Who was the better "Fighter of the Decade": Manny Pacquiao(00s) or Roy Jones(90s)?

Of course it's Pac. He is the one already being compared SRR and Henry Armstrong with his accomplishments in the decade. Roy is probably the most unbelievable fighter I've seen in his prime, but for all his talent he was always criticised for his resume. Particularly mid-late 90s, which is a big chunk of time to have been seen to have not accomplished much

 

Pac by a mile

 

you've made a mistake on the titles that Jones won. He won the WBA heavyweight title as well.

 

Not in the 90s though

 

RJJ got oh so many comparisons to SRR during his pre-Tarver period. Don't you remember?

 

Only by Max Kellerman's dumbass. Everybody else knew Roy's resume looked like Reggie Strickland's compared to SRR.

 

In natural talent yes. Infact it was said by many he was the most gifted fighter they ever saw. But this is about resume and accomplishments, and although Roy won titles through 3 divisions in the decade, no-one was ranking him near the top 10 ATGs from what he did in the 90s.

 

my bad, that was 2003 or something.

 

RJJ, because he was the better and more gifted athlete. All of RJJ opponets wer either number # 1 contenders or world champions. RJJ, only loss was by a DQ in a fight he was winning but came back a won via 1st round ko! RJJ, beat number # 1 P4p fighter James Toney and always dominated his comp. Pacman whom is a very good fighter lossed and many believed twice to JMM and he only became P4P number 1 when Mayweather retired.

 

If you're only talking resume, neither Pacquiao nor Jones are SRR comparable. MANY people compared Roy to Robinson back then. It was commonplace. I don't and didn't but many did. Sorry. It certainly wasn't just Max Kellerman.

 

i voted based on strength of resumes, which pacquiao has the advantage. prime jones is still the better fighter.

 

Its close, but Manny Pacquiao I would say.

 

pac.

 

Jones ..His reign was much longer than Manny's ..Manny's had success recently and if were talking p4p how long has Manny sat atop the list ?