If Roy had stayed @ 168....

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  1. Nipple

    Nipple I hate my username banned

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    When would he of lost and to who?
     
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  2. TheRoadWarrior4

    TheRoadWarrior4 Active Member Full Member

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    Lucian Bute... December 2012 :yep
     
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  3. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    I think he'd only have lost when he got too old and hittable, like he's been for some time. As soon as that happened, the next world-class guy he fought would have won the lottery.
     
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    ko 3
     
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  5. COLD-HARD-TRUTH

    COLD-HARD-TRUTH Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Roy in his prime was unbeatable at 168. He beat a prime Toney at 168 who at the time was considered the best fighter in the world P4P. We would've destroyed any of the current champions at 168 including Bute, Ward, Kessler, Froch, etc...
     
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  7. markclow

    markclow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How about some Cold Hard Truth:

    He beat a prime Toney who had weight problems and he beat a green Hopkins.
    Good wins though.
     
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  8. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    He beats every single 168lber in history.

    Roy was unbeatable at that weight.
     
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  9. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calzaghe or Benn would end up owning him bad.

    Or Hopkins would have come up to get him.
     
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  10. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Based on what? All 6 of his fights there? He didn't face anyone worth a **** except James Toney who couldn't make the weight anymore and it was his last fight at 168.

    I'm sorry but to even make a statement like that without him even fighting a pressure type guy who can punch is idiotic. Jones folded when pressured and hit.
     
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    Boro chris Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably Hopkins would be the first serious threat. Otherwise old age would be the main problem.
     
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  12. MrPR

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    No one at all.

    RJJ is the greatest of all time at 168
     
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    Joe Calzaghe
     
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  14. rccwilliams

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    Sugar Joe would've run em' dry.
     
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  15. flydog

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    Jones didn't stay long at SMW but he was a beast while he was there. He was putting real spite into his punches and finishing fights in scary fashion in a way he stopped doing a few years later for some reason. You can't say he beat a green Hopkins cos Jones was at the same level at the time they fought - it was the first world title fight for both of them and Jones won clearly. I don't think you can say that Jones was unbeatable at SMW but I think he would have beaten any other SMW that we've seen so far in the division's history.
     
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