In terms of an actual p4p ranking, I'd rank RJJ above of Holyfield and maybe Mayweather and Pacquiao, but in terms of resume and achivements, Holyfield is by far the best.
Roy jones jr by a lanslide,he went all the way to hevyweight and won a title
Against John Ruiz...who Holyfield also has a win over.
From the following fighters, who do you think has had the greater achievements?
not many former 106 lbers can defeat former middleweight titlists at 147.
Achievements? So the category doesn't emphasize the level of competition?
PBF-5 division Champ
Pac- 5 division Champ
Holyfield - Light-heavy ATG
Joe-20+ defenses
RJJ-multidivision champ + defenses
Holyfield was the greatest cruiserweight of all time (doesn't say all that much really) and one of the greatest heavyweights of all time (possibly top 15).
Defeated two of the best cruiserweights of all time Qawi and DeLeon, defeated Tyson and Bowe + old Foreman, old Holmes, Douglas, Moorer, Mercer, Dokes.
Achievements? So the category doesn't emphasize the level of competition?
PBF-5 division Champ
Pac- 5 division Champ
Holyfield - Light-heavy ATG
Joe-20+ defenses
RJJ-multidivision champ + defenses
Yes, and Holyfield never fought at LHW as a professional.
hopkins should be on this poll.....im going with floyd mayweather.
I'd agree with Hopkins if he were on this list. But from this lineup I'd have to go for prettyboy. At the end of next year I think Pacman will go past him though, unless Floyd comes out of retirement to knock manny off his perch.
Pac IMO. he has had much better opposition at his disposal than all of the others (aside from PBF). PBF opted to retire leaving a few questions unanswered. RJJ and holyfields achievements are at war with the way they are ending their careers, much like tyson did, but not quite as extreme.