If Jones retired after blanking Ruiz, where would he rank all-time?

i think the best thing he could have done was retire after ruiz and do comentary for hbo.

 

He never blanked him. Ruiz won like 2-3 rounds!

 

He would have been ranked in the TOP 10 possibly TOP 5 fighters of all time. Based on the weight RANGE of his title belts..

 

i mean in all honestly its ****ing ruiz.

 

higher i think

 

top 5

 

:deal

 

Agreed, JG. I remember a lot of experts saying RJJ had bitten off more than he could chew. I think if he'd retired after this he would be top 15 or even top 10 of all time. I still have him top 25, but every fight he sticks around for is just sad.

 

If he'd retired after Ruiz he falls about 10 or 11, in my list, but I would have liked to have seen RJJ fight better opposition at LHW (namely Dariusz Michalczewski and fewer Richard Fraziers). I also would have liked to have seen him defend his heavyweight title at least once against another big-name heavyweight to prove that the Ruiz fight wasn't a fluke. THEN he would easily have been top 10.

Still, prime-RJJ is easily in my top 5 favorite fighters of all time.

 

I don't dismiss roy, I think most fans still give him props for his prime.
He is in the top 50 if you ask me.