Michael Moorer vs Roy Jones @ 175

Moorer stops him sooner or later. I will say 7-9 round TKO

 

I also got Moorer

 

i think moorer was a neophyte at ltheavy and does not deserve to be in any discussion of alltime greats. He fought setups as a)l early stewart fighters do. Jones by KO.

 

Moorer would find Jones chin before the 9th .Roy never even attempt s to get up ,such is the ferocious power of Moorers punch.

 

Moorer’s power gets underrated, if he even touched Jones it would be over.

 

I think Jones. I remember just on memory, Moorer fought a guy I think his name was Marcellus Allen, or did I make up a name which does not exist. Anyway, I think it went 9 rounds with the guy boxing Moorer and using speed and movement, and if this guy can go 9 with Moorer. regardless of Moorer winning rounds, Jones can use his hand speed and control Moorer.

 

Jones by UD. Moorer would come at Jones in straight lines, failing to cut off the ring.

 

Yet he hit Leslie Stewart repeatedly and couldn't hurt him until the 8th or 9th round... The same Leslie Stewart who crashed out early against Virgil Hill and Don Lalonde before fighting Moorer.

 

For once, I pretty much agree with you. Although Stewart and Swindell were still solid. But, they were nowhere near as good as a prime 175 lb Jones.

 

Jones certainly accomplished more that Moorer at lightheavyweight. I am a Moorer fan but unfortunately he never got the chance to prove himself against the top guys in the division and is not in the hall of fame because of that fact. He does pass the eyeball test and based on what he did at heavyweight, one could conclude that he would more than handle himself against anyone at 175.

On another note, It does drive me nuts when people talk about how supposedly weak his chin was. Getting koed by Foreman and Tua does not indicate a week chin at all in my book.

 

His chin was good at 175. But, his power at 175 is overrated and his quality of opposition, while good, was not elite. Going from KOing a limited Swindell and a fading Stewart, to Koing a prime Jones is quite a stretch, which is what some posters in this thread are positing.

 

Michael Moorer was the youngest light heavyweight champion. He graduated from high school late (he was 19) in May 1987 and won the WBO light heavyweight title in December 1988. He'd only been a pro for eight months and one day when he became the champ (turned pro in March 1988), although he isn't usually mentioned when talking about boxers who turned pro and were rushed to a title fight. He won his first title quicker than Lomachenko did (Loma took eight months and 11 days).

Moorer won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games in 1986 (when he was still in high school) as a light middleweight. If he hadn't turned pro, he likely would've faced Roy Jones (who was also a light middleweight) in the Olympic Trials.

I think Moorer would've had a real shot at knocking off Jones in the Trials and as a light heavyweight. Moorer had pretty fast hands when he was lighter, to go with his power.

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And Ramzi Hassan and Mike Sedillo lasted the distance with Hill and both were stopped by Moorer in a handful of rounds. And Delgado lasted 12 with Hearns and lasted two minutes with Moorer. Meaningless.

 

Then, I could argue that Hassan was on a two fight losing streak when he fought Moorer, having been KOd by Tony Willis and then losing a one sided decision to Hill, and so was ripe for the taking by Moorer.

Or that Leslie Stewart had lost three fights in a row, the KOs to Hill and Lalonde, and a decision to Bobby Czyz, who was not the same himself since the Prince Charles Williams beating, before fighting Moorer, and, so Leslie Stewart was ripe for the taking when he fought Moorer.

Or that Hill only had 8 professional fights under his belt when he failed to KO the more experienced, at least profesoinally, Sedillo.

And, that Sedillo had lost two of his last three fights, to Tony Willis and Joe Lassisi, before fighting Moorer, and, thus, was ripe for the taking, when he fought Moorer.

Also, Hearns fought Delgado when Hearns was way past it. And Hearns was not known as a big puncher at 175 lbs even 5 yrs earlier.