Roy Jones Jr. The ducks he made at supermiddleweight.

I did a little research on Roy Jones Jr. and the opposition he fought as a SMW. Jones was in essense fighting in the 168 lb division from 1993 until 1996. Keys: RED = Eventually fought them or fought them already BLUE = Fought them in that year. The year end rankings of 1992 looked like this: 1: Michael Nunn 2: Iran Barkley 3: Chris Eubank 4: Victor Cordoba 5: Nigel Benn 6: Tim Littles 7: Darrin Van Horn 8: Tony Thornton 9: Frankie Liles 10: Frank Nicotra He fought Thornton in 1995. 1993: 1: James Toney 2: Michael Nunn 3: Chris Eubank 4: Nigel Benn 5: Tim Littles 6: Darrin Van Horn 7: Frankie Liles 8: Tony Thornton 9: Antoine Byrd 10: Vincenzo Nardiello 1994: Jones enters the list at no. 1 after beating Toney. 1: Roy Jones Jr. 2: Nigel Benn 3: Chris Eubank 4: Frankie Liles 5: Vinny Pazienza 6: Tim Littles 7: Michael Nunn 8: Ray Close 9: Graciano Rocchigiani 10: Antoine Byrd 1995: 1: Roy Jones Jr. 2: Nigel Benn 3: Steve Collins 4: Frankie Liles 5: Tim Littles 6: Vinny Pazienza 7: Bryant Brannon 8: Henry Wharton 9: Michael Nunn 10: Ray Close 1996: 1: Roy Jones Jr. 2: Frankie Liles 3: Steve Collins 4: Vinny Pazienza 5: Robin Reid 6: Henry Wharton 7: Michael Nunn 8: Vincenzo Nardiello 9: Joseph Kiwanuka 10: Thulani Malinga At the end of 1996 Jones had moved up. So Jones work after 4 years at 168 lb consist of an excellent win over Toney and not much else: Toney Thornton Pazienza (LOL) Byrd Brannon Jones never fought a top 3 opponent after Toney. He had 6 fights at 168 after beating him. Of those fights he beat an unranked Thornton, a suspected juiced lightweight in Pazienza, a past it Byrd, a never was in Sosa, a young non-threat in Lucas and a veteran of 16 fights in Brannon. So the deserving fighters Jones didn't fight (or ducked as it's called on NSB) is these guys: Nunn Benn Eubank Collins Barkley Cordoba Littles Van Horn Liles Nardiello Close Rocchigianni Nicotra Let's face it. A Nunn or a Benn or a Eubank or a Liles or even a Collins would have been real nice. (I hope I didn't miss anyone :) )