Roy Jones Jr vs Evander Holyfield

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  1. El Chicano

    El Chicano Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    If a prime Roy moved up to cruiserweight to face Holyfield... Who wins¿
     
  2. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Holyfield would have knocked him out cold. Worse than Tarver and Johnson did.
     
  3. MrFoFody

    MrFoFody Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There's a reason Roy fought Ruiz and then left back home...
     
  4. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cruiser weight Evander Holyfield would have been too much for Roy to handle.
     
  5. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    today, holyfield.


    in primes/postprimes, its a tossup with the edge to holy to hurt roy into stoppage, roy to dance to points.
     
  6. DrMo

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    Imagine Froch vs Groves on a much higher level, that's how this fight would play out imo but without the premature stoppage

    Holy by late T/KO after losing most of the early rounds
     
  7. tennis

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    Either roy schools him or holy kos roy

    Holyfield is maybe the best cruiser weight of all time

    I would definitely rank Holyfield above Marciano as a cw

    Roy jones is a legend, but this could have been a step too far
     
  8. heizenberg

    heizenberg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think Holyfield as a cruiserweight would sit the pace on Jones unlike anyone Jones ever faced and though Jones would land some devastating and flashy combos on Holyfield he wouldn't stop him and eventually Evander would overwhelm Roy.