Roy Jones wa rated nr 4 Light Heavy og all time....

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    mariancobretti Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The Ring Magazine Staff (1994 in all-time greats by division feature)
    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Bob Foster
    4. Gene Tunney
    5. Tommy Loughran

    The Ring Magazine Editors (2002)
    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Michael Spinks
    4. Tommy Loughran
    5. Bob Foster
    6. Jimmy Bivins
    7. Harold Johnson
    8. Maxie Rosenbloom
    9. Billy Conn
    10. Matthew Saad Muhammad

    Associated Press end of the century poll (1999)
    1. Archie Moore
    2. Billy Conn
    3. Ezzard Charles
    4. Roy Jones Jr.
    5. Bob Foster
    5. Jimmy Bivins (tie)
    7. Harold Johnson
    8. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
    8. Tiger Jack Fox (tie)
    10. Maxie Rosenbloom

    International Boxing Research Organization (2005)
    1. Archie Moore
    2. Ezzard Charles
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Gene Tunney
    5. Bob Foster
    6. Tommy Loughran
    7. Michael Spinks
    8. Bob Fitzsimmons
    9. Billy Conn
    10. Roy Jones Jr





    Amazing his standing was destroyed after those losses when he was 35....i wonder how many losses the guys rated above him had post 30+

    we tend to view old time great fighters with ROSE tinted glasses....very forgiving