Name one elite fighter who has moved up more weight and won a title then RJJ

I won't count the NBA title (at least not nowadays), so Duran's highest title was 160 lbs, 42 lbs. above his weight of his pro debut.

 

Beating the weakest hevyweight champion ever does not equal balls. He handpicked ruiz just like he did most of his other fights to avoid a challenge. Hell he picked Glen johnson who had 9 losses after he lost to tarver.

 

Thanks from saving me from having to respond:good

 

Go with % above starting weight.

 

And if you do the whole weighlifting thing and calculate as a percentage of bodyweight, that pisses all over Roy Jones.

And Duran fought some ****ing murderous punches, much naturally bigger than himself.

Would have been like RJJ fighting Lennox and Wlad..... like he, oh, that's right, it was Ruiz.....

Don't get me wrong. Great effort by Roy to win a heavy title, and to move from such a low weight to that level. But let's be honest about who he beat at heavy.

 

You do realize the more heavier the fighters are the less the weight difference is significant.

 

Ruiz's resume is better than Vitaly Klitschko, Ruslan Chageav and Sam Peter. He was boring, yes, but very effective.

Remember Byrd, Ruiz and Lewis were title holders. Had he gone after Byrd people would say that he went after the smallest title holder. I don't why he had to go after Lewis for people to respect him. I think that he deserves some sort of respect for doing what he did. Give credit where credit is due. What Jones did was tremendous.

 

Since you seem to know so much about RJJr, can you please enlighten me on the origin of the "Reluctant Jones" moniker:rasta

 

I have said this before. Dont use the total weight increase as a guide.

Fighters from higher classes can be less effected by weight differential thats true....BUT

154lbs + 46lbs (nearly a third of his initial fight weight 29.8%) = freak

The same difference would be 135lb fighter fighting at 175.3lbs =

MAYWEATHER VS CALZAGHE is next in line:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

 

RJJ, really as a fully grown man was a true light heavyweight. In fact, some of his fans are saying he struggles to make that weight.

The jump Duran made to win a middleweight title is no less significant IMO, in fact, moreso, because he had more than one fight at that weight.

 

Hearns went from 147 to 175 winning legit belts the whole way - only 28 pounds I know.

However, won the dodgy NABF and WBU (hold the laughter), at 190. So that's 43 pounds.

And I have zero doubt if the cruiser division had been worth a damn back in the late 80's early 90's he could have won that too. (Altho I'm aware could have's don't count.!!!!)

 

He gets respect from me for doing it.

I do believe he took the path of least resistance quite a lot, but still recognise what he did as being excellent.

I would like to have seen him have more than one fight at heavy though, but fair play he did win the WBA belt as a heavy.