Julio Chavez or Roy Jones

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  1. Baby Bull

    Baby Bull Active Member Full Member

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    Two pound for pounds guys for year after year yet two completly contrasting styles. Who ranks higher ATG and who has the better resume?
     
  2. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    I believe its chavez
     
  3. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Roy Jones jr easy. However some posters on this board put a premium on beating 100 Mexican cab drivers. So they'll probably pick JCC.
     
  4. valdez

    valdez Grand Champ Full Member

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  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    both fought some bums dumbass.
     
  6. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Julio cesar Chavez
     
  7. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    JCC easily. Roy jones beat up sissy firemen, bowl legged police officers, blind PE teachers, White Castle Drive up window workers, high school janitors. JCC only took on the toughest cab drivers available from the toughest neighborhoods to stay sharp and Roy Jones took them on for PPV main events :rofl
     
  8. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Some bums? Who did JCC beat on the level of Hopkins or Toney? The only elite fighter in that category of fighter was Sweet Pea, and he got his ass beat and needed some crooked judges to save him.

    Roy Jones was more skilled and fought the better fighters. Not just better, but you know, not janitors.
     
  9. Combinaçion

    Combinaçion Active Member Full Member

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    Standing in ATG depends on your career & your resumé (i.e. quality of opponents fought & conquered!).

    So as an ATG, I suppose JCC stands higher... even though Roy had a more illustrious career (former middleweight champ winning the heavyweight crown, albeit against John Ruiz.... that's HUGE... Sugary Ray Robinson fell short in doing that iirc)
     
  10. Dan684

    Dan684 Dave's Stepdad Full Member

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    WTF - This is RJJ by a country mile.
     
  11. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    I rank Roy Jones higher but saying that Chavez only fought bums is stupid.

    when you fight as manny times as Chavez did of course there will be a lot of bums in your resume but he also beat quality guys like Taylor,Camacho,Rosario,Limon,Martinez,Haugen,Tony Lopez,Lockridge,uncle rog,JL Ramirez,Laporte,Castillo .
     
  12. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Then how is it JCC if Roy had the more illustrious career?
     
  13. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    RJJ easy.
     
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    superchile Well-Known Member Full Member

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  15. Combinaçion

    Combinaçion Active Member Full Member

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    Roy won more belts.. and that HW belt-win was HUGE in terms of legacy.

    But JCC fought & has victories over better fighters! & won his fair-share of titles @ diff. weights as well