By stepping up to heavyweight and winning a version of the world title. Admmitedly Jones was an exceptional fighter but as the current heavyweight division isent exactly red hot, what are the chances of fighters like Jermain Taylor, Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins or any others arouned that weight division, of winning a version of the world heavyweight title if they really wanted to?
2007-02-28 05:34:01 · 6 answers · asked by baz75 6 in Sports ➔ Boxing
There is this guy that is a possible future heavyweight champ. Jonathan Banks. Trained under Emanuel Steward, which means Banks spars with the Klitschko's. He is currently a cruiserweight. He beat Castillo who fought some heavyweights (wlad klitschko)http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?...
If anyone can, i guess it would be the current Cruiserweight champ, o'neil Bell
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but he has never fought at heavyweight.
I think it is getting harder to move up. Think Vassiliy Jirov and James Toney
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Also, Juan Carlos Gomez has been unsuccessful moving up, but his boxing talent gives him a chance.
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I cant see anybody else moving up, especially from a division lower than cruiser, but then again, I would have never imagined Roy Jones Jr as a middleweight in the 90's becoming the heavyweight champ
2007-02-28 07:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly before, Jeff Lacy was favored to join elite company when he was envisioned to take out super middleweight, dominate light heavyweight, and then step up to heavyweight. This was all before his loss to Joe Calzaghe, though. The only man capable now of joining Michael Spinks and Roy Jones,Jr., is Bernard Hopkins. The problem is that Hopkins is not getting any younger.
If Hopkins will attempt to do so, I think he should wait for a heavyweight champion that will not have too much size advantage. Nevertheless, I think it's possible.
2007-02-28 05:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my! this would be a combat that Jones want. Mayweather isn't possible taker and in all possibility would not carry out too nicely at middleweight, which could be suited for Jones. it would be very complicated for Mayweather to counter somebody with hand speed like Jones. And as Jon stated, Mayweather did no longer look too warm coming in at a hundred and fifty kilos, so i will basically photograph how he would be struggling with at a hundred and fifty five or above. I %. Jones via very late stoppage. Jones would land some blows that Mayweather heavily isn't smirking at.
2016-12-14 07:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any bum can. roy jones was a bum who fought a bunch of loosers. jones is a hyped champion and not a real champion. he was fast and had knock out power but fought bums who were rated number one contender a day before a fight announcement. roy jones has got to be the biggest con artist in the world canvinicing so many people he was a real boxer. a runner and a hugger. it felt so good watching tarver and the jamiacan take him out COLD!!!!!!
2007-03-02 08:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by jm4896@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes as long as we have slow champions like ruiz to go after fighters can do it all the time.
2007-03-01 13:10:55 · answer #5 · answered by saxaphonist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b-hop is on the verge of doing so.
2007-02-28 05:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by zircon1973 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋