Why do we berate RJJs competition?

Here's a write up i done regarding RJJ's opposition last year.


Apart from Jones's signature wins over Hill, Toney, Hopkins, some of Jones's other wins are often underrated.

Thomas Tate = Went 12 hard rounds with Julian Jackson in his prime Jones stopped him in only 2 rounds a year and a half later.

Jorge Castro = 70-3 at the time a fantastic win for an upcoming prospect Castro went on to beat Reggie Johnson x2 and have that famous win vs John David Jackson.

Thulani Malinga = No one had ever dominated or stopped Malinga in his prime like Jones did Maligna should've had two wins over Nigel Benn. Malinga also went on to dethrone 25-0 Robin Reid and Nigel Benn aswell, i think this is a highly underrated win for Jones regarding the manner of victory.

Merqui Sosa = Tough awkward strong fighter who no one ever had an easy time with in his prime, Jones at that point was the only fighter to stop him in only 2 rounds aswell.

Montell Griffin = Two wins over James Toney enough said.

Reggie Johnson = Johnson was a 2 weight division champion no one had ever dominated Johnson like Jones did. Look at all of Johnson's losses to Toney, Castro x2, Jackson, they were either split decisions or UD by only 1 point. Even after the loss to Jones, Johnson went on to fight Tarver to a close split decision loss another underrated win for Jones.

Richard Hall = Gave Dariusz Michalczewski absolute hell in two fights and was unlucky not to win the 1st fight Jones absolutely toyed with Hall like a sparring partner.

Julio Cesar Gonzalez = Dethroned long reigning Dariusz Michalczweski who was 48-0, again Jones toyed with Gonzalez like a sparring partner another underrated win.

Also another underrated aspect to Jones's resume is how many top 10 ranked fighters he beat.

Hopkins Ranked 8th
Tate Ranked 6th
Toney Ranked 1st
Hill Ranked 3rd
McCallum Ranked 9th
Griffin Ranked 4th
Del Valle Ranked 5th
Johnson Ranked 4th
Telesco Ranked 5th
Harding Ranked 3rd
Harmon Ranked 10th
Gonzalez Ranked 6th

So that's 13 fighters who Jones beat who were ranked top 10 when Jones dominated them.

Overall Jones may of missed out on some possible big fights vs Benn, Collins, Nunn, McClellan, Michalczewski, etc. But overall his resume isn't that bad and he certainly passes the eye test, he was also ranked no lower than 3rd in the P4P rankings for a decade and was often ranked P4P number 1.