Hey, Wimpy wasn't so Wimpy! I'll take Jones though. As for Maske... I think Jones wins, but Maske might give him some trouble.
This thread pops up every couple of weeks. It's been done more often than the hooker who stands outside the army barracks. :dead
(Adopts Alec Guiness tones) Jerry 'Wimpy' Halstead. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time........A long time. At mw I definetely think Hagler. He'd be all over Jones in the second half. SRR would start as a strong favourite as well. Not sure if Monzons quick enough however. Cant think of anyone at sm. Calzaghe would give a rough time but still lose widely on pts. At LH? RJJ is grossly overated at times H2H. Spinks,Charles,Harold Johnson and Qawi would all do a number on him. Someone like Conteh would be 50/50 with him. Thats a fight I'd love to see.
It's whoever lands the really heavy stuff first IMO. I think calling this 50.50 at MW is fair, but Hearns could be weird with his plans, couldn't he? I think i'd probably but a quid on Jones at MW.
I can see Jones totally outclassing Calzahge. I just don´t think it will happen. Like Jones Calzaghe had the potential to be something special - although to a lower degree - and these kind of fighters rarely get outclassed.
175: Charles, Spinks, Moore, Foster and Patterson. 168: Out of guys who actually competed at the weight nobody. Guys who fought before the weight was around Lloyd Marshall. 160: Monzon and SRR gotta see footage of guys like Greb and Flowers before picking them.
He was certainly able to land very hard punches on Burley and Williams. He looks really difficult to box and time in the footage and he hit hard. I think Jones is a pretty difficult style for Charles but Charles has a very good chance at 168 too.
At MW-Noone, not even SRR. At SMW-Noone, period. At LHW- M. Spinks would test him and would win probably 2-3 out of ten matchups at 175 with RJJ. Moorer is a darkhorse in this scenario as he does have the power, style(Roy hates southpaws), skills and length to really bother him so I'd actually favor Moorer against him at 175...prime v prime.:good Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles would be reasonable tests but they didn't have the attributes to really bother RJJ as he did everything they did...except better.