Johnson or Tarver would not have beaten Roy in his Prime

hmm Sure, Tarver would have given Roy something to think about, but not enough to BEAT Roy in his prime. Hell, he LOST to an old, dehydrated Roy before their rematch. His chin was only questioned in his late age so there really is not much legitimacy is saying that Tarver should be favored to beat Roy in his prime.

Yeah, Roy would have beaten both of them convincingly in his prime. I think he would have KO'd Johnson and decisioned Tarver. You never know, he may beat the fuck out of Tarver this time, but as cautious as he fights, it's hard to imagine him just going after Tarver like that lol

i think roy in his prime would have beaten both guys, but i also agree that tarver would still give him some problems....

no argument. Jones woulda bitch slapped Tarver around ta ring in his prime.

your a roy hater, besides it seem as if you have not be around when roy ruled boxing in his era, prime roy had no real challenge, becuz he make short work of who ever he fought. if you really think roy is that bad that he would get beat by a cruiserwieght, your truly mistaking, you shouldn't be on this webb page talking about boxing, roy the man period

prime roy would have whip the floor with tarver, and no question about johnson. Roy would have be way to much for either tarver or johnson in his prime, he was stronger, faster, focus and most of all hungry to be the best which in my eye he still is. After he drop down from heavyweight, he wasn't hungry anymore, also his body was not the same. Both tarver fights, he wasn't the same, and after that big upset by a 2 round ko, he just look as if he gave up a long time ago when he was in battle with johnson. Jones need to fight tarver on oct 1 to average his both ko losses and remain know as the best lightheavy weight fighter, i believe he will come as old rj to beat tarver now

Roy Jones Problems here are the keys to why Jones has not been the same: 1.)Fighters are not scared of him anymore, so they show little respect. 2.)I have a feeling that moving to heavyweight screwed him up physcially. 3.)The style he fights with(leaning on the ropes/hands down)does not work under pressure.

jones lost all that muscle ruined his career... something is wrong with roy..he threw great combos with speed but then wouldnt do shit.. his punches when he threw them were twice as fast as johnson and sharp ..i neva liked roy that much but ima tell you ....you cant loose that much muscle ive done it before you just dont feel the same,, he should of stayeed at heavyweight he would of been great i think he could of heavyweght champion by now he,,, would of gain maybe 10 more pounds of muscle and would of been the fastest heavyweight and 210 pounds at only 5'11 and cut.. but everybody plays the fool sometie even the great think everthing out 5 times roy jones

johnson did get stopped by a prime roy jones jr. and tarver missed his chance when he got beat by harding. but none the less, roy signed the contracts to fight these guys, thinking he still had what it takes, and loss, in very bad fashion. doesn't matter prime or past his prime, he still got in the ring with them expecting to win, and didn't. it's obvious that roy is one of the best to ever step foot in the ring. it just hurts me to see him go out like this. i really feel bad for him personally, it's got to be tearing him up inside, to go from one of the best ever, to being a glass joe ( damn near overnight ). you can talk about someones prime and what could have happend, but boxing is a NOW sport, if you got it NOW your good, if not, then it's not good.....i would like roy to get another win before he goes out but looking at the way he fought and got ko'd, i'm surprised he made it out of sparring.... Do you also feel bad that he was never the light heavyweight linear champion?

there is no way jones loses to tarver or johnson in his prime. hell tarver was still beating kids up at the olympics when roy was in his prime

johnson did get stopped by a prime roy jones jr. and tarver missed his chance when he got beat by harding. but none the less, roy signed the contracts to fight these guys, thinking he still had what it takes, and loss, in very bad fashion. doesn't matter prime or past his prime, he still got in the ring with them expecting to win, and didn't. it's obvious that roy is one of the best to ever step foot in the ring. it just hurts me to see him go out like this. i really feel bad for him personally, it's got to be tearing him up inside, to go from one of the best ever, to being a glass joe ( damn near overnight ). you can talk about someones prime and what could have happend, but boxing is a NOW sport, if you got it NOW your good, if not, then it's not good.....i would like roy to get another win before he goes out but looking at the way he fought and got ko'd, i'm surprised he made it out of sparring....

no way would these guys have beaten jones, i have not seen jones early fights but i know he was really hungry them, even if he had that he would beat them both I don't recall anyone getting angry at a prime RJJ for ducking Johnson or Tarver.

no way would these guys have beaten jones, i have not seen jones early fights but i know he was really hungry them, even if he had that he would beat them both

Man I wasnt saying the three year old shit to you My bad if it looked like that it was directed to the other dude it's ok :)

ya Whether you like ROy or not you have to agree that Tarver and especially Glen Johnson would not have beaten ROy Jones in his prime. Roy should have never came back down from heavyweight. He shouldve stayed and retired after a couple more title defences. The only way I would tell Roy to fight a few more is if he goes heavyweight. hell no tarver wouldnt win a round against roy in his prime and no he shouldnt go to heavyweight cuz he doesnt got tha motivation roy jones could've fought better last nite he always went straight to tha raps and leaned back when he could've moved off of them he just dont got tha motivation to fight ne more his careers OVER!

Aren't Lt.Heavyweights naturally faster than Heavyweights? yes, i was responding to the question was Ruiz a tougher oppenent then Tarver.

Ruiz is also a horrible boxer, and for some reason he decided to box RJJ. lol I didn't know that. I never saw that match. I tend to avoid anything with RJJ and Ruiz. So that was just double trouble.

Aren't Lt.Heavyweights naturally faster than Heavyweights? Ruiz is also a horrible boxer, and for some reason he decided to box RJJ.

Much tougher, He just danced around ruiz, he couldn't get away from Tarver. Aren't Lt.Heavyweights naturally faster than Heavyweights?

ok, tarver was a tougher opponent than ruiz was? is that you are implying? Much tougher, He just danced around ruiz, he couldn't get away from Tarver.