If Prime Roy Jones and Prime Mayweather were the same size

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  1. Dannymita

    Dannymita Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably look like Roy Vs Toney



    No disrespect to Floyd...he was great.. especially as people mentioned at superfeather he was a monster...you can tell who the casuals are soon as someone pops up and says "Floyd just used to run" lol

    but yeah...won't catch me picking many over roy
     
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  2. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    I Agree, I give Mayweather some stick here and there but he was a dangerous man at that weight.
     
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  3. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather is better all around than Roy, lets be honest. Roy might take it though
     
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  4. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    If you think Floyd vs Pac and Roy vs Hopkins II were hard to make imagine what would take for these guys to come to an agreement.

    This would never happen.
     
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  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd is more technically sound than Roy who relied on reflexes and physical gifts. If Floyd can't adjust he loses wide UD.
     
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  6. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Floyd's athleticism was nowhere near RJJ's.
     
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  7. The Akbar One

    The Akbar One Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Roy would beat him. I think a lightweight Mosely would beat him also.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    140-147 version of Floyd beats any version of him. Floyd might not be a big puncher but the thing is with Roid you don't need to be able to punch you just need to be accurate because he just cannot take any type of pop on the whiskers at all because his chin is made out of chicken bone. The only reason he wasn't brutally KO'd even more than he was is because he was too fast and elusive for most of his opponents. However, that wouldn't be the case against Floyd who not only possesses laser-like accuracy and surgical precision but is much faster than Roid.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Floyd was better than Roy and was too hard to hit, it would have been a really boring, cagey fight, Roy simply relied on speed but Mayweather understood positioning, he would have beaten Ray Leonard for the same reason.
     
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  10. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ray wouldn't have boxed Floyd. He'd have fought him.

    I don't see how Floyd would have beaten Ray at WW or JMW.
     
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  11. Pimp C

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    RJJ is a stylistic nightmare for PBF and would have beaten him if they were the same size.
     
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  12. 22JM

    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes, Pacquiao would be slower, just look at all of fights at the lower weights 122 16
    Just look at Pacquiao fights in the lower weights 122,126 and 130 he was super fast, as soon as he started moving up in weight he got slower that's the reason Marquez had a easier time with Pacquiao at the higher weights.
     
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  13. Anima

    Anima Kinetic Link Full Member

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    Floyd UD
     
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  14. Jackman65

    Jackman65 The fatigue is real… Full Member

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    If the Queen had testicles, would she not be the King? What if she identifies as a man, can she be the King today? So many questions and scenarios to consider.
     
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  15. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Did Floyd start his career at Featherweight or Super Featherweight? I think Pacquiao started at Junior Flyweight (108 lbs), right?
     
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