Better Resume: OSCAR DE LA HOYA or ROY JONES Jr?

Jones beat a Heavyweight paper BELTHOLDER. That was it.

Lennox Lewis was THE Heavyweight Champion of the world.

Not to mention Ruiz is probably the worst Heavyweight beltholder in the last 25 years not named Bruce Seldon.

:deal

 

Yes, but Ruiz WAS beltholder and many decent fighters weren't. Maybe Ruiz is boring, but you can't say that he was easy to beat. RJJ made it look easy. How many former MW's compete with heavies these days?

 

close but i have to go with oscar since he fought everybody in his prime.

 

Oscar has more dpeth of names but you find that guys from lower division tend to come in contact with more famous names/title holders.

Overrall I rank Roy Jones higher, didnt lose in his prime and looked comfortable in every fight however great his oposition.

 

what? chavez, camacho, whitaker prime? loses to mosley, tito?

 

It's hands down Roy Jones.

 

great win but it could have been better if he didn't move up in weight and fight hopkins instead..he'll beat bhop for sure

 

it's a fair question...i was going to say roy right away...and still do..but it made me stop and think about..

 

How are close controversial decisions fight after fight "good wins over great opponents"?

Every single Ruiz fight the result was controversial and very close on the scorecards.

Who did Ruiz ever beat decisively?

 

I would go with Jones as he was more convincing against his opponents and looked in most fights that he could still step up a couple of gears. Oscar was less than convincing in a few of his and was lucky with more than one decision (Whitaker springs to mind). Winning heavy weight title was pretty special to.

 

this post is a double edged sword and can be misleading either way.

roy ruled a poor division, yet he does have the wins against toney and hopkins to bolster his standing.

oscar's resume is a who's who of boxing greats, but only because he is the golden cashcow who was willing to weightjump 'at will', and yet he lost the biggest fights of his career.

i would say oscar has the better resume but that in no way should be seen by anybody as reflection of the skillset of both fighters. oscar simply wasn't in roy's league skill-wise.