Was Roy Jones Jr a real champion at heavyweight?

Ring Leader

Was he a real champ or a paper champion?

I mean he beat a John Ruiz who was at the weight class for 9 + years when they ended up fighting. He beat Evander Holyfield and defended it against Kirk motha ****in Johnson. To me he was the legit WBA World Heavyweight Champion

Roy didnt make John Ruiz come down to 205 lbs or anything crazy....just saying

Battle*Hardened

More so then Haye.

Dedication

Quote:

Originally Posted by NationalWriter

Was he a real champ or a paper champion?

I mean he beat a John Ruiz who was at the weight class for 9 + years when they ended up fighting. He beat Evander Holyfield and defended it against Kirk motha ****in Johnson. To me he was the legit WBA World Heavyweight Champion

Roy didnt make John Ruiz come down to 205 lbs or anything crazy....just saying

I second this

Ring Leader

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Genesis-

More so then Haye.

Dedication

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxingFollower

To be fair.

If we are gonna see Mayweather as Pacquiao as paper champions then we have to see Roy as one, he fought Luiz and didn't want any part of the true HW champion who was Lennox Lewis.

Mayweather fought a champion at the respectable weight.

Pacquaio failed to do so.

How you can place them in the same pool I do not understand.

Battle*Hardened

Quote:

Originally Posted by NationalWriter

Naw, Im just saying that. Both were legitimate title holders. HW champs, IDK...

pacweather

Real champion. One of the greatest fighters I have ever seen. All those youtube videos of him just amazed me.

Ring Leader

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Genesis-

Naw, Im just saying that. Both were legitimate title holders. HW champs, IDK...

yea i feel ya. just surprised with Roys weak chin he wasnt kod one shot. But he probably developed his weak chin losing all that weight again

Steak

of course he was a paper champion, the obvious best in the division was Lennox Lewis.

still a very legitimate and good win for Roy. Ruiz is...not exactly amazing...but he still was a top ten heavyweight for quite a long period of time.

BoxingFollower

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dedication

Mayweather fought a champion at the respectable weight.

Pacquaio failed to do so.

How you can place them in the same pool I do not understand.

You got a point, Mayweather did fight a respectable fighter at 154, Pacquiao fought a supposed cheater, UNRANKED, off for a while SLOW fighter like Margarito.

View Poll Results: was roy jones a real heavyweight champ?
Yes - Real Heavyweight Champion	10	55.56%
No - Paper Champion	8	44.44%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

Battle*Hardened Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,338 Rep Power: 0 Points: 21,022,618.67 Bank: 296,955,337.90 Total Points: 317,977,956.57 Donate	More so then Haye.

pacweather Amateur Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0 Points: 2,949.52 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 2,949.52 Donate	Real champion. One of the greatest fighters I have ever seen. All those youtube videos of him just amazed me.

Steak Undisputed Champion Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 10,819 Rep Power: 33 Points: 105,230,174.20 Bank: 666,366,315.14 Total Points: 771,596,489.34 Donate	of course he was a paper champion, the obvious best in the division was Lennox Lewis. still a very legitimate and good win for Roy. Ruiz is...not exactly amazing...but he still was a top ten heavyweight for quite a long period of time.