Could anyone in the history of boxing ever beat a prime Roy Jones Jr.?

You can add Harold Johnson to the list already mentioned,also Billy Conn.

 

damn skippy. he was a TREMENDOUS light heavy and should be in any discussion around the best 175ers

 

Peace, brother :rasta

 

I would bet the house on a prime Jones Jr. at middleweight and super middleweight over anyone in history but at light heavy
a few guys would have given him trouble - Spinks, Foster, Charles.

 

its a pity that he never fought Nigel Benn.

 

His best weight is 168, I don't see anyone beating him there. However, that's mostly due to the fact that it's a very young division.

 

you would not have a house very long then. :roflatsch

 

supermiddle-safe bet

middle-less so. by a lot. i love roy but his middleweight career didn't show us NEARLY enough to rate him. it's like making a list of guys that could beat floyd at welter: there's no point because he's so unproven

 

At 168, I don't think anyone could have beaten him. He would probably lose against the best fighters of 175.

 

the only guys who could have challenge him, REALLY challenged him i think are fighters that never fought in the division cause it wasn't around.

charles, burley, conn and greb would have fought at 168 if it were around. but of the fighters since super middle has been around, none would stand much of a chance

 

a **** load start with Ezzard Charles
Archie Moore
Michael Spinks
Evander Holyfield
Bob Fosters hook on that glass jaw
Gene Tunney
Billy Conn
Ali when he was a lightheavy dont know for sure if Ali fought LT heavy as a pro may have early in career not sure?

I will stop here but ther are a few others lets not get carried away Jones was protected and overarted

 

That would be devastating. If Jones thought Glen Johnson brutally KOed him it is nothing like what Foster would do to him.

 

Ali fought light heavy in the AM'S

 

He was like Mayweather a little. He did not look for the risks and glory so he looked so unbeatable. Thomas Hearns or Michael Spinks and that level would have given him big trouble. When you fight the guys he fought he will look awesome. His best wins were Toney and Hill. But many legends were better than those two.

 

Hell yeah i totally forgot about Hearns.....even at that weight he was devastating