Roy Jones: How Great Would The Fans Perceive Him If…

No question that he will be argued to be well within top 10, many would even argue that he should be GOAT.

 

I don't think the disqualification against Griffin tarnishes him at all as he avenged it with a FIRST ROUND KO.

In time Jones will keep climbing the rankings. Everyone gets better with time. Plenty of ATGs fought past their primes and got beat by lesser fighters like Jones and this is forgiven a decade of two down the line. Jones is still a contemporary fighter so his post-heavyweight career performances tarnish him. Twenty years from now know one will care.

 

The thing is that it is arguable if Jones was past his prime when he first fought Tarver, or even in their rematch. Just before he fought Tarver, he had a streak of stellar-looking performance including a clear win over Ruiz for the HW belt.

 

Jones was on a slow steady decline for some time though. He went from a guy who rarely lost a round and was active for the durations of his fights to a guy who seemed to have limited gas in the tank. As he aged, it was like he had less and less gas in the tank, and fewer mpg as well. In his younger years he was all over the ring, but as he aged he would fight more and more in spots, was less mobile, would show his brilliance in spots rather than what seemed to be at all times in his younger years.

You would be lucky to catch half a round of what he did to Pazienza in an entire fight.

 

in 20-30 years time, people will say he was top 10 maybe top 5 all time.

 

Head to head he's arguably number one....

 

Roy Jones is a ATG no matter what, actually the most skillful and gifted fighter since Sugar Ray Leonard without a shadow of a doubt but he always had an awkward style which combined well with athleticism. Even though is disqualification loss to Griffin doesn't mean anything, he is 3 losses out of 3 against Tarver in my book, still knocked out almost senseless twice in 2004, and he doesn't deserve a fight with Joe Calzaghe more than Hopkins does at the present moment... I wouldn't mind to see him fight Hopkins though, and that is if he beats Trinidad which is not to be taken for granted also.

 

RJJ beats anyone below 168 in history, possibly at 175 too. In a few years time he will be remembered as one of the GOAT, i know some people who rank him as #1 all-time already..

 

I rank him top 5, maybe top 3 P4P All-time-great. In terms of natural talent an god-given gifts I rate him no.1. On achievements slightly lower, for all his talent he never achieved like Muhammed Ali or Sugar Ray did. But thats a pretty high standard in the first place.

I think my all-time greatest hypothetical fight is Roy Jones Jnr, at 200lbs, fighting Muhammed Ali.

 

Top10. Many would argue that he's the GOAT.

 

I don't think that theGriffin loss or the olymplics loss affect people's opinion about him one bit.

 

Top 10

 

I already consider him in the Top 10. Just look at what hes done.

 

if Jones had retired after beating Ruiz, some people would argue that he was GOAT. Top 5 easy