Roy Jones Jr vs the following

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Graziano did stop Tony Zale.
     
  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Who do you think he'd drop the ball against?
     
  3. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LaMotta, Fullmer, Salder or Graziano. Maxim could beat him if Roy wouldn't be at his best.
     
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  4. CharlesBurley

    CharlesBurley Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    When you look at the number of boxers who outboxed Lamotta, picking him to beat RJJ is absolutely comical. And if a Nardico could have Lamotta out on his feet and done in 7 rounds, Jones should be favourite to stop him much earlier because he'd get to him earlier
     
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  5. RightLeftCombo

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    Different times, different eras. There's all those names and add Zale and Cerdan.

    I'd pick Jones over all of them h2h in most circumstances, but I doubt he'd get through that list of names unbeaten in a real-time career and hopefully he'd put none of them in a coma. No one is unbeatable, not even a talent like Roy.
    Of the names listed, someone like Basilio or Turpin over 15 rounds on a given night might be his undoing even though prime Roy would beat them in a series of bouts.
     
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  6. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nardico fight was his 4th last fight. Your hate of LaMotta is insane.
     
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  7. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There are those who thought Robinson and Zale would and they weren’t joking either.

    Graziano hit the canvas at a Floyd Patterson-like rate. RJJ would keep him there. Graziano doesn’t see Round 4.
     
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  8. lufcrazy

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    Weighing 160 fight night.

    I make him a favourite in one off matches against them all except LaMotta.

    But if he has to fight all of these in a 12 month period, he wouldn't beat them all.
     
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  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Nardico was a natural light heavyweight who could hit. And LaMotta was towards the end of his rope.
     
  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    So if Graziano was a middleweight Floyd Patterson, then he would have a great chance to beat RJJ.
     
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  12. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah.

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  13. CharlesBurley

    CharlesBurley Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Jones weighed 175 in his middleweight bouts and was a much bigger, faster, precise puncher than Nardico.
     
  14. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hell, yes.
     
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  15. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    They ain't even gonna land a glove on him. He beats both on the same night.
    It's like comparing a Ferrari to a Ford Fiesta.
     
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