Prime Roy Jones jr best athletic gifted fighter ever?

I was about to scoff at this...but then when thinking about it had to say there is a good shot.

 

Maybe, Ray Leonard was another great athlete, I feel Benitez had better reflexes than both of them he slipped more shots.

 

Early Tyson with that blend of speed, reflexes, strength, power and intensity was one quick-twitching ball of freakish athleticism.

And even more pigeon-toed than Roy.

But surely Sugar Ray (as yet unmentioned in this thread) is above both. He used to go to Stillmans as a boy and walk on his head before they would let him in. Incredibly athletic.

Roy's more on a par with Hamed for me which is a really high bar and one that Roy maintained for a long time. Amazing boxer.

 

I would say so.

 

Jones, Ali...

or Fury.

 

Yes he was ...he did things nobody could do

 

Off topic....One of Zab Judah’s biggest flaws was that he tried too hard to be Roy Jones

 

Zab probably deserves honorable mention. Crazy speed, power, and reflexes when he was starting out at 140. Could have been a really special fighter.

 

Jones is definitely up there ,,, but there were other athletic wizards in the ring throughout boxing history tho .. Ali, Pep, Canto , SRL , May ...etc

 

He might have been. But there are just so many athletically gifted fighters throughout history that awarding one man as being the most gifted of all of them is hard

 

He could have been. I saw him fight in 1992. His reflexes were great, and it took a long time for those reflexes to diminish enough to where his lack of boxing technique or fundamentals hurt him. Floyd has great reflexes, but he also has better boxing fundamentals over Roy. But Roy might have been faster.

 

In my opinion, the most gifted fighters ever are Roy, as you said, and Young Griffo.

Read the reports in Griffo - they are absolutely insane at times. His peers viewed his defensive skills with reverence.

Can't forget fighters like Benitez and Duran either.

 

For sheer athleticism Ali.