Roy Jones' Resume - Top Five Wins?

Yes I do, I was actually very impressed with Jones that night in an odd way. We had become so accustomed to 'superman Roy' to this untouchable phenom that we never really saw his fighting heart get truely tested.....until that night. He gutted it out and even though he was clearly out of sorts relating to the weight loss, he pulled through in the Championship rounds and won a close but clear decision IMO.

Many years since I saw that fight, but that's how I had it back then.

 

Mike McCullum was shot when he fought RJJ

 

Did you watch the British or American version? I agree Tarver won the rounds he won bigger, but numerically he lost the fight, because there were times when he did nothing in the middle rounds. Jones also won the last 2/3 rounds awell.

 

Very Tough List since his career crossed over between 2 generations of boxers and multiple weight divisions.

Based on who he beat and when he beat them with a small factor for style I would make my list like this.

1. James Toney
2. Virgil Hill
3. John Ruiz
4. Montell Griffin II
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Eric Harding
7. Clinton Woods
8. Otis Grant
9. Reggie Johnson
10. Thomas Tate

I left 3 out because they are hard to put into context (Tarver I, Trinidad, McCallum)

 

1.)Ruiz
2.)Toney
3.)Griffin
4.)McCallum
5.)Thomas Tate

 

In terms of what he was capable of without us knowing, due to his drop in weight so quick, it was a pretty good victory, although not exactly his best - I'll agree with you on that. But Tarver wasn't robbed. Tarver threw (and landed) in the last 20-30 seconds of the fight, mainly because Jones was exhausted. Jones dug deep in the later rounds in order to gain the victory, and he did just that.

IMO his best 5 are:

Toney
Hopkins
McCallum
Hill
Griffin

Worth mentioning Ruiz and Woods