.Poll. How Will History Remember Roy Jones Jr?

He is one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of gloves. His dominance was unparalleled. His physical abilities flawless. On top of that he is a great entertainer with love of the game and seems to be a good human being. I hope history will be good to Roy but if it ain't he shouldn't care. Thoose who have seen know.

I think Roy Jones will be remembered in the same category as a Larry Holmes. A very good fighter that unfortunately didn't have the level of opposition to really solidify his greatness. In boxing your only as good as your opponents and Jones was in an era where he didn't have many good fighters at his weight class. One of the greatest natural athletic boxers I have ever seen but I can't call him an ATG because he never really fought great competition outside of a young Hopkins. He did fight other good talent but the main reason that fighters like Leonard and DelaHoya are considered so good is because they fought great fighters.

the ****ing man in his day,a used to show ma mates videos his fights theyd never heard if him people couldnt even win rounds against him.

A dominant fighter who fought way past his prime

RJJ was a great athlete, not a great skilled boxer he will be remembered for fighting good opposition early, then fighting a bunch of bums, capturing the HW division, then getting raped by tarver and johnson, and green, and finally he will be remembered for ripping off boxing fans by rematching hopkins in a garbage fight.

In my history book he'll go down as the best fighter of all time but that's because I am admittingly biased towards him. No one comes close to prime Roy Jones.

not many greats had a great end. look at ali. people should remember and judge you on your best not your end. like who takes holifield after lennox serious. we judge them when they were at their best. roy is prob the most talented boxer ever. not the most technical but he didnt need to be. he put on a show for his fans and the crowd. prime roy would beat anyone 190 and down. and give osme heavys a tough fight. speed timing reflexs in his prime would have made it hard for any HW and unbeatable for any one his size

Poll To Come. He will be remembered as a great fighter with great skills and being one of the greatest athletes to put on gloves, he will also be remembered for looking so untouchable in his prime. Unfortunately aswell as that he will also be remembered for taking that one fight too many, but that is all down to him loving what he does so nobody can really blame him. So a true ATG, with ATG skills and resume basically sums it up for me.

An ATG with awesome skills. Prime Roy is head and shoulders above the rest, if you dont believe it then i suggest you check Prime Roy skills. Roy is the ****ing man in his hayday and i dont care what anyone else thinks.

But in the same light, look at Ali's last 5 years in the sport. How many people focus on that more than his battles with Frazier, his monumental fight with Foreman, and of course the famous Liston pic? Yeah, but Ali had so many great victories after his prime and was so much bigger a figure in sports than Roy ever was. I hope I'm wrong but I think Roy is going to get overlooked in historical rankings and matchups.

He'll be remembered as an all-time great. His skills were amazing in his prime and I think there's only a few men who would have a chance at beating him. His resume is excellent, IMO. He's got wins over Hopkins, Toney, McCallum, Tarver, Ruiz and Trinidad. He's a true all-time great fighter.

I think he'll end up being underrated. People will look at the disaster that is the end of his career and assume he was always a glass jawed fighter taking advantage of lesser opposition. Those of us who saw him will remember exactly how great Roy Jones Jr. was. But in the same light, look at Ali's last 5 years in the sport. How many people focus on that more than his battles with Frazier, his monumental fight with Foreman, and of course the famous Liston pic?

He will be rememberd pretty highly normally people do not remember the bitter end.

ATG, could've been greater - like top 10 great, but high ATG nevertheless.

ATG definitely... I think people on here either forget or weren't following Boxing during the 90s and early 2000s. The way dudes drool over Floyd now is exactly how it was with Roy. He didn't have a lot of huge fights during his prime years, but if you look at the landscape of opponents during his time there wasn't any huge money making fights with other big names...which is mainly why he just climbed up divisions and captured titles. C'mon, 1 of only 2 Middleweights ever to climb up and claim a Heavyweight crown? After the age of 30???

I think he'll end up being underrated. People will look at the disaster that is the end of his career and assume he was always a glass jawed fighter taking advantage of lesser opposition. Those of us who saw him will remember exactly how great Roy Jones Jr. was.