Would Gennady Golovkin and Marvin Hagler be food for Roy Jones ?

Top post mate, great points. Roy was a fighter who relied whose base was his god given talents. Reflexes, speed, instinct, sheer athleticism. At his peak he might even be the finest example in history. By comparison, late starting technicians like Hopkins and co take years longer to perfect their art. Roy by contrast just blitzed onto the scene. His physical and athletic attributes were other worldly.

I'll go deeper than 95%, I'm not sure there's a guy at 160 I'd favor over him. SRR might match him up best. Having said that it's entirely possible he might lose to guys like Hagler and Monzon, but for me there's every chance he prevails as well. He was a special fighter, even at 160.

 

Not necessarely green, but Roy's prime weight was 168, he was unbeatable at 168 but not at 160.

 

Remember Hagler has that Bud Crawford switch hitting thing going too. That part of what makes him so dangerous. Also, he is hell for his opponents in rematches.

 

Toney looked like crap in that fight do to weight problems. Most the time he was a great fighter though.

 

He had plenty of struggles. Jones had a fair bit to do with him looking crap too, to state the obvious.

 

The Tate win required not even 2 full rnds-worth of exertion - not nearly enough to completely rule out any impact from the drop in weight on his strength, durability, & stamina, which could've been tested if a Hagler or even a G took him into deeper waters. That he wasn't outright depleted by the drop to 160 doesn't mean he retained the exact same efficiency either.

Duran had an extensive peak that spanned numerous fights below, @, & above 140, including wins over world class fighters like Viruet & Mamby w/in the 140 lb range. Not a comparable scenario IMO.

 

You think he was weight drained, i don't. Lets look deeper.

In 1989 he came in at 157>155>155>157>157.5. Day before weigh ins! In 1990 it was 158>156.5>159.25>158.25>160.5>154!!!!!!>158.5!!!>153.25!!!!>160. 1992 was 158>160>159>163>164.

When a guys coming in at 153 in day before weigh ins that late in the piece he's hardly struggling. He went 12 hard rounds with Hopkins just 12 months before he fought Tate. Was there ever any talk or evidence he was struggling? He was the consumate pro and it was day before weight ins. He was fine.

At any rate Jones looked a million dollars at 160 and also 5 minutes after deciding to move after and go after bigger fish.

 

Hagler is too little, GGG has a game chance.