2007-03-24 14:23:51 · 16 answers · asked by Matt 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
ROY IS NOT EVEN ON MY TOP 10 POUND 4 POUND LIST.
I PROBABLY WOULD RANK HIM THE TOP TEN IN MIDDLE WT AND LT HVY WT.
2007-03-24 14:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't disagree with Smitty often, but this time I have to. Roy Jones Jr. was something special, much the way Michael Jordon was special to basketball or Tiger Woods is to golf. I have never seen speed and quickness to equal Roy Jones at his peak. I do not think there have been any, bar none in the history of boxing with such reflexive gifts. The best boxers of all time owe as much to the competition they fought as they do to their personal skills, and Roy never fought the list of greats Sugar Ray Robinson or Mohammad Ali fought, so Roy will never contend in boxing circles for the mythical pound for pound all time best, but he was a true prodigy.
We as boxing fans were blessed to witness such a career, we may never see another with such talent. When father time caught up with Roy, it just happened to be while Tarver was delivering a solid left hook. Five years earlier, that shot would have missed by a foot and Tarver would have eaten three counter shots for his trouble.
At the absolute pinnacle of Bernard Hopkins's career, when Bernard was at his peak, Roy toyed with the one of the most accomplished middleweight champions of the past 30 years and won an easy safe decision. I stood there and watched Roy actually consider which counter punch to respond with as he slipped punches thrown at him by a young peaking James Toney. Roy Jones Jr. in his prime was the quickest and fastest boxer I have ever seen, and believe me I have seen a few quick ones.
Roy will always get an honorable mention, if he isn't in the blogbaba's all time top ten list.
2007-03-24 23:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roy was arguably the most talented boxer of all time, but Ali is not even the best boxer of all time, that honor goes to Sugar Ray Robinson. Anyways Roy had the talent to be, but his ego screwed him over, and the way he finished up didn't help. He is not even top 20 probably in terms of ranking, but in terms of talent he was arguably the best.
2007-03-28 16:22:07 · answer #3 · answered by mowglieboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So many younger boxing fans will disagree with that, but he is definitely up there. I have to agree with the suggestion that Robinson is next to Ali, but then to be honest, Jones has fought a higher number of tougher opponents than Robinson did. Not to take away from Ray's amazing talents and career, but boxing is a progression sport and the athletes (with the exception of heavyweights) gets better as time goes on. I don't know if Jones would be my number 2 all time, but he has definitely solidified himself as one of the top five best fighters ever to enter the ring. It's unfortunate that many people will concentrate on the last 4 fights of his career rather than the first 50 he dominated.
2007-03-24 23:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by waitingon2angels 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is the best other than Ali. He won a title in 4 different weight divisions and it took him 51 fights to really lose a fight. He puts fans in seats and he was the heart of HBO for a long time. He would be better than Ali if he would of fought and beat Lennox Lewis and/or Mike Tyson after he won that heavyweight title
2007-03-24 23:55:47 · answer #5 · answered by Cayden 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roy sure ducked the rematch with Bernard Hopkins for a whole lot of years.
And to the guy who thought Roy fought tougher opponents than Ray Robinson, u might wanna check Sugar's list of opponents. I know he fought Jake LaMotta 5 times and lost to him only once(and that time LaMotta outweighed him by 16 lbs.). He fought 7 Hall of Famers, including Carmen Basilio, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer, and LaMotta. Over his career, Ray fought 18 world champions.
2007-03-25 01:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by michael w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is rated on some lists I have seen at number 20 all time. I would agree with that ranking. That is nothing to be ashamed of. He accomplished alot as a boxer and if he continues fighting hopefully it will not be as a heavyweight. He has nothing to prove by fighting at a heavier weight.
2007-03-24 23:18:09 · answer #7 · answered by gman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.. the very best boxer of all time other than Ali, in my book, was Sugar Ray Robinson.. he was as agile as Ali and just as devastating.. look him up.. he was a truely great boxer and fighter..
2007-03-24 21:30:41 · answer #8 · answered by J. W. H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All time means people who you have never seen and are not alive today, let alone fighting. Any answer is based on your personal knowledge not anything you could have witnessed. Besides Ray Robinson, think about Henry Armstrong. There are lots of old fighters who could have been very good today. We will never know for sure.
2007-03-27 16:08:23 · answer #9 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he isn't he's pretty close to it. All he needs to do is win the cruiser weight division that will set him up.
Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded as the bench mark for being pound for pound the greatest fighter of all time.
Sam Langford of course never did win any titles might must be considered up there as well.
2007-03-25 17:24:38 · answer #10 · answered by Bru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. His chin is suspect. All the greats were never knocked out like Ali, Marciano, Sugar Ray.
2007-03-25 01:05:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋