just by numbers Pac had gone up more in weight but remember that Ruiz weighed 226lbs.

    Whose weight gain is more astounding to you?
     
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  2. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    Roy Jones. He has the better resume as well. Roy actually turned pro at 154.
     
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  3. BlackBrenny

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    roy was a mountain at heavyweight :lol::lol:
     
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  4. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    from Flyweight to JrMW is like 10 weightclasses
     
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  5. AnthonyW

    AnthonyW ESB Official Gif Poster Full Member

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    Pacquiao was always going to develop into a natural 135-140lber...which doesn't make it any less impressive.

    Middleweight-Heavyweight is certainly the harder jump in my opinion.
     
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  6. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    That JrMW **** is a joke and you know it.
     
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    if by how many weight class they climb,then its manny.
     
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  8. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    :deal I feel the same way. People must realize that you have guys that walk around at 210 pounds that dropped down to 175 to fight at lightheavy.
     
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    Even without jrMW it's a span of 9 weight classes.
     
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  10. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Barrera, Morales, Marquez, De La Hoya, Hatton, Cotto,margarito > Hopkins, Toney,ruiz,tarver 1.
    Pac has a deeper and better resume. His jump in weight is one of the best ever. Jones is great as well.
     
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  11. puga_ni_nana

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    going by percent weight

    pac from 112 to 154 means a 37.5% weight gain from his lightest championship division to his heaviest championship division.

    jones from 160 to 200 means a 25% weight gain from his lightest championship division to his heaviest championship division.

    it's easily pacquiao who was more impressive.
     
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  12. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    james toney did it better then jones
     
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  13. El Greeno

    El Greeno Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I was thinking more about which is the greater accomplishment in terms of skill, heart, athleticism etc. and the ability to fight much bigger guys.
     
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  14. the_truth

    the_truth Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Smaller guys always tend to move up in weight of course not like what Manny has done, but 3 or 4 weight classes. Roy Jones did history and also with no demands:D
     
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  15. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    No dude you are wrong. Montell Griffin, Reggie Johnson, Lou De Valle, Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill. All these guys were champions. You have to look at when Manny fought Oscar, Margarito. Cotto couldn't beat Griffin or any of the other guys I just named if he was a natural light heavy or super middleweight.
     
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