Peak for peak, who was better -- Roy Jones Jr or Floyd Mayweather?

I'd favor Floyd to beat anyone at 147 - Khan, Thurman or Brook.
As much as I like Roy, at 38 he couldn't compete with the best of his division.

Had Floyd been as physically gifted as Roy he could've been less skilled fighter and it would've mattered by the age 35-38, because he would've had relied on his speed, reflexes and punching power more.

 

Naturally. Athletically gifted fighters are something to behold in their primes, but most athleticism is gone by age 35.. Skill, strong mental fortitude and devotion to training can keep a man around a bit longer.

 

At Roy's peak he was more of a pound 4 pound fighter.

 

Pretty tough choice. They were both exquisitely talented and accomplished. I would say Jones was a little better overall. Both guys were practically unhittable in their absolute primes.

 

No, his speed, timing and reflexes were. A fighter with average speed and reflexes trying that style against Toney would be lucky to see the end of the first round.

 

Id go for Jones, boxing god !

 

He didn't have a decline, but why mention decline when you listed fighters on a sharp decline themselves. Mosley (shell of himself).. same with Oscar. Pac is also past it. Marquez was well past his best division and also not prime. There isn't a single you listed that was prime when he fought them besides Cotto. Even then, he had already been exposed by others. The reality is, B-Hop and toney were better fighters and more prime than the fighters you listed.

 

for me, peak for peak, it's Roy, and it's decisively so.

 

roy was better peak for peak. floyd was incredible though. maybe the best ever at 130. his fights vs corrales and genero hernandez were brillant. the way he dominated canelo was awesome as well so late in his career.

 

Unhittable ? LOL, does journeyman Lou Devalle ring a bell ?

Jones was speciall but he always packed glass and his resume is full of cops, mail man and garbage collectors.

Great fighter but FMJ is greater and history will prove it.

 

I'd probably say Roy.

 

The day we see Mayweather go over and spark out like a bag of sh it by a fighter of the calibre of Glen Johnson, will be the day we can listen to the Jones apologists silly opinions.

Far too accomplished in the basics to ever become as useless as that.

 

Roy's peak is a 98/100 and May's is 96/100.

But, May has maintained 90+ for 15 years of his career. Roy had the higher peak but less impressive sustained excellent and prime.

 

I would say Roy's peak was '94-'95 (many would say '92-'93) and May's peak being the Gatti fight. Roy maintained most of his peak form until late 2003. May was losing round after round after round against a near-shot Zab and a near-shot Oscar in the next year or so after his absolute peak performance.

 

Jones very clearly, can you imagine Mayweather winning shut outs against Hopkins and Toney level boxers? Can you imagine Jones dropping a round to a Castillo level boxer?