Most likely to beat Roy Jones Jr?

dude i say spinks is better than roy.

No one on the list is as fast or accurate as Roy, and he would outbox everyone on the list. Best chance would be for someone to land a sucession of big punches, because a prime Roy had a solid chin. Julian Jackson has great power, but would be brutally outboxed. Benn as well. I suppose Gerald, because he was a decent boxer with bricks in his gloves.

Gerald McClellan or Julian Jackson. Only if they caught him. The rest would of got destroyed. Calzaghe? Collins? Come on. It's foolish to even consider them

Roy could have beaten Holmes as well, without getting tagged as much as Spinks did. Jones was beautiful at 200 lbs, and smarter and more accurate than Spinks. Spinks could not win clearly.

I think spinks is better than roy, i mean he beat the real heavyweight champ, not a phony like john ruiz. The fact that he could hang twice for 30 rounds with holmes is fuckin amazing. Not to mention that he was 175 champion when the division was rich with talent.

G-Man!! :boxing:

I agree that Collins and Michalczewski would of been systematically dominated, and I agree that Benn, Jackson and Liles would of been reduced to a punchers chance. Nunn and Liles were tall southpaws, never easy. Calzaghe, too square-on, would of been taken out. McClellan, very much an unknown quantity! Nunn at his very best had the best chance of out-pointing Jones convincingly, because he was not only a tall southpaw but had handspeed on par with Jones while smoother than Jones could dream. Mr Livingstone Eubank, probably would of only won the first four rounds against Jones, ultimately Jones would out-work him (but would be made to look bad by Eubank).

Why is Collins even on that list it?

Nunn from 88 is a sure bet… (Obviously Jones hadn’t turned pro then, but Prime Vs. Prime, yes) McClellan to, big physiological thing there as Jones feared Gerald after what happened in the Amateurs Benn again, Jones always struggled when put under immense pressure… Eubank, I’m unsure about that one. I do think Chris would make Jr look a fool for the first 5 rounds after that, I don’t know…. Southpaw with immense speen hand and foot, Calzaghe, good bet to. I think most on that list has a chance bar Collins (Jones via first round knockout) and possibly Michalczewski.

If were making out none of those of those could beat RJJ, i dont understand what it will take for someone to overtake SRR as the greatest? I am not saying Jones is as good as SRR, but if he had of retired after beating Ruiz, him being better than Robinson would not sound silly. I dont think Benn is the best person on that list to beat RJJ. If you think Benn could beat RJJ you must seriously rate Benn in the all time. I am a brit but i think Benn was more known for being exciting more than anything. And he did pack a punch, but RJJ took a heavyweights punches so.....and i dont think Benn would have landed enough on RJJ, but RJJ would probably have landed more accurately on Benn and Benn would probably drop at some point near the end, or a landslide points victory. I think Joe Calzaghe would have the best chance to beat him, or at least as good as anyone on that list of boxers. But as with Joe there are a few people he hasnt faced so........?

Literally none of those fighters. I do not see any of them beating Roy Jones. Roy had a style that would have been effective against annyone.

I think Calzaghe would have seriously troubled Roy. Prime for prime it goes to some very close scorecards. After Roy's defeats to Tarver and Johnson I think his legacy has been hurt by not fighting any of the fighters on that list. He probab ly would have beaten most of them, but we'll sadly never know. He'd have been an all time great if he'd have fought and beaten the likes of Nunn, Benn and Michalczewski. Its sad to see him and Calzaghe not living up to their talent.

out of that list probably benn or mcllelan and maybe julian jackson if he cud land that one pick punch but i rekon a prime roy jones jr could beat all them

At this point, all of them. Jones, give it up.....

only one on that list is mcclellen....jones in his prime wouldnt be touched benn calzaghe and nunn would do ok too becuase he a southpaw .. but the only one that could beat roy is mcclellan

Liles. Liles was able to always be competitive with Roy in the amatuers, and had a style that could trouble Roy. I believe in the pros Roy wins the close UD similarly to how he beat Eric Harding. Tough fight. Liles had good height, decent speed, reach, and the southpaw stance. Other than that I go with Calzaghe due to his workrate combined with speed.

Benn out of that group. Because he had the ability to land a wild punch, and if one landed I seriously doubt Jones could take it. But then again I'd pick Jones to stop Benn mid rounds because of his accurate punching. Ok, that's something that I could agree with. Props to Knives for that one! Good shit.

Roy Jones Jr was the closest thing to unbeatable we've seen in boxing and in a league of his own in terms of physical 'wow factor'. But who'd of stood the best chance of beating this human freak of supernatural talent and awesome athleticism (albeit chemically enhanced)? Nobody on that list. I remember when they were talking about prime Tyson vs. prime Roy and saying that it would go Roy's way...

i pick calezaghe, because i don't know others.

George Foreman hinted Benn would of beaten him.