Prime for Prime, Dmitrii Bivol vs. Roy Jones Jr ?

No one beats that version of Roy.

 

Not convinced at all because like I said at a particular point in time RJJ was unbeatable. Roy may or may not have been packing glass all along but the truth is it did not matter because he was so good, fast and athletic that genuinely great fighters like Toney and Hopkins could do nothing with him. Now there is a school of thought that believes having bulked to heavyweight to outclass the champion Ruiz and take his title going back down to Light Heavyweight at age 36 compromised him in the Tarver fights. Anyway the thing about hypotheticals is that we can’t prove it with certainty but from what I have seen to date RJJ on points. I do think Prince Dmitry can beat King Arthur in the battle of Russia or should we call it the battle of Leningrad?

As for the great James Toney my guy who I love dearly I cannot make excuses for him being weight drained against RJJ. RJJ won, it broke my heart but it is what it was.

As for the failed drugs test if there really was one then I believed it would have been disclosed and RJJ and nothing like that happened so he was never found guilty and is therefore innocent.

Now the real question for you based on your detailed study of Eastern European boxing who wins the battle between Prince Dmitry and King Arthur to determine who seats on the Iron Throne as the Undefeated and Undisputed champion of the Light Heavyweight world, the King of the 7 Kingdoms and new Tsar of Russia.

 

RJJ is literally a nightmare fight for Bivol he beats him 10/10 times how will Bivol win outbox him? Ppl forget just how good Roy was in his prime or they never saw him. At least a RJJ vs Bertebiev you could argue Artur has a chance of catching him maybe but here Bivol has very little opportunity to win.

 

No cause Bivol can`t match the power of anybody that ever stopped Roy.

 

Ray Robinson is still the greatest of all-time.

 

Muhammad was too big for Roy and Lee was too small, just saying.

 

Roy Jones's Olympic Silver Medal—should've been Gold—and Val Barker Trophy make your comment laughable.

Tell everyone Y-D-K-S-A-B without telling us Y-D-K-S-A-B

 

Roy Jones would have knocked Canelo flat out.

 

Red ! Red ! Red ! Redneck!! Hill ! Hill , Hill , Hillbilly!

 

If Bivol gets the same PEDs as Roid Jones, then he would probably get a good power boost too.
He would weather the flashy-flash and break Roid Jones done until the chin was clipped.
The finish would come.
Bivol TKO

 

Haven't read the thread but i wonder how many times nobody beats prime roy has been stated .. which I find hilarious because he fought before the division started having the influx of Soviet Fighters & pimps, and wouldn't even fight the main guys in his era anyway .. Dariusz for example .. look at his actual opponents, McCallum was 40, Montell was tiny, Tarver whooped him & Hill was coming off a one sided loss to DM.. the reality is there wasn't really much there to be honest .. it's a good resume but in the context of how much praise he gets for his run at LHW it's pretty lame to suggest he just blanket beats everyone since based on it .. everyone can be timed even Roy Jones and with a chin like that somebody would have got to him .. but hey ho it's only ever gunna be speculation anyway, and I'm sure the roy sycophants will jump all over the thread telling ya'll he got a KO whilst simultaneously taking a selfie & won rounds blindfolded standing on his hands..

 

While he was clearly doping the testing process in US boxing is BS. Fact is US boxers don't do year round testing as long as he cycled off before the fight, he could keep doping. Honestly you have to be an idiot to be caught doping in boxing unless you come from a country which has a national year round random doping protocol for all pro athletes.

 

Even so, because he'd be cycling off earlier (or doing whatever else it is they do to beat tests), how do we know we'd see the same performances? I know it's impossible to say. I just look at the guys from that era, maybe Holyfield even more so and wonder how they'd be if they were under present conditions? Would they maintain their levels for as long as they did? Bivol is a tough ask from minute one to the final bell.