Was RJJ too fast at MW to be beaten by anyone?

fight_professor

Realistically, we all know he yo-yo'd his weight and then lost his magic reflexes a touch - exposing his B grade chin. But at 160 until 175 (for a time), he was so ridiculously fast as to make me wonder if he could be beaten. Esp refers to MW where he was super quick.

I know MW is a GREAT division with so much history, but against prime RJJ - who would catch him to beat him, or KO him. I just cant see it. Even GOAT SRR would struggle to catch that RJJ.

-Jay-

Nigel Benn was chasing a fight with RJJ but it never happened. Don't think he could have beaten him but I would have liked to see him try.

fight_professor

Q wasnt who would try, but could anyone beat him. RJJ would have either UD's Benn or stopped him in the mid rounds.

Sugarj

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Originally Posted by fight_professor

Realistically, we all know he yo-yo'd his weight and then lost his magic reflexes a touch - exposing his B grade chin. But at 160 until 175 (for a time), he was so ridiculously fast as to make me wonder if he could be beaten. Esp refers to MW where he was super quick.

I know MW is a GREAT division with so much history, but against prime RJJ - who would catch him to beat him, or KO him. I just cant see it. Even GOAT SRR would struggle to catch that RJJ.

I thought Roy Jones Jnr looked best at super middle rather than middle. But yes, based on fight films.....I can't say that I'd bet on anyone in history to beat him.....the guy was a genius!

Deathknight88

Marvin Hagler might have beaten him. We really didn't see RJJ tested.

We don't know how he will react against adversity. It wasn't that RJJ fought and dominated the best.. It was quite simply that he avoided fighting a bunch of big punchers at 160-168.

mikeyh1015

ROY is the GOAT and was UNREAL in his PRIME! END OF THREAD!

Scott9945

No matter how brilliant a middleweight as Roy may have become, it still is questionable how long he could have still made 160.

SCtrojansbaby

people on here won't admit it but Roy was too fast at 160, 168, or 175. He beats anyone at least 7/10 and I thin the only guys who would even get 7/10 odds are Monzon and Hopkins

SCtrojansbaby

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Originally Posted by Deathknight88

It wasn't that RJJ fought and dominated the best.. It was quite simply that he avoided fighting a bunch of big punchers at 160-168.

LOL so Hopkins and Toney were not best? Castro and Malinga weren't proven B+ competition?

Its usually the same 5 guys who people claim that Roy "ducked" or "avoided"
Eubank(squeaked by Malinga)
Benn(beaten by Malinga)
Collins(beaten by Reggie Johnson)
Dariusz(beaten by Julio Gonzalez)
and the funniest one is Frankie Liles who is the least dangerous of the 5, and probable gets KO'd by just about every other boxer I named in this post

Anthony342

He should have at least fought Darius to unify the light heavyweight title.

-Jay- Scouse Mouse Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 27 Posts: 2,119 Rep Power: 1211 Points: 1,403,666,861.81 Bank: 245,595,978,534.12 Total Points: 246,999,645,395.93 Donate	Nigel Benn was chasing a fight with RJJ but it never happened. Don't think he could have beaten him but I would have liked to see him try.

fight_professor True Say Expert Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,884 Rep Power: 18 Points: 3,322,169,433.31 Bank: 996,074,611,837.58 Total Points: 999,396,781,270.89 Donate	Q wasnt who would try, but could anyone beat him. RJJ would have either UD's Benn or stopped him in the mid rounds.

Deathknight88 Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 282 Rep Power: 0 Points: 100,054,640.97 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 100,054,640.97 Donate	Marvin Hagler might have beaten him. We really didn't see RJJ tested. We don't know how he will react against adversity. It wasn't that RJJ fought and dominated the best.. It was quite simply that he avoided fighting a bunch of big punchers at 160-168.

mikeyh1015 Interim Champion Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 743 Blog Entries: 3 Rep Power: 8 Points: 5,027,418.17 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 5,027,418.17 Donate	ROY is the GOAT and was UNREAL in his PRIME! END OF THREAD!

Scott9945 Gonna be more suspicious Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 18,683 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 65 Points: 51,237,652.38 Bank: 20,848,816,655,347.90 Total Points: 20,848,867,893,000.28 Donate	No matter how brilliant a middleweight as Roy may have become, it still is questionable how long he could have still made 160.

SCtrojansbaby Undisputed Champion Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,497 Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 14 Points: 30,236,164.12 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 30,236,164.12 Donate	people on here won't admit it but Roy was too fast at 160, 168, or 175. He beats anyone at least 7/10 and I thin the only guys who would even get 7/10 odds are Monzon and Hopkins

Anthony342 Undisputed Champion Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,562 Rep Power: 7 Points: 10,115,062,818.88 Bank: 130,640.05 Total Points: 10,115,193,458.93 Donate	He should have at least fought Darius to unify the light heavyweight title.