Cause he couldent, If I remeber correctly he beat ruiz vacated and move back down right he knew his limitations he wasnt fooling himself holding on to a belt for no reason when he wasnt going to fight any other heavyweight.
He said he would only stay for a Tyson fight. I forgot why it didn't happen, but he went back down. Lewis was too big, too tall, too powerful for a 5'11" dude who started at 154lbs.
I don't think Jones ever intended to stay at HW for long. he knew the danger in fighting big HWs. There was talks of Jones fighting Holy or Tyson around that time. both would have had big chances to KO Jones, forget Lennox..
Roy was looking for a HW he could beat. The only reason Roy moved up to HW was because Ruiz had a title. He was never serious about taking on someone like Lennox Lewis.
I know he was half serious about facing Tyson. I would've loved to see Roy vs Tyson back in 2003-04. Roy really messed up his career and hurt his legacy after his win over Ruiz.
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