Who had the better legacy at LH. Roy Jones or Dariusz Michalczewski?

When matching their entire careers all across the board including everything that Jones did in other weight classes then yes. Jones is a much higher rated fighter and an ATG. If we just compare their careers at lightheavy however, It's a little closer and more complicated.

 

Good points. Do you think Jones Light heavyweight resume is noticeably better than DM's, aside from beating a common opponent who DM lost too?

 

The timing of the Hill and Gonzalez fights worked better in Jones' favor though. Roy fought Virgil almost a full year after DM did and Hill did nothing in the interim between those fights. Jones fought Gonzalez two and a half years BEFORE DM did when Roy was prime and Gonzalez was green. By the time Gonzalez fought DM, Dariusz was washed up and Julio was coming into his own. I think timing means everything in boxing. And the fact that Jones looked better in dispatching Hill doesn't change the fact that DM was the one to officially dethrone a long reigning champ.

 

Gonzalez lost a decision to a former olympian who would go ubeaten for a decade and become a two divisional champion. I think its fair to say he was more seasoned against DM, though I won't get into an in depth debate about weather or not he was marginally improved. I agree with you that it was indeed a shame about Jones vs DM never coming off. Both have pointed fingers at each other over the years about one ducking the other. I did happen to read that DM and his management wanted as little to do with Don King productions as possible. Probably explains why he rarely stepped outside of Germany and was contempt to being the obscure WBO champ.