What active fighter could have given a prime Roy Jones Jr. the most problems

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  1. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    yes they're stupid as well but u don't even have Roy jones as an ATG..:-((
     
  2. TheGreat

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    Holyfield and Moorer were bigger men and both starrted out as light Heavyweights, Roy started off as a light Middleweight/Super Welterweight and fought at 154 3 divisions below LHW.
     
  3. TBomb 25

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    McCallum was prime at 154 and he was old everyone knows that,and if im not mistaken Toney was having trouble making that weight and he had just fired his manager/girlfriend,but that was a legit win for Jones i would have like to see a rematch.
     
  4. TBomb 25

    TBomb 25 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No top 30 is ATG status,he's outside of that.
     
  5. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can't please everyone though, it's hard to justify a rematch to a completely one-sided decision.
     
  6. jomiyo

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    Hatton and Malignaggi.
     
  7. TBomb 25

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    He started at 160 actually his 1st few fights were in the 162-165 range he fought 156 in the olympics,no way was he a jr. middleweight by the time he turned pro.
     
  8. TheGreat

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    :lol:
     
  9. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :nono Hatton is inactive...
     
  10. TheGreat

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    He fought at 154 a few times early in his career.
     
  11. TBomb 25

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    Yes it was 1 sided but it was clear Toney was weightdrained and his head wasnt really in it,but i really think he was made for Roy,so he may have done only slightly better against Jones.
     
  12. TBomb 25

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    Ok so you really think this holds water enough for him to take a lesser challange like Ruiz,instead of bigger challanges like Spinks,Holyfield,and Moorer did?:huh
     
  13. TheGreat

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    Yes lets ignore the fact that he was a 2 division champ champ who had won numerous titles fights, was P4P # 2 and 44-0.
     
  14. Imperial1

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    Its waaaaay to early to predict how his career will end up yet he's on par with a prime Toney :huh
     
  15. TheGreat

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    Yes because they are naturally much bigger men who started out 2-3 divisions higher. Winning titles at 160-175 should be good enough, beating 20 world champs and winning 24 title fights should be respected.