Roy and Toney would have beaten several other ranked guys at the time to prove otherwise, particularly Roy.
I wouldn’t expect Roy to beat LL, but I do think it would have been an interesting fight, speed vs size. I did expect him to beat Rahman, Oquendo, Toney, Holyfield, Tua, those types.
He lost the chin cuz he drained himself to get back down to LHW, he’d still have a chin if he stood at HW. That being said Lewis KOs him regardless.
I still don't think he could have had a long successful run at heavyweight. Toney was different,he never really lost his whiskers, but Jones was slipping. And you don't want to be a built up middle weight doing that against big heavy s.
LL may have, but some of the other I listed wound have struggled or never found it He should have stated at HW and made a few title defenses and called it a day, retire at 50+ and 1 loss
Like I said, I don't think he was robust enough to keep going at heavyweight. He should have retired after Tarver 1 imo
I would have loved to see Pride-esque freakshows in boxing. Have Canelo fight with a 300 lbs NFL player on enough roids to kill an elephant. Put Beterbiev against a HW in an open-weight match. Its too dangerous to sanction but damn if it wouldnt be entertaining as hell.
Jones was a lot bigger than GGG and Canelo, both Jones and Toney had a 74 inch reach, GGG only had a 70 inch reach while Canelo only has a 70.5 inch reach, they would get their ears jabbed off as they tried to get inside.