Who did you feel could beat Roy Jones in his prime before you saw him get KOed?

The latter version of Hopkins would able to beat Roy imo. The earlier version didn't show the ring smarts to do it.

 

i thought DM would have gave him a good run in his prime. good jab, power, and could take a punch

great fight that was sadly never made

 

At lightheavy I think Michael moorer beats him

 

If I had to put some money on it I would not bet against Jones in his prime either.

 

"The Jinx" Michael Spinks

 

nobody

 

Foster, Spinks, Charles at light heavyweight and maybe SRR at middleweight didn't think anyone could beat him at 168lbs.

 

Spinks would definitely beat him. Spinks had the size, power, and speed to beat Roy,

 

I think that 2003 hopkins vs 2003 jones woulda swung the executioners way

 

If Roy ever gave anyone a rematch, I think both Toney and Hopkins could have beaten him. Both would adjust their gameplan, Toney would go in less cocky and Hopkins would be a little more "rough".

I also think DM would have stood a decent chance.

I wouldn't bet against him, but I wouldn't coun't these guys out either.

 

I dunno..........a prime jones would have been too fast for DM
you're gonna think I'm a lunatic for this but I think sven ottke could have stunk up a split one point deciosion from jones at 168

 

God

and the thing that did beat him was father time ... now he realizes that he has enough skill to get him through a fight.

 

Both Hopkins or Toney fights weren't controversial or close. They were a UD, with a clear winner; that's why I believe he didn't give those a rematch. The only one that were controversial or close in his prime was against Montell Griffin, and that was mainly due to the DQ for hitting Montell while he was on a knee . My point being that in his prime, he would beat Toney and Hopkins again and again due to his speed and athletic advantage. The term "speed kills" applied to Roy literally. When he had the speed, he beat his opponents handidly; when he lost it, he got killed.

 

At 160, nobody. I would have given Carlos Monzon and Marvin Hagler the best chances. Monzon because of his right hand timing and ability to use his height to his advantage and Hagler because of his tenacity and right jab.

At 168, nobody. I thought Gerald McClellan and Nigel Benn would be the best choices if somebody were to beat him because of their power. Still, I thought Jones would have beaten them by wide decisions or late TKOs.

At 175, I favored Michael Spinks and Bob Foster over Jones. Especially Bob Foster, who I consider a stylistic nightmare to Jones. With his height, accuracy, speed, and timing, it's a good bet that he catches Jones. And his power would have put Jones to sleep.