What was RJJ's best victory?

yeah, sad.

 

The Toney fight ..

 

James Toney, his defining win IMHO.

 

I would actually say the first Tarver fight.

Here's a guy coming off a historical fight and has to drop 20+ pounds of muscle just to make weight. He's fighting against a self proclaimed rival (Tarver) who has spent the last 20+ YEARS dreaming of this moment, and a one punch southpaw at that. During the fight, it is obvious that physically, Roy is not the same.

And yet, like all the other ATGs, RJJ STILL dug down and found the energy to rally in the last 2 rounds to secure the victory.

It's the fight that (at the time) answered the one remaining question of his career: did RJJ have the 'heart' to come back and will a fight purely on 'will'.

After that performance, combined with the Ruiz fight, I don't think there was any argument of whether RJJ belong in the conversation as a top 5 P4P.

I simply ignore everything that happened since.

 

James Toney along with Perneal Whitiker were consered the best pound for pound boxers at the time.

 

Best performance; Clinton Woods
Best opponent; James Toney
Greatest achievement; Winning the Heavyweight title off John Ruiz.

 

Best Overall performance: Toney
Most Dominant performance: Griffin 2

 

Ruiz and Toney were his best wins.

 

agreed:good

 

Toney. It is what made him for real.