Who wins: Roy Jones Jr. Vs Young Stribling

Roy Jones seems to be on another level

 

It all depends what we see on the film and what we know about the specific opponents. You have to evaluate the technique and skills of a fighter's overmatched opponent and reach your own conclusions on a case-by-case basis. Seems pretty straightforward* to me.

So I'm still genuinely curious--what, if anything, do you find impressive about Stribling's recorded performances? Is there any footage you would recommend to those of us who are skeptical?

*Of course it only works if you actually watch boxing and understand some of the basic principles of boxing though. I get the impression that a lot of the people who believe that boxing technique never evolved, and that late 19th century/early 20th century boxers were every bit as good as their more modern counterparts don't really have much interest in these things.

 

Jones beat the two best boxers of his generation that were within reach of his weight. Poor opposition indeed.

 

Disingenuous indeed. You are well aware that boxing was a bit deeper in the 1990's than the 1880's. And Jones didn't just beat the two best boxers in his division at the time but in all of boxing and for his generation.

 

Good. Because they weren't. And Roy's top victories, Toney, Hopkins, Johnson, McCallum, Hopkins, Hill represent anything but weak opposition. And before anyone plays the game of making excuses why each of these was preprime or postprime or injured or had a bad manicure, name me the fighter that only fought top level, prime, perfectly fit opponents and won.. because they don't exist. Primes of great fighters don't align with precision.

 

Philly, have you had enough time to think it over?

 

forgot all about this, so not really lol. If forced I would pick Roy at LHW and Stribling at HW, but I have never dug into Stribling like I need to one of these days/years lol. So it’s a very uneducated guess, for whatever that is worth.

 

I still pick Roy at both LHW and HW

 

you have always been a modernista so not sure how to respond to this?