Seriously I know people see my username and gonna be like WTf? Long story but I digress.
How come people are quick to dismiss his accomplishments as a boxer?
Truth be told RJJ is the most athletically gifted boxer ever. In his prime I would take RJJ over PBF.
The only reason people overlook RJJ is because he got knocked out 2 of his last 5 fights.
The only difference between the two is that RJJ used his athletic ability for his defense and offense, while PBF is technically sound and has the athletic ability tends to rely too much on his defense and counterpunching abilities.
Overall can we agree that PBF is the more technicaly sound boxer and RJJ the more dynamic boxer .
In a mythical fight at a mythical weight I think a prime RJJ would give PBF problems with hand and footspeed. I could see RJJ wining on points. The only way PBF could negate RJJ speed is by using his jab cause RJJ had the tendency of throwing looping LH's and OHR's
RJJ didnt always fight the best, PBF didnt always fight the best, but when both guys did they won very impressively.
Id rate PBF's best wins over RJJs, because he was beating more qualified opponents in destructive manner. Both fought some extremely qualified guys though obviously.
But in terms of pure talent, i think Mayweather. RJJ was more naturally gifted, but Mayweathers can do absolutely everything great in the ring, from defense to brawling. RJJ wasnt as versatile
i think floyd is more complete a fighter.though if people say roy's resme is garbage and think floyd's is better they need to check for roy's w's against toney and hopkins.
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