Would you favour prime Roy Jones Jr over every light heavyweight in history?

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Would you favour prime Roy Jones Jr over every light heavyweight in history?

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  1. Jones is THE best LH EVER. He beats Everyone. Ya'll Must've Forgot

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  2. LOL not with that chin. Hahaha. Got Any Excuses Tonight Roy.

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    77.3%
  1. Shootout Kray

    Shootout Kray Member banned Full Member

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    How do you reckon that chin would stack up against big punchers like Fitzsimmons, Moore, Foster, Spinks, Kovalev, Beterbiev, Muhammad. & Greb, Conn, Langford, Loughran, Tunney, Charles, Michalczewski, Ward
     
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  2. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy is better at 160 & 168. In those divisions he's probably my pick. 175 is too far for the punch resistance.
     
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  3. KO_King

    KO_King Horizontal Heavyweight Full Member

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    I feel like a broken record here, but remember his chin only went AFTER the move back down from HW.
     
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  4. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    I'm not favoring anyone over Charles and Spinks.

    Could Roy compete? Sure, Jones jr had other worldly speed and reflexes but timing beats speed and the greats would use his advantages against him, that's what makes them greats.

    A quick Google reveals punches landed against Jones:

    Julio César González: 14.9% (91 of 609 punches thrown)
    Richard Hall: 22% (106 of 485 punches thrown)
    Prince Badi Ajamu: 28% (141 of 499 punches thrown)
    Antonio Tarver (first fight): 24% (120 of 504 punches thrown)


    The greats of the light heavyweight division, especially big punchers would land slightly more and it would be enough to cause Roy issues.
     
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  5. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Everyone except Spinks
     
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  6. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    A lot of those fighters OP named did it without PEDs, so no.
     
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  7. BCS8

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    uhoh

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  8. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    The 2nd Tarver fight ended in the 2nd round. I don't think Tarver landed 175 or threw 506 punches on Jones in a round and a half.
     
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  9. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Good catch. What I get for trusting Google.
     
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